Julius Caesar Character Analysis

Brutus keeps his concerns to himself until Cassius states that the most respected Romans “wished that noble Brutus had his eyes” (Shakespeare 2.1.64), or paid attention to the terrible government they have. Cassius furthermore manipulates Brutus with forged letters from the Roman citizens. These things give Brutus the belief that he has the power to save Rome. This shows how power harshly escalates his thoughts and intensifies who Brutus already was; it caused his lonesome worries to turn, or intensify, into the decision to murder Caesar.

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

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This illustrates the theme in the historical play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Julius Caesar was a man full of arrogance and he had a sense of being self-absorbed. This kind of personality lead to bad things, it eventually led to death. Caesar was a well-known man in Rome. The people of Rome didn 't care what he did. Everyone thought he was perfect. I ii 273 He was married to a woman named Calpurnia. She lived in Rome. At the beginning of the play, Caesar just had defeated Pompey. I i 53 Some of the people in Rome knew that Caesar was getting into deep trouble. Brutus had to make a big decision towards the end. Everyone wanted Brutus to kill Caesar because he was never going to change his personality. He didn 't know what he should do, he didn 't know what is best for Rome.

To start off, the character Brutus alienates from his indecisive, good hearted nature into a more powerful corrupted character who easily makes decisions that may not always be based off morality. For example, in the beginning of the play Brutus shows his good-hearted character when he states, "Nor construe any further [his] neglect than that poor Brutus with himself at war forgets the show of love to other men"(Shakespeare, 1.2.45-48). Clearly, before Brutus gained power he was unsure of himself, and still wasn’t against Caesar because his heart still pushed for moral choices. Furthermore, without power Brutus did not appear to be corrupted in anyway, and rather seems to want to do everything he can for the good of Rome. While it is true, that Brutus began as an innocent it is clear that further on in the play he began to be corrupted by power and this is seen when he states, "Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius, To cut the head off and then hack the limbs, Like wrath in death and envy afterwards; For Antony is but a limb of Caesar" (Shakespeare, 2.1.162-165). Obviously, Brutus quickly becomes more confident and decisive in his decisions, and is even willing to tell the other conspirators what courses of action they must take. Therefore, further proving that as Brutus gains power his arrogance, and sense of control also increase.

Shakespeare shows how power and the prospect of power changes people through the character of Brutus. Brutus’ attitude changes as he acquires power and detects the possibility of being powerful. Originally, everything Brutus does is for the good of the people and Rome itself. He recognizes that he has “no personal cause to spurn at [Caesar]” (I.I.11); however, he considers doing it “for the general” (I.I.12). Power has not yet changed Brutus’ attitude; he still focuses on the good of Rome as a whole and not just gaining power for himself. As the play continues, Brutus’ ongoing internal struggle of whether or not he should kill Caesar ends when he decides to kill him. He wants to kill him in a very specific way so that the people hate Caesar rather

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.

To be honorable, to the very end, is what Brutus’s life stood for. Sophocles said, “Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.” brutus was gullible but honorable and that is why he is the tragic character. In the play Julius Caesar, it started with a single power hungry man in charge of the Roman Empire. Caesar, was surrounded by several power hungry senators. The Senators plotted and schemed to take down Caesar. The conspirators also lied and deceived their very own supporter, Brutus, who was a very honest man, and who truly loved Rome. The group of senators underestimated the verbal persuasiveness that Antony, Caesar's adopted son, would have on the citizens of Rome.The senators plans did not unfold like they thought. They made several choices about battle that got them all killed.In the end Antony, was as power hungry as the senators, if not more. In William Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus’s tragic flaw of being so honorable lead to his downfall and death because he was so naive and gullible.

Shakespeare made this change most likely to highlight Caesar’s thirst for power to the point where he would view himself as a God. Similarly, Shakespeare also illustrates that Caesar is a sufferer of seizures and that the pressure from having to reject the crown was too much for him, resulting in a seizure which also further uncovers his lust for power. This arrogance is also illustrated by Caesar disregarding the premonition from the Soothsayer. Further, other characters that are transformed by Shakespeare include Brutus, who is actually the true main character in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. “I do fear for the people. Choose Caesar for their king. Yet I love him as well” (Shakespeare scene 2, line 78-82). The Tragedy of Julius Caesar depicts mostly his inner conflict of choosing between his loyalty to Caesar or his own endearment towards the citizens and country of Rome. Based on Brutus’s love for the people and the troubles he is willing to endure for them reveals that he is a noble, yet easily manipulated character. Cassius, a character also introduced in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, attempts to manipulate Brutus, who is lost and muddled in his inner conflict to murder Caesar. Cassius attempts can be evidenced as he

