Julius Caesar, a play about a venerated general that a group of conspirators slaughter, one of which was his own friend, who made the decision to proceed with it. Brutus, Caesar's friend, killed him as a result of being swindled by Cassius. As a result, encompassed by overwhelming guilt, ended up taking his own life. The person who influenced Brutus, Cassius, had a hand in killing Caesar and later, in an effort to evade capture, also killed himself. All of the men in the play were used in one way or another which led to their demise. The revered general was the first and only character have to their life ended by an outside party and not ask a person to hold their sword while they impale themselves upon it. A group of conspirators gored Caesar including his own friend Brutus, who was led to believe it was best for Rome, as shown in Act II, Scene II, Line 21-22 “If, then, that friend demands to know why I rose up against Caesar, this is my answer: it’s not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” The reason the conspirators killed him was out of jealousy, save for Brutus, who was wrongly informed by Cassius and the other conspirators that Caesar was ambitious and wanted to become emperor of Rome. After killing Caesar, Brutus felt that he had made a mistake, but stayed with Cassius as he felt Rome would …show more content…
As shown in Act V, Scene V, Lines 28 and 32 “It is more worthy to leap in ourselves--- Hold thou my sword hilts, whilst I run on it.” This quote shows that Brutus felt as if killing himself would settle Caesar’s spirit while also settling his own in the act of dying honourably. Cassius had killed himself earlier as he had received information that Brutus had been