Consequences Of Excessive Pride In Julius Caesar By William Shakespeare

Have you ever had your best friend stab you in the back? Well, Julius Caesar had 13 friends stab him and ended up dying with 23 stab wounds. The story “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare tells the story of a so-called “honorable hero” named Julius Caesar who makes several critical errors in judgment by misinterpreting people and events, leading to his death and a bloody civil war that engulfs his nation. In the play “Julius Caesar”, people faced the consequences of excessive pride. Three examples of consequences of his excessive pride are when Caesar ignored the Ides of March, Caesar ignored Calpurnia's dream, and finally, when Caesar was murdered by the conspirators.

In the story, Julius Caesar shows the reader how Caesar faced the

(pg.29/Act 1 Scene 2 ). As the reader can see, Caesar was warned by the soothsayer. But now not only does he face the consequences of his actions, he also degrades others in the process. This was not the only example of when he could have changed his outcome. Just after Soothsayer lets Caesar know that he should

For example, when the conspirators led Caesar to a meeting spot and killed him. This is what Caesar's last words were, looking into his friend's eyes… “Et tu, Brute! Then fall, Caesar!”(Pg 111/Act 3 Scene 1) Not only did the stab wounds kill him, there was also a shock factor brought into this situation as well; the shock of his closest friend's betrayal. Later, after Caesar said his final words, people were not exactly happy or sad. They were searching for someone to hear out about the murder, for someone they could follow. For example, a quote from the text says “ Cinna- “Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead! Run hence, proclaim, cry it about the streets.”(Pg 111/Act 3 Scene 1)And for a while, people heard out the conspirators about the reason they killed him until they heard Antony's side of the story at