Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar takes place in . Caesar, Pompei, and Crassius had Roman politics for years. When Crassius died, Caesar, a powerful military leader raised an against army in a fight for power. wins. celebrate Caesar’s victory but the nobles worry he will himself king and overthrow the . Shakespeare portrays the as an easily mob. On a victory march through is Caesar, his wife Calpurnia, his closest advisor , his honorable friend with wife Portia, and his nobles. (A soothsayer goes over to Caesar and says, “Beware the ”.)
Once they are all alone, Cassius begins to Brutus about his towards . Brutus responds with, “But I love Caesar, like a ”. Caesar is of Cassius and thinks he might be plotting something. “He thinks too much; such men are .” “ Caesar is riling up the . He’s out of control.” Cassius is already planning to Caesar, but he needs honorable on his side to add to the conspiracy. Cassius convinces a nobleman that Caesar will Rome apart and they should kill him. Cassius sends Cinna to send out fake letters to Brutus to convince him to join in the killing. Brutus starts thinking and is engaged in a moral dilemma. He begins to think that is right and Caesar might destroy Rome. How can he be an honorable man and kill Caesar? Only if it is for the good of Rome. Brutus decides to take action. Brutus is still torn between his love of Rome and his friendship with Caesar. Women are in Roman . Calpurnia, Caesar’s wife, tries to persuade Caesar not to go to the tomorrow because she he was murdered.
Caesar thinks he may not go to the Senate until someone tells him, “if you don’t go, the people will call him a ”. Word of the had gotten out, and people tried to warn him, but he was too to listen. Once he gets inside, he is stabbed. His final words were “et tu, Brutus?”
At his funeral, two speeches were given. Brutus’ starts with “ for my honor. It was not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome ”. “As he was valiant, I honor him. But as he was ambitious, I him”. Brutus leaves, trusting Mark Antony that he would keep his word and support him. But instead, Mark Antony fires up the crowd with emotion. He says that he went to bury Caesar, not praise him. He explains that while Brutus is honorable, he killed Caesar and shows the crowd the body. He also says that Caesar also left money for the people in his .
Mark Antony and Brutus rushed to to fill the power void left by Caesar’s death. Cassius and Brutus join together versus Mark Antony. Brutus’ plan doesn’t work on the battlefield. Cassius sends Titinius into the battle to back. Pindarus tells Cassius what he he sees. Cassius wants Caesar’s death avenged, so he asks to be . Pindarus misinterprets what he saw and the tide was actually turning in their favor. When Titanius realizes the , he stabs himself too. Brutus knows he is losing, but still tries to his soldiers to act honorably. When Brutus realizes he is by the enemy, he realizes that he must .
Mark Antony realizes that the others killed Caesar for personal reasons, but Brutus killed him for the good of Rome. He was the of them all.
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