Yet while Caesar may not be unduly power-hungry, he does possess his share of flaws. He is unable to separate his public life from his private life, and, seduced by the populace’s increasing idealization and idolization of his image, he ignores ill omens and threats against his life, believing himself as eternal as the North Star. Antony - A friend of Caesar. Antony claims allegiance to Brutus and the conspirators after Caesar’s death in order to save his own life. Later, however, when speaking a funeral oration over Caesar’s body, he spectacularly persuades the audience to withdraw its support of Brutus and instead condemn him as a traitor.
If Brutus wasn’t honorable, he wouldn’t have fallen into Cassius hands and join his side. Because Brutus is a man honor with no hidden motives, he trusts Cassius and cannot see behind his lies. Cassius writes phony letters to Brutus that make him believe the Roman people are begging for his help and since Brutus is an honorable person he agrees to help. Not only does this show he is an honorable man but he is gullible too. When he says, "…not that I loved Caesar less but I loved Rome more."
One idea in hisspeech stands out more than all the others. “If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar’s, to him I say that Brutus’ love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I lovedRome more.” (III, ii, 19-24) Again, Brutus speaks of his love for Rome, and those of Rome.Brutus has the same love for Caesar as Antony did, but Brutus cared more for Caesar thenAntony ever could. In may be that killing Caesar was not pure, but Brutus’ intentions were as pure as possible. He believed he was doing the right thing and that makes Brutus more honorablethen any of the other men who conspired against
Although Brutus initially was the approval of the Roman citizens Antony’s sarcastic speech made the Romans second guess if the assassination of Caesar was right. In the speech Mark Antony gave in Act 3 Scene 2 he was speaking about Caesar being ambitious and Brutus being an honorable man but keeps repeating it in a sarcastic tone. For instances Antony said “But Brutus says he is ambitious and Brutus is a honorable man”, then again Brutus said “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious and Brutus is an honorable man” because it’s repeated a couple throughout Antony’s speech. As well in Act 3 Scene 2 Brutus said “And for my sake, stay here with Antony Do grace to Caesar’s corpse, and grace his speech. Tending to Caesar’s glories, which Mark Antony By our permission is allowed to make.
In awe of such thing as I myself. I was born free as Caesar; so were you" (I,I). His argument advances with adding in ethos by slyly stating he loves freedom and despises tyranny. It is evident to the reader that Cassius is demonstrating irony through his words. Cassius is a threat to freedom by seeking the death of Caesar.
When the soliloquy of Cassius in Act 1 Sc. 2 begins it is evident of Cassius’ Epicurean view and his evil desires and intention to use Brutus to murder Caesar, ‘Caesar doth bear me hard, but he loves Brutus…’ the contrast apparent in Cassius’ statement exemplifies that he uses this knowledge to his advantage to coordinate who he would influence to plot against Caesar. The use of rhetorical devices in Brutus’ soliloquy ‘Shall Rome stand under one man’s awe?’ targets Brutus’ fear of Caesar’s misuse of power and dictatorship further supplementing our understanding of the influence that Cassius had implanted onto Brutus, successfully being able to justify and solidify Brutus’ will to kill Caesar. Cassius twists Brutus’ patriotism towards Rome to motivate Brutus into thinking that Caesar’s intentions for the Roman Public would be used in ways that would lead to the fall of Rome. ‘Let’s kill him boldly, but not wrathfully…carve him as a dish fit for the gods’ the use of a metaphor reveals that his intentions are not to kill Caesar out of spite but instead with regret and considers Caesar as a person of a respectful status.
Julius Caesar dismissed the multiple warnings to beware the Ides of March. Consequently, a group of conspirators sent daggers through the body of the ancient Roman leader. All these conspirators conspired and executed their plan due to selfish and jealous motives, excluding the play’s tragic hero. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Brutus fulfills the role of the tragic hero because he possesses qualities of a good person, and he has a sense of commitment. Through words and actions William Shakespeare paints the picture that Brutus is a virtuous individual who believes in and stands by certain moral traits.
The Role of Manipulation in Political Gain In the play, Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, Caesar is presented to be a hubristic ruler who is blinded by pride, which leads to his eventual death. Caesar’s hubristic qualities are exemplified when he simply ignores the omens from the Soothsayer and other loved ones who try to warn him of his ‘friends’ – the conspirators - and the ides of March. Caesar’s assassination is accomplished by a series of manipulations and self-conflictions that lead to the formation of conspirators consisting of Cassius and Brutus. When Caesar is killed, Antony convinces the conspirators that he believes in what they did and that eliminating Caesar was the best for the people and Rome. Antony is further granted permission to speak at Caesar’s funeral, where he then reveals his true intentions, displayed in the structure of his speech to the people, which results into, namely, chaos.
Cassius is all bent out of shape because he thinks Caesar is running around acting like a king. Without coming right out and saying so directly, Cassius (who has been plotting against Caesar with a group of conspirators) suggests that maybe Brutus should lead Rome. Brutus says he gets what Cassius is saying, but he is also good friends with Caesar, so he needs a little time to think about
So, he is a failure in life. Based on what transpires in the play, let us analyze in detail, the nature of Brutus’ character. The principal architect of the conspiracy is Cassius. He thinks of enlisting the support of Marcus Brutus to give leadership to the faction against Caesar. The reason for the choice is that Brutus has a high standing in the Roman society, and the people are more likely to listen to what he says.