Who Was Responsible For Julius Caesar's Downfall

In the play Julius Caesar by William shakespeare, Caesar is murdered by the senators of rome, to prevent his power hungry ego from destroying their beloved city. During Caesar's funeral, both Marc Antony and brutus give speeches. Both speeches contain athos, which appeals to emotions, and rhetorical questions, these emphasize both of the speeches in different ways. Although Brutus is a convincing orator, Antony's uses a more effective form of rhetorical questions and pathos, which evokes feelings in the audience..

Is a good deed still a good deed when looked at from an ice cold eye? Was it ever really a good deed at all? It’s all about perspective. In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, ethos, pathos, and logos is used to show both sides of a deed that was good in one eye and cold in the other. He uses ethos to show the credibility of the speeches, logos to show facts given, and pathos to show the emotion shown throughout the eulogies. In this scene Caesar has been murdered by the conspirators including Brutus. Brutus is one of Caesar's good friends who is driven by honor; who thought Caesar’s ambition was going to be the end of Rome. Antony is a very loyal friend of Caesar’s who does not agree with the conspirators. Brutus and Antony are both smart well thought out characters. They desire to persuade the commoners to their side of the situation. Brutus and Antony use ethos, logos, and pathos in their speeches to convince the commoners of their side of the story. One person just so happens to be more convincing than the other.

Caesar is killed by conspirators who wanted freedom, liberty, and democracy. Though Caesar had ruled well, he wanted to be crowned and was ambitious. Caesar was killed because he was the one whose “abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power” (2.1.18, 19). But Brutus thought that “when he once attains the upmost round, he then unto the ladder turns his back” (2.1.24, 25). But Caesar loved the Romans according to what Antony spoke about Caesar 's death, “when that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept” (3.2.89). Also, death was nothing to Caesar and he was brave. When Portia had nightmares about Caesar, she begged him not to go out. Caesar said, “How can we avoid what the gods want to happen?” (2.2.27-28) and “a necessary end, will come whenever will come” (2.2.36-37).

The last words spoken by Julius Caesar were “Et tu Brute? Then fall, Caesar!” These words resonate the feelings of disbelief and betrayal Julius Caesar felt the moment his trusted friend and fellow roman, Brutus came out from the shadows of his fellow conspirators to assassinate him. Though Brutus was an honorable person his flaws caused both himself and Caesar to succumb to brutal deaths. The decision by Brutus to commit this act of mutiny upon Caesar was immoral. Due to it being ultimately pointless to save the republic and, it being made out of arrogance and gullibility from Brutus.

Julius Caesar was one of the best known historical figures to come out of ancient Rome; he is also the basis of William Shakespeare’s tragedy called Julius Caesar, although this is very different from the actual events. It takes place in ancient Rome; when the main character of Brutus begins to fear for the future of Rome when he learns that his arrogant friend, Julius Caesar, could possibly become king. In response to this he goes along with a plan to kill Caesar. After Caesar has died Brutus, and Caesar's close friend Antony speak at his funeral. Brutus gives a speech about why Caesar needed to die, while Antony gives of speech about why it was awful and unneeded. Antony gives a much more thorough and persuasive speech, using many rhetorical devices.

There are a lot of different themes that could be used to describe the play of Julius Caesar. Power is a big part of the play and is probably the best theme of it. Throughout the play, power has a big impact on the story line and the way the story goes. It is evident to the conspirators that Julius Caesar is headed for absolute power; he becomes a threat to the ideals and values of the Roman Republic. They assassinate Caesar before he can be crowned king. The irony is that Caesar's death results in civil war. As two people with questionable motives try to get power, chaos ensues and the Republic is never the same again.