Throughout the play Julius Caesar, Shakespeare examines themes of power throughout, as well as letting your true colors show. Towards the end of the play, Brutus is able to show this theme perfectly while in the beginning, Brutus is thought as someone who is unsure and insecure. He is also an exception to this ongoing theme. But as the play progresses and Brutus becomes true to himself, giving in to the tempting power that appears to be reachable, he becomes the epitome of this theme. It becomes clear to Brutus that Caesar is not what’s best for Rome, in fact, he is the reason that it is falling apart. However, because it is already embedded into his mind by his good friend Cassius, he believes that the only way to fix this situation is to kill Caesar. This pivot into a more narcissistic version of himself is gradual, while him agreeing with killing Caesar is sudden. In the beginning of Julius Caesar, Brutus is insecure, but as the play progresses and he gives in to Cassius’ manipulation and his own hidden thirst for power, Brutus

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

In William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, power tempts and corrupts Caesar’s closest friends to betray him and lose themselves in the process. Shakespeare was an English playwright during the renaissance period. Shakespeare wrote several plays throughout his lifetime in unrhymed iambic pentameter including one hundred and seventy four sonnets and thirty seven plays. One of Shakespeare’s most famous plays is Julius Caesar, which is a true story about a roman that because of his enormous power is murdered by his envious friends. Caesar is powerful but he does not abuse his power, he is even offered the crown, absolute power, and denies it. Cassius is an envious man who sees that Caesar is better than him, but he cannot take him out himself he plays a fine Italian hand and corrupts a man of integrity to consummate his foul plot. Brutus is a close friend of Caesar he loves him dearly, but Brutus is conflicted because he also loves Rome. Cassius plays on Brutus’s love of Rome and convinces him Caesar is bad for Rome. Cassius illustrates how much power Caesar has by “why, man he doth bestride the narrow world like a colossus, / and we petty men walk under his huge legs / and peep about to fine ourselves dishonorable graves” (I.2.136-139). Cassius says that Caesar is so powerful that he

Throughout the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Cassius struggles to free himself from his greed for power, this want for power is ultimately the catalyst for the entire play. Cassius´ desire for power leads him to conspire against Julius Caesar. In Act One, Cassius´ clear envy of Caesar's power further motivates Cassius´ power hungry ways. His speech distinctly emphasizes his resentment and jealousy of Caesar, stating how weak Caesar is in comparison to himself, and that now Caesar has ¨become a god¨ with Cassius forced to ¨bend his body if Caesar carelessly but nod on him¨. Establishing that Cassius believes that Caesar is undeserving of the power which he has gained.

In the play, Julius Caesar, one of our main characters was included in the secret plotting of Caesar’s bloody assassination and helped Rome’s collapse into chaos and civil war. His former friend is now jealous of his political power and is trying to stop Caesar from gaining more. Cassius was very manipulative towards Caesar’s closests friends. In making them believe there is no good for Rome, some join in for the good of Rome but others purely did it out of envy. Some believe that, out of envy, Cassius repeatedly tried to persuade Caesar’s friends to join him in order to stop Caesar from being king.

Cassius put thoughts in his mind by saying killing Caesar is the right thing to do for Rome. Brutus fatal flaw was his honor and believing everything everyone told him as well as his concern and care for Rome. In the play Cassius and the other conspirators take advantage of Brutus honor by making him believe he was doing good for Rome. This was a example of one of his flaws when the conspirators wrote and gave him fake letters from the public get him to join them. This leads to Brutus agreeing to join the conspirators and Cassius in killing Caesar. Brutus betrayed Caesar because he also didn’t want to lose power. Form Cassius and the conspirators envy to Brutus betrayal towards Caesar this ultimately lead to the murder of Julius

“Even the noblest men can be seduced by power; it has the power to kill, to distort, and to corrupt” Through this passage, Matthew Sims captures in essence how individuals often turn to betrayal and deception in order to gain their heart’s desires. This characteristic is not only present in life, but can also be seen in modern and classical literature, including the well known work of Julius Caesar. In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, the lust for power transcends any one individual and ultimately leads to death and corruption of not only Caesar, but also of Brutus and Cassius. The play begins with Caesar parading through the streets of Rome as he triumphs in his victory over Pompey. However, Brutus, Cassius, and many others hatch a plot to