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Hubris In Julius Caesar

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Brutus and Caesar have hubris, and can be convinced to do anything if flattered enough. This is ultimately what ends up killing them, as they were tempted into their horrible positions by flattery and gave in to it because of their pride. However, the two are proud of different things, and both people’s hubris plays a part in each other’s deaths. Caesar's hubris, caused by his immense amount of power, led him to his death. During the conspiracy meeting, Decius claimed ”But when I tell him he hates flatterers, / He says he does, being then most flattered. / Let me work; / For I can give his humour the true bent, / And I will bring him to the Capitol” (Shakespeare 2. 1. 207-211). The conspirators needed to get Caesar out of his house, so Decius is saying that he will flatter Caesar to get him to the Senate House. Decius makes good on his word, flattering Caesar and saying that there might …show more content…

However, while Caesar was prideful of his power, Brutus held his honor above all else. After being convinced by Cassius to join the conspiracy, Brutus bade him farewell, saying “Till then, my noble friend, chew upon this: / Brutus had rather be a villager / Than to repute himself a son of Rome / Under these hard conditions as this time / Is like to lay upon us” (Shakespeare 1. 2. 169-173). Brutus is claiming he would rather be poor than live with dishonor under tyranny, and joined the conspiracy to keep his honor. This is why I say that Caesar’s life was ended by both his own hubris and Brutus’s, as Brutus’s hubris is what caused him to join the conspiracy and kill Caesar. This ultimately led to to the war between Cassius and Brutus’s armies and Octavius and Antony’s armies, where Brutus ordered his general to hold his sword while he ran into it in a “not-suicide” to avoid dishonorable suicide and tormenting punishment, ending the war caused by a certain someone being led to their death by their

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