Fate In The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar

In William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, two interesting forces, fate and free will, are shown competing for prominence over the other. Fate was exemplified in the many prophecies and omens the characters viewed throughout the play. Free will was the characters abilities to overcome and defeat their fate. Many characters have struggles with the power of their free will overcoming their fate, namely Caesar, Cassius, and Brutus. Although in the end all three of those characters succumb to their fate, Shakespeare shows that there is a delicate equilibrium between the two forces.

The tragedy of Julius Caesar is a story of struggle and betrayal; however, in it, Shakespeare conveys messages about human nature. Three of the main characters in the play convey the ways that power corrupts and changes people. Brutus’ attitude towards killing Caesar and rising to power, along with his personality, change throughout the first three acts. Cassius’ need for power makes him lose himself and his humanity. Mark Antony, changed by Caesar's death, rises to power after taking it away from those that killed him. In Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, he conveys notions regarding human nature and the ways that power changes and corrupts people; he does this through his characters Brutus, Cassius, and Antony.

William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar is one of his most monumental plays that cover Julius Caesar’s death and the fallout after it. He got the material for this play from a Greek writing called the Life of Julius Caesar. This was actually a famous biography written by Plutarch in the first century, I was later translated by Sir Thomas North in 1579. Published in 1599 this play is assumed to be the first to be ever preformed in the famous Globe Theater, it was a smash success that moved audiences. This play has stood the test of time being regarded as a timeless masterpiece and work of perfection. Shakespeare did this by displaying deep moving characters, vibrant and astounding settings, and intriguing points of view in Julius Caesar.

Another, of many reasons that Caesar’s assassination was a necessary tragedy is he ignored the warnings and signs. In the world today most don’t believe signs exist, but in Caesar’s time it was crazy to ignore them. In the Roman Republic it was believed that signs were set by the gods to warn people and no one would ignore the gods. The priests preformed a ceremony and got bad results, which led them to believe that Julius Caesar was in danger. Caesar still refused to miss the Senate that day, even as his friends begged that he postpone the meeting. ( "The Assassination of Julius Caesar, 44 BC." ) These days to many people this is all worthless and fake, but whether signs from gods are real or not is not the question. The question is what kind of many ignores not only the traditions of his people, but his own gods? A man who would rather be where he is in power, then heed the warnings of what he believed to be his gods is not a man the Senate believed Rome needed.

¨A villain is one blamed for a particular evil or difficulty,¨ according to Merriam Webster Dictionary. In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Brutus can be clearly identified as the one to blame for Caesar's tragic death and for majorly affecting the plot of the story in doing so. Brutus was not villainous for his intentions towards the people of Rome but instead became villainous when he chose to end Caesar's life without a reputable conflict to go off of. This goes to show that many of the evils in the world are not cloaked devils, but sometimes the friends right under the nose that are deemed honorable and brave.

How does an induivaul know if he is being convinced, or manipulated. When an individual tries to convince a crowd, it is obvious because the speaker is trying to get the crowd to believe what he is saying; however, when an individual tries to manipulate a crowd, the speaker is discrete and will not say exactly what they mean, but will suggest ideas that will lead the crowd to what the speaker wants them to believe. Within The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, characters try to manipulate or convince the crowd at Julius Caesar’s funeral due to their loyalties.

The tragedy of Julius Caesar is based on true events in Rome’s history. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare tells the story of a Roman dictator, his assassination and the aftermath. Shakespeare wrote Julius Caesar to manifest the conviction that fate and free-will are in coexistence and are in effect at the crossroads we encounter. He portrayed how we as humans sporadically distort the unvarnished proceeding of our private and public versions of self-disposition, and how we manipulate to gain dominion.

The Ancient romans were superstitious people. Although we do not have exact historical records from that time period, we do have interpretations in literature. Superstitions are prevalent in a number of William Shakespeare’s plays. In Shakespeare's, Julius Caesar, many supernatural events are present, and help to unfold the plot. Throughout the article, "Manifestations of the Supernatural in Julius Caesar" Cumberland Clark writes about these omens.

In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, omens and nightmares are often used to foreshadow the death of Julius Caesar. His death is predicted by omens from multiple characters such as his wife Calpurnia, the soothsayer, and Artemidorus. However, Caesar ignores these omens, and still play an important role his life. Even after his death, omens and nightmares still occur, that reveal the guilt-ridden nature of the conspirators. The recurrence of omens portrays that there is a connection between omens and nature in everyday life.

The first example of the supernatural in the play is the soothsayer's prophecy. The soothsayer tells Caesar to “Beware the ides of March” (I.2.18). The importance of the ides of March is that it is the day Caesar will be assassinated by a group of conspirators. When the soothsayer tells Caesar to “Beware the ides of March,” he is trying to tell him that his life's in danger and that he should stay home on the date of March 15. Caesar completely disregards his warning and even makes fun of the soothsayer for his prediction shortly before he is killed by the conspirators.

The universe is full of events that occur for reasons that can not be explained in full certainty until the day we die, and until then we may only speculate their reason. Depending on who is asked, they may say that we are slaves to fate, or deciders of our lives by choice. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar shows both of these possibilities throughout the play. The lives and deaths of the characters are dictated by these forces and how they live can be analyzed from both sides. The story is a case split between bad choices causing death, and the fate to die.

Julius Caesar is a work of art by William Shakespeare in 1599. Within this play Julius Caesar is portrayed as a tragic hero. A tragic hero is defined as “the main character of a tragedy [who is] usually dignified, courageous, and high ranking” (novel study guide). Also vital to defining a tragic hero is that, “the hero’s downfall is caused by a tragic flaw” ( novel study guide). It is very evident that Julius Caesar in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a tragic hero given that he is of noble stature, has a fatal flaw and comes to an unhappy end.

William Shakespeare’s tragedy called “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” focuses on the psychological drama of Brutus, Caesar's friend, and his struggle between the clashing demands of honor, patriotism and friendship. Looking at the role of fate and freewill in the play could it be said that fate and/or freewill controls the lives of others. One cannot avoid fate, but rather settle for the outcome. Although Cassius feels that men are masters of their own fate one can say otherwise, because everyone has control of their choices but not of their outcome.

There is much attention paid to omens and nightmares and how they foreshadow Caesars death. The events that lead to the death of Julius Caesar are predicted by omens from multiple characters such as Calpurnia, Caesars wife, the Soothsayer, and a teacher, Artemidorus. The omens in the play were ignored by a majority of the main characters. Even though ignored, these omens appear even after Caesars death to show the guilt-ridden nature of the conspirators. Hence, the play Julius Caesar shows that there is always a relationship between omens and nature in everyday life and this affects those who believe in them. Some people rely on omens to show them how to live their

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