Deceptive Action In Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, is a tragic drama based on historically accurate events. The protagonist of the play, Julius Caesar is a political leader in Rome who influences the gullible citizens into thinking he could be a powerful King. Caesar is warned about the ides of March by a plethora of hints and people, however, the prophecy comes true and the protagonist is assassinated by the planned plot of the conspirators.Deception and it’s impact on people has a large part in this play. The first important deceptive action was when Cassius deceives Brutus and Casca to join the conspiracy. “Cassius believes that the nobility of Rome are responsible for the government of Rome. They have allowed a man to gain

The use of pathos causes a man like Caesar to act. After the soothsayer's warning of the ides of March and Calpurnia's dream of Caesar’s statue oozing with blood, the protagonist is convinced not go to the capitol. Decius, a conspirator, urges Caesar to go to the capitol and tells him that if he gives in to his wife's fears, he will be seen as a coward and that the senate will not crown such a coward as their king. Decius uses flattery and pathos to change Caesar’s mind. “It was a vision fair and fortunate: Your statue spouting blood in many pipes, in which so many smiling Romans bathed, signifies that from you great Rome shall suck reviving blood, and that great Rome shall suck reviving blood, and the great men shall press for tinctures, stains, relics and cognizance. This by Calpurnia’s dream is signified.”(Act 2) Instead of seeing Calpurnia’s dream in a negative way, he tells Caesar how the blood flowing from his statue could symbolize refreshing as the people bathed in the blood. Decius is intelligent for changing Calpurnia's dream into something positive as Caesar gives new life to the Romans with his blood. “Politicians are masters of the art of deception,” which is shown by Decies and his ways of fooling Caesar. (Martin L.