Julius Caesar Character Analysis

Julius Caesar is very much a warrior and he thinks that he is above every one else and that he is more than an ordinary man. As a result he is very arrogant and takes very little notice of the people around him. As far as he is concerned, they are meaningless and not worth his time. He believes he is honourable but really is not. In a way he wants to be trusted and to be a trusted leader of the Roman people but he is very unwilling to do anything to gain trust. Ordinary people have a great deal of respect for Caesar and probably believe that he would be a good, powerful leader who has Roman's troubles at heart. Caesar probably believes those things as well but he is ruthless and he craves power. He also believes that everybody likes him

    Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar is a tragic play, where the renowned Julius Caesar is on the brink of achieving total control and power by becoming emperor of the Roman Empire. Ironically enough, when he thinks he is one step away from pulling it off, his "friends" (most from the senate) decide to overthrow him, with Caesar's most trusted friend, Marcus Brutus, acting as leader of the conspirators. Though the fall of Caesar from the most powerful man in the world to a man who's been betrayed and stabbed 30 times is a great downfall, he is not the tragic hero. Shakespeare's main focus is Marcus Brutus, a noble man who brings upon himself a great misfortune by his own actions,

Brutus is one of the more complex character in Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Shakespeare added a lot of complexity to Brutus through dialogue, monologue, and soliloquy. Shakespeare created opposing desires in Brutus and created both hesitation and doubt. His major back-and-forth conflict is him trying to give himself an honorable reason for killing Caesar. He is manipulated by Cassius and the other conspirators into assassinating Caesar, a life-long friend of Brutus. “The ultimate factor in persuading Brutus to join the conspiracy is his belief, a belief based on the the letters cast in at his window or conspicuously left for him in public places” (Shalvi 71). When Caesar was attacked by the conspirators, it had been Brutus’ blade and betrayal that had finally killed him. During the beginning and the end of the play, Brutus struggled to accept that killing Caesar was not what he wanted to do. In his head, Brutus is content that he killed Caesar for the good of Rome. In a speech to Romans after Caesar’s death he says, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but

According to Merriam-Webster and Literary Terms a villain is a deliberate scoundrel or criminal who plots to somehow cause harm or ruin to another character. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Cassius is the villain because he does not admit what he is doing is wrong. He kills Caesar and gets other people to help him do so and the only way he can have a reputation is by having power.

In the play Julius Caesar, written by Shakespeare, we are presented with two characters, Brutus, a noble congressman of the Roman republic, and Antony, a loyal lieutenant to Caesar. Brutus, who is manipulated by Cassius to kill Caesar, is led to believe that Caesar was ambitious and was seeking to destroy the Roman republic as well as becoming a tyrannical king. Brutus, being the patriotic congressman all of Rome knows him as, agrees for the good of Rome, to join the radical conspirators and help kill Caesar. Despite his solid reputation and strong ethos, Brutus’s weak pathos and logos doom his speech for failure once Antony gets up to speak.

In the play of Julius Caesar Brutus is the most sympathetic character because he murders Caesar for the good of Rome. Brutus is persuaded by Cassius to kill Caesar and Brutus was a noble Roman. In the final scene Mark antony describes Brutus as the noblest Roman of them all, for this he is the only conspirator who acted for the good of Rome. Brutus think if he kill Caesar Rome will be safe, he did not kill caesar because of ambition he murder Caesar of loyalty to Rome.

In Act one, Brutus is on the fence about the thought of Caesar being the king of Rome. He only wants to do what is right for Rome, and uses his patriotism to make decisions throughout the play. Brutus promises Rome that he will do what is best by saying, “I slew my best lover for the good of Rome; I have the same dagger for myself when it shall please my country to need my death.”

Brutus in the play "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare is a very complex and very important character in the play. He is considered a very noble person and he has a very high reputation. Even though Caesar and Brutus are close friends, Brutus will do anything for Rome. This leads to Brutus killing his best friend so he could help Rome.

