Tragic Events In Julius Caesar

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Throughout Julius Caesar, many things have been discovered and exposed. Especially in the last two acts. A lot of tragic events have happened. Julius Caesar has been killed a war starting, getting new rulers, and also a lot of quarrels. So in this paper I will be talking about four of the characters from this book.
So in act IV, Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus meet up at Antony's house and start making a list of Romans. The list contains Romans, they think should be killed. Antony does not want Lepidus to be co-ruler of the Roman Empire. Also Portia dies in act IV, scene 3. She kills herself by swallowing hot coals. The scenes transfers of military base which is located in Sardis.
At this military base, Brutus and Cassius start having an argument. …show more content…

Also Brutus accuses Cassius of taking bribes himself. So Cassius tells Brutus; that he feels like Brutus doesn't care for him anymore. So since Cassius feels this way, he offers Brutus his dagger.

After all that, they reconcile with each other. There was messengers bring news from Antony's and Octavius's plans for war to Brutus. Brutus gets mad, and suggest they go confront them. Cassius disagrees with this idea, but does it anyway. So they decide to go to Philippi. After Brutus goes to his tent, the ghost of Caesar appears to Brutus in the middle of the night. The ghost Caesar tells him that he will see him again, at Philippi.
So now I am going to talk about the fates of four characters. Those characters are Brutus, Cassius, Octavius, and Antony. I will give information about these characters in the next few pages. I will gather this information for the pass few acts. This information will all linked together.
So, the first person I am going to talk about is Octavius. Octavius is one of the three leaders that rule over the Roman Empire. He was a fair-minded, judicious leader. He leads the military into battle. He was a strong leader. Octavius was traveling abroad. He came back to find that Julius Caesar was killed. Octavius liked Caesar, or at least that’s what it seemed to portray. So when Octavius found this information out; he sided with Mark Antony. They come together to kill Brutus and …show more content…

In act IV, it shows that Antony was a cruel lead in some ways. This might lead Rome backwards, or he could change by starting to act more kindly.
Now I will talk about Cassius. He was a manipulative instigator from the start of the play. Sought out for the death of Julius Caesar the whole first two acts. This is how he got his way; he sweet talked Brutus the whole beginning of the play. Cassius attempted to convince Brutus that Julius Caesar is not fit to be leader of Rome. He thought he was to ambitious, but he never gave a good reason behind this theory. Cassius just talked about how Julius Caesar was physically weak. He kept talking about how he saved Julius Caesar's life from drowning when they were little. That is why Cassius does not like Julius Caesar.
So when Cassius starts getting Brutus to side with him, then others start following Brutus and Cassius. They start a group of conspirators; who are siding against Julius Caesar. They meet up Pompey's house. They start their plans on how they are going to murder Julius Caesar. They give everyone a job, so the murder goes