Internal Conflicts In Julius Caesar

While Octavius became popular with the populace, Antony was falling back into destation. Morey (1901), stated that Octavius did not do anything but bided his time waiting for Antony to slip up. Romans have suspected that Antony was making treasonable acts with his army and frequent visits to Egypt meeting Cleopatra. This was deemed true as the Romans saw this as treason and demanded Octavius to war with Antony. Octavius appealed to the Romans that they should war against Cleopatra than Antony. Instead of the foreign war against Egypt, this was a civil war against Antony. Antony knew what this war was directed at, so he separated himself from Octavius and declared himself an enemy of Rome (Morey, 1901).

Octavian pledged to his great-uncle’s death and went after Brutus and Cassius alongside Julius Caesar’s faithful lieutenant Mark Antony. Octavian’s army defeated Brutus and Cassius’ armies at the Battle of Philippa in Greece and they committed suicide in defeat. Octavian, Mark Antony, and Mark’s new mate Cleopatra were feuding for years until

Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, tells a story about who Julius Caesar was and how he came to die. It introduced the characters Cassius and Brutus, who were the reasons Caesar died. Brutus was a senator of Rome and was a very close friend to Julius Caesar and loved him but as he said in the book (Act 3 scene 2 page 127) “The reason I killed Caesar was not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more” This part of the speech was to prove that this is what caused him to kill Caesar. It also introduced a character named Marc Antony. He was a man who loved Caesar a lot and planned to kill and turn the country against Brutus, Cassius, and the other conspirators for killing Caesar.

After he takes this harsh action Antony comes to him and the reader learns that he did not kill Brutus’ servants and had left them alive, and that Antony would not have killed Brutus because he saw that Brutus truly thought all of his actions were for the good of Rome. These statements, tragically for Brutus, are too late because he has already ended his

Internal conflict is when a character struggles with a conflict in their head. The play is about Julius Caesar being killed by the conspirators, who do not want him to be the ruler of Rome. Brutus struggles with internal conflict on whether or not to kill Caesar. Brutus is trying to decide whether or not to help the conspirators kill Caesar; Brutus decides to help kill Caesar with the conspirators for the good of Rome, after struggling with his internal conflict.

William Shakespeare's tragedy Julius Caesar provides audiences with an account involving the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, the 44 B.C. conspiracy that resulted in his violent assassination, and the continued violence that dominated Rome consequent to his death. In spite of the fact that the play's title is Julius Caesar, Caesar's character only appears in three scenes. The tragedy's central character is Marcus Brutus and most of the storyline relates to him and to his failure to understand matters from a general perspective when he has the chance to do so. The play actually demonstrates how violence can emerge from individuals misinterpreting behavior seen in others and the idea of violence dominates most of the play, shaping the way that characters interact and think.

Finally, Caesar had learned that some enemies take things to the next level for getting back at him through drama. One of the most iconic things ever done by Caesar’s enemies were when a group of his rivals gathered together to make a plan to kill him. As the men were discussing the plan in small groups, Brutus, Caesar’s old friend, was debating whether or not to be a part of the assassination. So some of his enemies were certain to kill him while others thought they shouldn’t. The ones ending up dropping out were the ones that were once close friends. This situation called a wide variety of drama that ended up ending his life, though that drama created that history about him.

Perspectives can be controversial, commonly used as topics for debates and in fact, used to solve certain disputes between people. First, to understand the idea of perspectives, the definition of “perspective” is the state of one's ideas, the facts known to one, the faculty of seeing all the relevant data in a meaningful relationship, basically a mental view or prospect. All these definitions, taken from the dictionary, are linked and are somewhat related the common factor being, they are all formed by certain ideas, ways of seeing the world and its problems or its occurrences in general. An example of clashing perspectives having a significant impact on all of our lives would be perhaps past wars and feuds.

