Julius Caesar Character Analysis

Calpurnia dreams that Caesar will be murdered and thinks it is foolish. It is a mistake by Caesar to think it is foolish because it foreshadowed his death that eventually happened. His personality got in his own way and ended up costing his life. Caesar ignoring the signs and foreshadows throughout the play ended up costing his own life as his personality got in his own way.

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

Throughout history, questions have arose about when it is right to kill someone. There are usually two sides to this argument: it is never right to kill someone, or it is better to kill one person and save thousands of lives than to risk the death of thousands of people. In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, it can be argued that Caesar truly did deserve to die for various reasons. In Julius Caesar, Caesar deserved his fate because had many physical weaknesses, was too power-hungry and egotistical, and would have ultimately hurt Rome more than helped it.

William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a story of envy, downfall, dishonesty, and true loyalty. The story begins with a celebration of Julius Caesar’s return home from a victorious battle. The people of Rome are excited for Caesar’s return, as they value and respect him as a potential leader, but there are also a handful of people that express their unhappiness with all of the attention surrounding Caesar. Caius Cassius is among those handful of individuals unhappy with Caesar’s popularity. Cassius is envious of Caesar and does not understand why he has gained so much power over the people of Rome, which brings him to the conclusion that he needs to bring about the fall of Caesar. Cassius expresses the issue to his brother-in-law

“Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.”- T.S. Eliot. A seemingly good idea can quickly become a horrible one when put into action. In the play, Julius Caesar, a character named Brutus joined the conspirators in the killing of his friend, Caesar, even though he held no grudge towards him, in his mind, he is selfless by killing Caesar for the wellbeing of Rome. In his opinion, he thinks that there is a likely chance that Caesar might become corrupted with power and even though he has not become dangerous yet he might so he should kill him before it happened, that was Brutus’ justification for killing his friend. Brutus may have thought his action was selfless, but in a way it was morally questionable, Brutus is taking the life of another person because of the assumption someone was dangerous with no real evidence. He is using the fears and assumption in his mind to justify himself killing Caesar. What also makes it morally questionable is the fact that Caesar was a friend who always done right by him for the most part.A person killing someone they hate is one thing, but killing someone who’s been their friend just seems outright wrong. Altruistic motivations and ideas often result in immoral actions.

While Caesar’s arrogance brings victories to Rome, it also causes him to disregard obvious warnings. This is shown when Calpurnia begs him not to go to the meeting, and he initially agrees to stay home only “For thy humor,”(A2S2L59), not because he interprets his wife’s dream as a threat to his well-being. In fact he says, “Danger knows full well/ That Caesar is more dangerous than he” (A2S2L46-47) and ends up going to the meeting anyway. On the contrary, his modesty from refusing to accept the crown three times makes him likable and allows Antony to persuade the citizens to seek revenge against Cassius and Brutus. Although Caesar is arrogant at most times, his slight

A death of a hero; the fate chosen for the protagonist in most dramatic tragedies. Though, in William Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’, there are two characters that are given this outcome; Julius Caesar and Marcus Brutus. With the most potential, the self-titled, Julius Caesar possesses the characteristics that label him as this Tragic Hero. Caesar’s tragic flaw is hubris when he acknowledges himself. The insight of others that observe Caesar, prove his high ranking. Caesar also struggles with internal conflict when he makes key decisions in the play. By examining his tragic flaw, high rank, and internal conflict, Julius Caesar is clearly the tragic hero in this tragedy.

During the first scene of act two, the ‘ides of March’, the day when Caesar will go to the Capitol to become King, has finally arrived. The conspiracy agreed to murder Caesar as soon as he arrived at the Capitol. On this same day, Caesar showed to be at the peak of his arrogance and pride when he responded to Calphurnia’s dreams. In her nightmare, Caesar was being murdered; as soon as she woke up, Calphurnia advised Caesar not to leave home to which he arrogantly answered that these dangers will disappear as soon as they see his face. Later, Calphurnia tells him about the strange happenings that she has heard from a servant and how they might apply to him.

