Why Did Julius Caesar Die
Julius Caesar, a strong general, very much liked by the people, a born to be leader. He started to be seen as a God, after winning the battle against Pompey; But you wonder, then why was he killed? That, is why I’m here; this, is The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.
Caesar, as I said, was very well liked by the people. In fact,they treated him as if he were a God. They made prodigious statues of him--A spectacle fit for a king, and kissed the ground on which he walked;but not everyone felt the same. The ironic part of the play was, the people caesar considered friends, were the ones who took his life. People such as Cassius and Cinna, felt as if they were servile unto Caesar. They felt, as if he had many infirmities unlike what others such as Antony …show more content…
and the rest of Rome were taught to think.
One thing, that took me time to figure out, was what was Shakespeare trying to teach us? My guess, was that we should always be careful of those around us. Caesar put his trust in his conspirators not knowing, there was an insurrection between his ranks. The irony in this is, even though Caesar didn’t notice that the betrayal and his death were imminent, his wife Portia did.
Caesar had a huge role to act upon in this play.
Even after his death, the death of other characters were in a way, because of him. Before his death, people such as Cassius and Cinna were not able to become more successful; they felt as if, they were below him. This feeling, is what they acted upon that led to Caesar’s death. Cassius knew for them to prosper, first they needed Brutus to agree and partake of their agenda. Brutus was Caesar’s dear friend--aside from Antony; something special about Brutus was, unlike Cassius,he did not have a selfish demeanor about him.Cassius knew this, so he wrote letters to Brutus anonymously to confound him and to cause an Internal struggle that would be hard to overcome. When Brutus killed Caesar, he did not do it out of spite or wrathfully but, deep down he felt it was wrong because, when talking to the people of Rome about his death, he tried to make amends to Caesar while at the same time bringing him down from such a high pedestal. That was hard to do since, Caesar had a legacy for the people. When the people found out of this, It made him seem more human--it showed he did in his own way care for the people.In the end guilt crept up on Brutus and Cassius in the middle of a civil war--like a snake at night watching his prey;resulting in their death. It ended up in way, being chastisement for Caesar’s death. Caesar did always say, “If you must break the law, do it to seize power:In all other cases observe it.”So in a way, was the actions
of Cassius and Brutus really wrong?
Caesar, as I said, was very well liked by the people. In fact,they treated him as if he were a God. They made prodigious statues of him--A spectacle fit for a king, and kissed the ground on which he walked;but not everyone felt the same. The ironic part of the play was, the people caesar considered friends, were the ones who took his life. People such as Cassius and Cinna, felt as if they were servile unto Caesar. They felt, as if he had many infirmities unlike what others such as Antony …show more content…
and the rest of Rome were taught to think.
One thing, that took me time to figure out, was what was Shakespeare trying to teach us? My guess, was that we should always be careful of those around us. Caesar put his trust in his conspirators not knowing, there was an insurrection between his ranks. The irony in this is, even though Caesar didn’t notice that the betrayal and his death were imminent, his wife Portia did.
Caesar had a huge role to act upon in this play.
Even after his death, the death of other characters were in a way, because of him. Before his death, people such as Cassius and Cinna were not able to become more successful; they felt as if, they were below him. This feeling, is what they acted upon that led to Caesar’s death. Cassius knew for them to prosper, first they needed Brutus to agree and partake of their agenda. Brutus was Caesar’s dear friend--aside from Antony; something special about Brutus was, unlike Cassius,he did not have a selfish demeanor about him.Cassius knew this, so he wrote letters to Brutus anonymously to confound him and to cause an Internal struggle that would be hard to overcome. When Brutus killed Caesar, he did not do it out of spite or wrathfully but, deep down he felt it was wrong because, when talking to the people of Rome about his death, he tried to make amends to Caesar while at the same time bringing him down from such a high pedestal. That was hard to do since, Caesar had a legacy for the people. When the people found out of this, It made him seem more human--it showed he did in his own way care for the people.In the end guilt crept up on Brutus and Cassius in the middle of a civil war--like a snake at night watching his prey;resulting in their death. It ended up in way, being chastisement for Caesar’s death. Caesar did always say, “If you must break the law, do it to seize power:In all other cases observe it.”So in a way, was the actions
of Cassius and Brutus really wrong?