“What drives a person to murder?” is a question that many ponder; but in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare the reasons for murdering, the great Roman dictator, are there. Julius Caesar has it coming to him. Due to him defeating Pompey, banishing the two tribunes, and having a sickness gives the conspirators all the reason to kill the dictator for life. There are three members in the First Triumvirate, but after one of them dies, Crassus, the remaining two fight for the power. Until Pompey, one of the two powerful men in the First Triumvirate, is defeated at the Battle of Pharsalus by the army of his fellow member of the First Triumvirate, Julius Caesar. Rome celebrates Julius Caesar’s win, but followers of Pompey are furious at the defeat of the general. “‘Knew you not Pompey? Many a time and oft. Have you climbed up to walls and battlements. To towers and windows, yea, to chimney tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat. The livelong day with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome.’”(Act 1 Scene 1) The people of Rome adored Pompey, they lined the streets just to see the great general, and Pompey has the support of the Senate, but Caesar doesn’t have the support of the Senate, even if he has won most of the peoples’ hearts. …show more content…
But, the Plebian class can’t have that much power; tribunes needed to be approved by the Senate before they came to power. “ ‘Murellus and Flavius, for pulling scarfs off Caesar’s images, are put to silence. Fare you well’”(Act 1 Scene 2). Murellus and Fauius are tribunes, and they are banished for just taking down pro-Caesar propaganda. Julius Caesar banishes two vital people to Rome, who are supported by the Senate, from