The Shakespearean play featuring a man being stabbed 23 times to death, “Julius Caesar,” is quite unique in many perspectives, because unlike most plays, this play has a plot that deals with controversial events, leaving the bulk of the readers in a state of ambiguity and division. The scene where Julius Caesar was stabbed is ambiguous, because it is a good thing for the people, but the way he was murdered is much too brutal. Whether or not Brutus should have joined the conspiracy to kill Caesar divides the audience, since it is unclear if it was beneficial or detrimental to the people of Rome. The audience is also divided on their perception of Caesar, due to his actions that could be interpreted as both arrogance or confidence. These three points demonstrate that the play’s flexible plot line opens itself up for the audiences’ own interpretation.

On the event of Julius Caesar’s crowning, there are situations accumulating due to the fact that there are a group of conspirators who are against Caesar. They are plotting their chance to execute Caesar before he able to gain the authority he does not deserve. These men believe that he is unworthy of the crown, and Brutus should have more of a right to claim it. Cassius considers Brutus to be just as capable as Caesar himself. It is not by envy that they choose this revenge, but the thought of change Caesar will bring upon the Romans. Julius Caesar’s tragic flaws would be his unworthiness of the crown, concrete arrogance, and undeniable confidence.

In the play by William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar is the dictator of Rome. The Senate of Rome is not pleased with Caesar as a dictator; nor do they want Caesar to become a King. Some members of the Senate, Conspirators, worked to kill Caesar to prevent him from becoming king, in effort to protect the Republic of Rome. Because of the way Caesar had bettered Rome and the way he died many consider him a tragic hero. It is debated who the real tragic hero is: Julius Caesar or Marcus Brutus, a conspirator who plots to kill Caesar. To be a tragic hero a character must possess three traits: a status of nobility, a tragic flaw, and accept his or her fate. Throughout the play it is clear that Julius Caesar has all of the required traits. Julius Caesar is the true tragic hero in the play.

William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, is generally focused on the assassination of Julius Caesar. Caesar valued Rome highly and did not have any intentions of abusing personal power. On the other hand, Brutus and Cassius craved power and their way of pursuing it was to assassinate Caesar. Moreover, Brutus feared that Caesar would rule as a tyrant which, he thought, would not be best for Rome. Brutus supposedly foresaw that Caesar would rule, but not with the desire to treat his people fairly.

Despite consistent evidence, it is often difficult to determine the true character of an individual. As such, it is essential to explore a series of different sources and perspectives. However due to numerous circumstances, these perspectives are often manipulated and rendered inaccurate, emphasising the need to instead judge an individual’s character through their actions. With this in consideration, historians both modern and ancient, agree that Julius Caesar was a successful leader due to his extensive military achievements and ability to manipulate certain aspects of the Roman political system.

In Machiavelli’s novel “The Prince” it gives a brief theory to how leaders should rule or control there land, government, and society. The novel explains that life is not a fairy tale, but a cruel place where only the careless succeed into to leadership by following his theory. The use of Machiavelli’s advice can be seen manifested in Shakespeare’s novel Julius Caesar where a character uses careless actions to take down Julius Caesar. In Julius Caesar, three characters show similar actions that represent many attributes used in Machiavelli’s novel The Prince. In this essay, the characters are compared upon there similar actions and what rules were used.

The tragedy of Julius Caesar is a well-known story, though told from the “friends” of this ambitious Roman. In the first act, most information of Caesar is given through other Romans, yet only speaks occasionally. While many opinions from various characters are presented on the problem of Caesar and how to solve it, his own opinion is not mostly expressed till the second scene of act two. With this scene, Caesar speaks directly about his concerns about what is happening around him and what he plans or has done about it. Not only that, but the plan of the conspirators begins to unfold at the end of this scene. This scene is vital to the story