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The Assassination Of Brutus In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

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Caesar’s Statement The dark, thick, blood oozed from the gash; the knife that caused the fatal wound, destroying the flesh, dripped his blood onto the earth from Brutus’ firm grasp. The lifeless body lay on the ground below in an expanding puddle of its own blood. This was the assassination of Gaius Julius Caesar. Julius was a strong man of his time; he was an admired consul of Rome and lived to be the age of 55 before his untimely death. The heist to purloin Caesar’s throne was carried out by three citizens’ of which believed they could better rule Rome than Caesar ever could. Caesar’s death is even recollected in William Shakespeare’s well-known novel, “Julius Caesar”; of which he explains and reenacts the scenes of which occurred leading …show more content…

A “real-life” example of this, that everyone faces or has faced at some point in their lifetime, would be the topic of college. Often times we hear of people that have not gone to college and often times the result of their actions are either a less-likely chance of being employed, or if they are able to land a steady job, the pay is not all that great. Most likely, this person is going to be realizing the consequences to the action of not attending college, for many years to come. Another example of how difficult it may be for people to realize the results of their actions may be viewed from a point in literature as well. This example can be viewed in Shakespeare’s novel, “Julius Caesar”. After assassinating his best friend to purloin his throne, Brutus lives out the rest of his life in agony, regretting this action. Shakespeare even goes as far as to explaining how Brutus believes he sees the ghost of Caesar. It is due to this that Brutus finally gives in and is so haunted by his previous actions, that he has another character in the novel, Strato, hold the sward of which he then charges at and as it pierces his body, dies. In short, we all need to take into consideration that there has always been, and will always be, consequences to our

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