The Assassination Of Brutus In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar was the Roman General, known as the great first Emperor or Dictator of Rome and who by accident turned the Rome Republic into the powerful Rome Empire. In his 30s Caesar was involved in Roman politics after fighting in many wars. According to Shakespeare’s play, his assassination was an ironic tragedy. Caesar closest men Marcus Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Trebonius, Ligarius, Decius Brutus, Metellus Cimber and Cigna, later in the pay became his assassins. Caesar was a man with love for power, and thus, this lead him to his death. The social perspective of this play tells us how during 44 B.C. men where loyal to their rulers, but those being governed were indeed more important. For this reason, they had to defend it form tyrants

Shakespeare managed to remain, for the most part, accurate in his description of the assassination. A few things that Shakespeare changed were the character of Brutus, whom he changed from shameless conspirator to hero of the people. Brutus hesitated in participating in cold-blooded murder. In the play, he hesitates because he is unsure if he will be helping the people of Rome or not. According to a part of the history of Caesar ‘s life written by Plutarch, Brutus did not immediately joined the conspiracy because he did not wanted to lose his own life, and did not know if the people of Rome would accept him for his actions. Another liberty that Shakespeare took was in the noble act of Mark Antony, who abandoned Rome after falling in love of Cleopatra, who wanted to rule Rome. She soon had him turning against Octavius, who declared war on the traitor Antony, who more was only an ally to Caesar, but not to Rome. Shakespeare’s perspective of the Roman’s rebellion and political crisis also had to do with the political chaos in the England in which he lived. In Julius Caesar’s tragedy, we can see how Shakespeare decided to use the religious conflicts of his time period. This created all sorts of questions about the Roman political overthrow, and the roles of the people and the aristocracy in the Roman