In Julius Caesar Act V, Antony and Octavius get together with their army to battle Brutus and Cassius and their army to avenge Caesar’s death. The battle goes on and Cassius’ thoughts gets to him thinking that he is going to lose, so he asks his slave, Pindarus, to stab him with the sword that went through Caesar’s back and killed him. Brutus finds out that Cassius is dead but decides not to make him a funeral in order to not get distracted in battle and gets ready for the second battle. Brutus thinks that he won’t the battle so he asks Clitus to kill him but he refuses then he asks Dardanius, who also refuses, this makes Brutus do the job himself and kills himself with a sword. Antony and Octavius find out about Brutus and decide to honor

Brutus kills his best friend, Caesar, because he doesn’t want him to be king. He claims he is doing it for the people of Rome because Caesar was too “ambitious”. Antony uses different techniques in his speech to manipulate with the crowd’s emotions and change their minds about him. He tells the crowd that he is not disproving Brutus but throughout his speech he does. He has the crowd gather around Caesar’s dead body and the crowd is so upset, they don’t know what to think at this point. Antony successfully convinces the crowd that Caesar was wrong. The plebeians turn into a mob against the conspirators.

Julius Caesar has returned from successful campaigns in Gaul(France)and Hispania(Spain)and has also deposed his most powerful ruler Gnaius Pompey. He has also secured Egypt thereby ensuring a constant grain supply for Rome and is now the most powerful man in the city. Jealous of his success, a group of powerful

Cassius was the leader in the plot to kill Julius Caesar. He struck Caesar in the chest and successfully killed him. Although succeeding in the assassination of Caesar, the celebration was short-lived, as Mark Antony took power and turned the public against them. Cassius wanted to kill Antony as well but was persuaded not to. After the assassination, he moved to Italy.

While the first societies were built by man, the rules of every society since have have dictated the actions and beliefs of each individual. In the Roman Society presented in William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar is on the verge of being crowned king, and some of his fellow Romans are none too pleased with this. Julius Caesar takes place in ancient Rome in 44 b.c. At this time, Rome was the center of a large empire, but their society had its fair share of problems. Their society gives much of the wealth and power to a select few people while many power-hungry men vie to be absolute leaders. One of these power-hungry men is Cassius. Cassius is motivated by greed and a pressure, placed upon him by a society that values power

A ruler that benefits his people and has the knowledge of how the government system is operated will be a good leader, but some rulers do not have these traits and they only want power and only think of themselves, making them bad rulers. Two characters from William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, Brutus and Octavius, are two men capable of being agreeable leaders. Brutus, is a Roman senator who is adored by the people of Rome, but is part of the conspiracy that plans to kill Caesar, believing his intentions are good. Octavius, the nephew of Caesar, leads alongside Antony after the death of Caesar. He is young, but strives to know more about Rome and its government. Both Octavius and Brutus have admirable skills and through those skills the right qualities of being a leader shine through differently.

A human life is a precious thing. Every person is only allowed one so they must value it. There comes a time where the question of is it okay to ever take a human life. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, is a ominus play that recounts the story of Julius Caesar. In the play Caesar is noble Roman who is becoming too powerful and that has gathered concerns from a group of Roman senators. The senators conspire to take Caesar’s life, but need the cooperation of a respected senator named Marcus Brutus. Brutus is a trusted friend to Caesar and is against the plot. Eventually, Brutus turns on Caesar and partakes in his murder. Caesar’s supporters, Antony and Octavius, start a civil war to avenge his death. The play ends will Brutus committing suicide. To take a life is a very controversial topic. However, taking a human life is only ever justified under certain circumstances.

In the play Julius Caesar, Caesar was a hero for the people of Rome. He had just come back from war after heroically winning a battle. The people of Rome praise Caesar and offer him the crown. He denies it not once, not twice, but thrice times. The amount of self-pride Caesar has leads the conspirators, Marcus Brutus, Cassius and a few more men, to plot against Caesar in order to stop his power. In fact, the plan to stop Caesar follows an unforeseen path.

Everyone knows that Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by his friends, so they naturally assume Caesar is a tragic hero. In digging deeper, the real tragic hero of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is revealed. To begin, William Shakespeare’s play is based on historical events that occurred in Rome around 44 B.C. Julius Caesar was born in 102 B.C. and died in 44 B.C. During this time, he became a power-hungry military leader. His rise to power was a result of such actions that made the Roman public love him. Although the Roman public loved him, many higher Romans believed that he was becoming dangerous. These feelings ultimately led to the murder of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. when he was stabbed 35 times. This period of uncertainty lasted approximately