In the Shakespearean play, Antony and Cleopatra, Caesar is not a victim but rather a villain that is always pursuing his own personal goals for ultimate power. Caesar does not care who gets hurt or harmed in the process, in order for him to achieve his goals. This will be argued with reference to the play as a whole. Caesar exhibits self-control and restraint; and is the epitome of Roman virtues. He “frowns at this levity,” (1) as everyone else around him are acting inappropriately according to Roman virtues and statures, especially after the negotiations of peace treaty. Caesar is a methodical, logical and tactical man in everything he does, so nothing happens by chance as Antony and Cleopatra progress. One gets an opportunity to see this side of Caesar that can deceive others into thinking that he is supporting the other triumvirs but, in fact, he is not supporting them at all. …show more content…
The marriage purely a marriage of convenience, which was supposed to mend the bridge between Antony and Caesar “will be the very strangler of their amity”. Even the servants realises that this disgrace or sham of a marriage is ‘the policy of that purpose made more” (1), which shows that Antony only married Octavia for “his occasion here.”(1) This may show Caesar as the ‘caring’ brother, but, in actual fact he is not because he just permitted his sister to get married to an adulterous man for the sake of gaining more