Caesar employs this quote to establish his power and to suggest his struggle. He stresses “for always I am Caesar” to allude to the idea that he has been given a new identity where he is responsible for projecting strength and bravery, and hence is unable to act upon warnings or even his own feelings. His arrogance can be noted when he dismisses the first portent when the soothsayer marks his death on the Ides of March. Caesar ridicules the Soothsayer and labels him as a “dreamer.” In addition, when he’s confronted with the Soothsayer, yet again, he taunts him by mentioning “The ides of March are come” (3.1.1). Caesar’s impertinent comments depict his excessive confidence as he continues to believe that he holds authority over his own fate. Caesar’s overweening haughtiness takes an immense toll on him once again, when he fails to listen to his wife’s plea. Calpurnia informs her husband that she envisioned Romans rinsing their hands in Caesar’s blood in a dream. However, Caesar is swayed when Decius Brutus interprets the dream as “a vision of fair and fortune” (2.2.95). Furthermore, aware that Caesar prizes his reputation, Decius Brutus toys with his pride, stating that if Caesar decides to not show up, the senate will whisper “Lo, Caesar is afraid?”

Caesar says that cowards die many times before their death and death will come when it will come. Then Caesar asked a servant what the augurers say about the subject and they say they found no heart within the beast. This is a simple act of showing how superstitious Caesar is sends him in to a rage and he decides he will go to the capitol. Then Calpurnia (the voice of reason) says “your wisdom is consumed in confidence” and tells him to tell them it is her fear and not his own that keeps him from the capitol. And Caesar grudgingly agrees. Then Decius Brutus comes in and ruins the whole thing by telling Caesar that her dream was telling how great he is and Decius manages to flatter Caesar enough that he decides to go to the capitol and he tells Calpurnia how foolish her dreams seem now and he leaves. Calpurnia, as we know was right the whole time and Caesar gets assassinated at the capitol. This scene was important in foreshadowing Caesar’s death and showing how overconfident Caesar is, and although Calpurnia’s warning was only one of many she seems to be the only warning with real impact, that is until Decius Brutus comes in to play.

Very near the beginning of Brutus’ soliloquy he states, "I know no personal cause to spurn at him” This statement reveals that Brutus has no personal reasons to hate Caesar (William Shakespeare 69). In fact, we have the impression throughout the play that Brutus seemed to have a personal relationship with Caesar. He also adds, “I have not known when his affections sway’d more than his reason” which even shows respect for Caesar (William Shakespeare 69). However, Brutus also understands that absolute power can change someone and wonders aloud, “How that might change his nature, there’s the question" (William Shakespeare 69).

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare have many characters throughout the play, but the ones that stand out the most is Mark Antony and Brutus. Mark Antony and Brutus gave speeches at Caesar funeral because they both want to rule even though Brutus is the one who murdered him. Their both are loyal to him and Caesar was good friends with them, even liked them both. There was only one person Caesar did not like and that was Cassius, they didn't like each other which is why Cassius had Brutus kill Caesar because he told him that Caesar was abusing his power making him not like him anymore. What starts he conflict in the play was Caesar death and both Mark Antony and Brutus disagree with who rules making them give a speech causing a lot of conflict between them for what they believe in what is right for Rome and the people.

Books have hidden messages. Focusing in on the play, Julius Caesar is about the downfall of an influential dictator and more importantly, the tragedy displays characters perishing, so it is substantial to have beneficial admonitions in the story. This is important because Julius Caesar the history of a brief crisis and the main idea for understanding the events from the past are so these events will not happen again. The main theme of Julius Caesar by Shakespeare is to always have humility as shown by, Antony’s forgiveness, Caesar’s evasive brashness and Brutus’ and Cassius’ foolishness.

“ Beware the ides of March” (1.2.21), is an omen to March 15, or the day Caesar was killed. The soothsayer tries to warn Caesar many times but is ignored. Caesar also disregards him as a “dreamer” (1.2.29) . When the time has come Caesar says, “ The ides of March are come” ( 3.1.1), he feels that since nothing bad has happened, nothing will. The soothsayer warns him there is still time. Likewise, Calpurnia had a dream the night before of her husband, Caesar as a statue with a hundred holes. “She dreamt tonight she saw my status, / Which, like a fountain with an hundred spouts,/ Did run pure blood; and many lusty Romans/ Came smiling, and did bathe their hands in it” (2.2.81-84). Calpurnia's dream foreshadows death to come, but Caesar much like with the soothsayer pushes away this warning as well. Caesar instantly bought into Decius’ story,

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.