Brutus expresses honorable traits such as devotion to his companion Caesar as he emotionally expresses that “[he] [loves] him well” and he also “[loves] the name of honor more than [he] fears death” when speaking to Cassius regarding Caesar (1.2.89). Brutus illustrates the true extent of his intimate attachment for not only Caesar, but also for the people of Rome as he states a willingness to die in order to protect its democracy. As Brutus’s obsession with Caesar’s ever-growing power intensifies he confesses his fears to his friend, Cassius, who mirrors and supports his opinion. Instead of assuaging his fears, Cassius recklessly encourages Brutus to act. Nobody counters Cassius’s judgement, thus urging Brutus to take action. Brutus perfectly represents the unwritten code of mos maiorum of the early Roman Republic because, like his ancestors, he strives to preserve the democratic state. Although he loves Caesar, he realizes that his existence threatens Roman democracy. Cassius persistently manipulates Brutus however he refuses to budge unless it “aught toward the general good” for his beloved Rome (1.2.85). Rather than taking action for personal needs such as power the way Cassius performs, the selfless Brutus strictly operates for the general good of Rome, refusing to act for any other cause. Brutus reflects the Roman ideal leader since at this period most leaders act in selfishness. The reliable Brutus, now aware if Caesar’s impurities, only serves for good and keeps his honorable reputation of the general public. During act 2.1, the self-sacrificing Brutus convinces himself that action must occur to deliver the citizens’ freedom from Caesar’s threatening ambition which motivates him to conspire against and murder Caesar, consequentially making him a fugitive. Pushing

Brutus is kills Caesar for what he says to save Rome. This is true on his part because everyone knew Caesar to make impulsive decisions that could harm Rome and very much cause the downfall of it. He killed Caesar to prevent this. Many say that he is a betrayer but I purely believe that he is is a patriot. Throughout the play he already has contraversal thoughts but decides on his

In the drama Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the character Brutus is the head conspirator in a plot to kill Caesar, a Roman senator, deceives the public, then loses a major battle against the Triumvirate, which ends in his suicide. However, he can still be considered the hero of the Tragedy Julius Ceasar. Throughout the play, Brutus constantly believes that what he is doing is best for the Rome. Brutus is the hero because everything he does and all of the decisions he makes are made for the good of the people. All of the other main characters are motivated to do what they are doing for reasons like revenge, power, and personal reasons.

Julius Caesar is a story about doing what you believe is right, and sometimes the line between right and wrong can be blurry. In the play, Brutus other Romans conspire to kill the man who may become their new leader, Caesar. Patriots are typically looked at as being trustworthy, and Brutus murdered Caesar, someone who viewed him as a friend. Looking at the situation in a vacuum can make it look like Brutus is a betrayer because of that fact. However, many people incorrectly think of Brutus as being a villain when he was not a betrayer or traitor, Brutus was a patriot to the city of Rome.

Brutus has killed himself, and Antony is standing over his corpse. Antony respects him by saying that Brutus was the noblest Roman and Brutus was actually a good person unlike the other conspirators. Although Brutus was a nobleman in Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, Brutus becomes easily swayed by the rest of the conspirators to kill Caesar, developing his character. Brutus develops his character because of his conflicts and him trying to distinct between right and wrong, supporting the idea that good intentions can lead to bad things.

Brutus made the best of himself and the best of Rome, and he did it all for the people and he still made all the wrong decisions in killing Caesar, telling Antony he can speak at his funeral, and how Antony is not harmful. But he did all these things that he thought could help their country, and help the people around him be successful. He is a very risky man, and is not afraid to take risks, even if he is wrong like he was throughout the play. His confidence helped him become who he was, he did make a lot of bad decisions, but did it for the people around him. But Cassius was on a different side of things he thought the killing of Caesar was to just to get him out of power so they can be brought to power. But Brutus was not like that, he had some times that he was selfish, but did everything for the good of Rome. He made all of his choices because he thought that it was best and could be good for everyone. Brutus’s confidence in William Shakespeare's play The tragedy of Julius Caesar was very much one of the most tragic characters because his arrogance and selfish decisions led him and his army to lose the war and to his own death.

Brutus possesses many ideals and mannerisms that make him the tragic hero in William Shakespeare’s tragedy. To begin with, Brutus has a deep sense of love for his city, and concerns himself with its well-being. His concern for Rome is actually what causes him to backstab Caesar. He worries that he is too arrogant to be an adequate leader, “I do fear the people/ Choose Caesar for their king.” (Shakespeare I.ii. 85-86). Secondly, Brutus has an undying moral compass that navigates him on his integrity driven choices. Brutus thinks long and hard before he joins the conspirators, and wonders whether or not it is the right choice and questions his choices, “Into what dangers would you lead me…/ That you would have me seek into myself/ For which is not in me?” (Shakespeare I.ii. 69-71). His strong beliefs are what ultimately convince him to join the conspirators, for the good of Rome. Also, Brutus believes in equality and respect. He gives a speech to the public because he feels they deserve to know the reason why Caesar dies, ‘And, waving our red weapons o’er our heads,/ Let’s all cry “Peace, freedom, and liberty!”’. (Shakespeare III.i. 121-122). This heroic quality is one of the things that drives him to be a good leader, and a good person as well. As much as these traits lead us to believe