The father of revolution is not always the man responsible for the outcome. This idea is evident in William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. While the plot to assassinate Julius Caesar; the profound leader of Ancient Rome, was orchestrated by Cassius; a highly regarded senator in Rome, he is certainly not the most responsible for the tragedy of the play. This title falls instead to Brutus; a young politician and Cassius’s brother in-law, whose hubris; like that of Odysseus, resulted in his own demise. Brutus makes many key mistakes, all of them factors to the failure of the conspiracy. While it is true that Cassius is the father of the conspiracy; and he did deceive Brutus into killing his friend, he is not the most responsible
