Julius Caesar

Ashley Arsenault arsenault1

Ms. Wasyliw

ENG2D1-04

April 21th 2013

In Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar “, the start of a concept is the start of disillusion. A belief that can sometimes mislead into false judgement or even what seems to be right in that moment without going into depth and looking at the reality of it. Idealism is portrayed in The Noble Brutus’s character which leads to a negative characteristic shown throughout Julius Caesar. Firstly Brutus is very easily manipulated and persuaded by flattery; Secondly his patriotic commitment to the citizens of Rome and Rome itself; finally he is very naive which leads to his poor judgement. An analysis of these ideals will determine that Brutus’s character is a result of a negative characteristic that can lead to misconception and deception.

Brutus is very easily manipulated and persuaded by flattery. Cassius does this in multiple ways " I was born free as Caesar;so were you...as well as he" (I.ii, 95-99) Cassius is inciting Brutus that Caesar is in fact not a god he has the same morals and weaknesses as anyone else would have. Caesar completely oversteps his bounds by thinking he is an immortal being having the power and authority to grow with his pride and ambition to do whatever he wants. In addition to this Cassius flatters Brutus by how noble and very well respectful he is. He uses his flattering words to decisive Brutus making him realize that he is just like Caesar but he is just as powerful as caesar. Him being more like a god then caesar could ever claim to be. This deception is clearly shown how easily Brutus can be persuaded by this flattery also by his dedication of Rome.

The strong connection to Brutus and Rome is unbreakable. He is patriotic and cares deeply about the citizens of Rome and the honor of Rome that is beginning to be shadowed over Caesar. "There was once a Brutus that would have brook'd th'enternal devil to keep his state in Rome as easily as king" ( ) . Brutus dedication to Rome is very significant and important. Only he would dare to tolerate a immortal supreme of a cruel evil spirit to keep his state in Rome. This clearly shows how much Rome is important to brutus and his honour in Rome is more to meaningful to himself more than he fears death. In addition to this Cassius can easily use this against Brutus to help persuade him even more into depth of his needs. Only thinking about seems right at the time
Making decisions are never easy and the wrong decisions can lead to endless perlis. There are risks that can be involved which consequences can follow. “ We shall be call’d purgers,not murderers And, for Mark Antony i think not oh him for he can do no more than Caesars arm when Caesar’s head is off” ( ). Wanting to put an end to democracy solution to join the conspirators but sparing loving Mark Antony his great friend. This misleading judgement turned out to have an opposite effect of Antony seeking revenge for Caesar.