The Entitlement of

i, and lines 45-46 Cassius says these words before being stabbed “Guide thou the sword-Caesar, thou art revenged, Even with the sword that kill'd thee. ” After the battle at Philippi Brutus survives, however, Caesar has such a strong influence on Brutus that he asks his servant, Srato, to hold his sword, turn his face and allow him to run into it as acted out in act V scene v lines 43-51. ” That statement from Cassius is stating Caesar, you are guiding the sword that killed you and you are now being revenged with the same sword that will now kill me. ” To understand that quote one would have to revert to Calpurnia’s dream in act II, scene ii, and lines 1-29.

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar could have been entitled for many reasons the reader has yet to discover but only William Shakespeare knows for certain. The actions of the conspirators bathing their hands in Caesar’s blood in fact corresponds to the shed of their own blood with the help of Caesar’s spirit who “walks abroad and turns their swords into their own proper entrails.

The definition of a tragedy is “a serious play with a tragic theme, often involving a heroic struggle and the downfall of the main character” One could conclude that Marcus Brutus is the main character given that he experiences a heroic struggle and downfall but Julius Caesar is stabbed nearly halfway through the play that being his tragic downfall and Caesar continuing to influence events and outcomes throughout the play being his heroic struggles. Calpurnia’s dream foretells of Caesar’s stabbing and his conspirators bathing their hands within his blood.

In act V, scene iii, lines 94-96, Brutus states “O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet! Thy spirit walks abroad and turns our swords in our own proper entrails.