The Conspiracy Julius Caesar is one of the best remembered plays in history. The play tells the tale of Marcus Brutus, a noble and key character in the play Julius Caesar. There were multiple reasons behind the decisions Brutus made. Caius Cassius was the mastermind leader behind the conspiracy that Brutus unfortunately joined. However, Brutus did have some noble reasons to join. Eventually, the master manipulator Cassus tricked Brutus into joining the conspiracy, which led to Brutus’s death. Brutus was the noblest of all the conspirators, however the conspiracy lead to his fatal end. Brutus was pressured by a conspiracy made up with some of the most high powered citizens. These men were all of great nobility and were grouped together because they in general hated Caesar. They knew though that if they were going to kill Caesar they needed someone close to Caesar, to make their murder seem valid. This was where the poor simple minded Brutus came into play. He did not hate Caesar instead he loved him. This pressure from his peers conflicted Brutus …show more content…
He used weak people to help succeed in killing Caesar. This may make Cassius the smartest one of them all. Brutus decided to join the conspiracy in the end, against his own best friend! The fact that Cassius was able to get a man to turn on his own best friend proves how smart and cunning Cassius really was. Brutus’s ignorance let himself fall into the traps Cassius set out for him, “Good Cinna, take this paper,/ And look you lay it in the praetor’s chair / Where Brutus may but find it. And throw this / In at his window. / Set this up with wax / Upon old Brutus' statue.” (1.3.144-148). This plan was one of the smartest by Cassius, because he knew the noble Brutus was dumb enough to fall for it, and the fact that Brutus would do anything for his country if the citizens of Rome demanded it. Even though Brutus was pressured, ultimately it was his decision to
Brutus did not have enough reasons to kill his best friend, he was threatened. Although he cared about the well being of the Romans, why be friends with someone that you have enough doubt
Joining the Conspiracy Julius Caesar once said “The Fault, dear Brutus, is not in ourselves, that we are underlings.” (I,ii,140-141 Pathos because he chooses his fate about joining the conspiracy). This quote is relevvant because Brutus needs to know that his fate is in himself. Brutus has to make a decision decision whether to join the conspiracy or not to.
Overall, Brutus and the conspiracy had no justified reasons to kill Caesar. They only assumed and thought what Caesar might do. Brutus feared that Caesar would have too much power and feared what would happen to Rome.
In the discussion of Julius Caesar, one controversial issue is how did he die. On the one hand, he is more of a victim than villain. On the other hand, he can be a villain more than a victim. Everyone has a different perspective for if he is a victim or villain. In the following paragraphs, there will be a comparison on Mark Antony’s Funeral Speech and Brutus’s Funeral Speech on whether Julius Caesar is a victim or villain.
“Into what dangers would you lead me, Cassius, that you would have me seek into myself for that which is not me?” (I.II.68-69). In the play Julius Caesar by Shakespeare there are many characters that can be compared and contrasted; two of those characters are Brutus and Cassius. Brutus and Cassius both have quite a few similarities as well as their differences. One of the few similarities that both these characters share is that both were involved in the assassination of Caesar; the difference between these two is their personalities.
And while Brutus did work in part with other conspirators, which eventually led to him killing Caesar, he did it for a more morally sound reason which was that Caesar was going to cause the downfall of Rome because he was too ambitious, which is ironic because Caesar's death led to a string of unfit leaders, and civil unrest that eventually led to the downfall of the roman empire. Brutus was also focused on preventing corruption. “The name of Cassius honors this corruption,/ And chastisement doth therefore hide his head (IV.iii.15-6)... Remember March, the ides of March remember./ Did not great Julius bleed for justice' sake” (IV.iii.18-9).
“It must be by his death, and for my part” thought Brutus, who is contemplating on joining the conspiracy. In his soliloquy Brutus agrees on joining the conspiracy, which is good for the People of Rome. Brutus knows that Caesar is power hungry and is only masking himself until he gets the crown. The Senate will stay in power. If Caesar dies the well being of Rome will also stay peaceful.
In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the person most responsible for the death of Julius Caesar is Cassius, he started the conspiracy and developed the plan of how to manipulate and convince Brutus to kill Caesar and lead Rome. While it may look like Brutus was the one responsible for his death, it was Cassius who made him think that he needed to that by slipping fake letters into his room. Cassius began the rebellion against Caesar, and then developed a plan to make Brutus think he need to kill Caesar and become the leader, and finally as well as the other conspirators, Cassius contributed to stabbing Caesar. TS 1: in the beginning of the story we are introduced to the conspirators, who are lead by Cassius and we discover that they are determined to destroy Caesar. In the beginning of the play Cassius is trying to convince Brutus that there is nothing special about Caesar, he is “Like a Colossus, and [they] petty men Walk under his huge legs”(I, II, 137).
It's a bad idea for Brutus to join the conspiracy. What if the plan doesn't go how they want it to go? If Caesar found out that they were planning on killing him, he would probably kill all of them first. Brutus is already a close friend of Caesar's why put his life on the line.
Even though Brutus's popularity with the people adds value to the conspiracy, it also hurts it, as people would be watching Brutus. The people of Rome know Brutus and could possibly detect if he is acting strangely and tip off Caesar. If Brutus was unable to keep the plan hidden and proceed as normal in public, their intentions could be realized and Caesar would be tipped off. Being such good friends with Caesar could also present a problem as Brutus could have second thoughts about turning against his friend. In act one, scene two, Brutus says, " I love him well."
Is it justified to kill someone because they have gained too much power and are going to use it for the worse? Brutus has a very bad circumstance on his hands, he can kill Caesar and possibly be executed for his actions or he can let Caesar become king and watch Rome fall. There are many reasons why Brutus should and should not join the conspiracy. Brutus says, “I know no personal reason to spurn at him But for the general.” (II,i,11).
Brutus and Cassius are two prominent conspirators in the play Julius Caesar; one of these two fits Aristotle's depiction of a tragic hero. The difference between a normal hero and a tragic hero is that the latter will have a tragic flaw that keeps them from succeeding. These characters are often sympathetic and will cleave to the reader's pity. Firstly, we shall discuss Cassius. He was a man of questionable character.
The paranoia of the ideology that power completely corrupts has existed throughout centuries. This obsession can cause people to act in an irrational way or out of reasonings. So was the case with the senators in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. William Shakespeare centered his play around the Roman leader, Julius Caesar. Out of fear of his future political activities and his overconfident personality, the senators of Rome, including Caesar's best friend Brutus, created a conspiracy to assassinate him to stop him from obtaining absolute power over the Roman Empire.
When Cassius got Brutus to conspire against Caesar it led to others joining this group of conspirators. Caesar did not like Cassius, so Cassius wanted to have him assassinated. The only way Cassius could do that was if he had a group of people to help him. Cassius convinced Brutus, Caesar’s most trusted friend, and a group of senators that they were going to assassinate Caesar for the good of Rome. Rome was not to be ruled by one single leader, but as Caesar got more powerful he eventually became the dictator of Rome.
Because Brutus was idealistic and naïve, he made three mistakes which led to his downfall. During the Feast of Lupercal, Cassius approaches Brutus and begins to plant the idea that Julius Caesar was becoming a tyrant and deserved for Brutus to kill him. When Cassius asks Brutus for his approval and for Brutus to lead the conspiracy, Brutus replied that he would think about the proposal and tell Cassius an answer in the morning. That same night, Brutus finds letters in his office forged by Cassius saying that all the influential members of Rome believe that Caesar is