Caesar's Flaws
Pride, ambition, and arrogance- are these traits of rulers and of greatness, or prominent defects that inevitably lead to destruction? In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Caesar's own flaws lead him to his own destruction. In the play, Cassius, Brutus, and a few other characters make a plan to kill Caesar, who is the ruler of Rome. Decius persuades Caesar to go to the Capitol, where all the conspirators murder him. Although it was the conspirators who murder Caesar, it was Caesar's pride, ambition, and arrogance that lead him to his downfall. Pride is one of Caesar's major flaws and a cause for his death. For example, Calpurnia, Caesar's wife, asks him not to go to the Capitol because of omens that frighten her. Calpurnia asks Caesar to tell Decius that he is sick and that is the reason why he will not go to the Capitol. Caesar thinks Calpurnia's suggestion is stupid and says, "Shall Caesar send a lie/ Have I in conquest stretched mine arm so far/ To be afeard to tell greybeards the truth" (II.ii.65-7). Caesar does not think he should tell a bunch of old men a lie because that would make him appear cowardly. After Caesar tells Decius the real reason he is not going to the senate is because Calpurnia had a d
His ambition leads to his death because Brutus believes he will become too powerful and joins the conspiracy to kill him. Since Caesar wants the crown, Caesar will probably come to the Capitol. Crown him that, And then I grant we put a sting in himThat at his will he may do danger with. Throughout the play, Caesar never takes note of the Soothsayer's advice to be cautious of the fifteenth of March He also doesn't listen to any of the portentous omens, or doesn't read Artemidorus' letter. After Brutus joins the conspirators, they find a way to get Caesar to come to the Capitol. When they shall see/ The face of Caesar, they are vanished" (II. At his home, before the other conspirators arrive, Brutus thinks about the idea of murdering Caesar if he is crowned and what the crowning of Caesar could do to the general good of Rome: It must be by his death; and for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, But for the general. ream of happy Romans bathing their hands in Caesar's blood. Caesar's ambition is another reason for his death. How that might change his nature, there's the question. Brutus even decides to join the conspirators because of Caesar's ambition.
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