Julius Caesar Quotes

The famous metaphorical term “you back-stabber” has been developed from the famous scene in Julius Caesar. Being called a “back-stabber” means that one has gone behind the other person’s back and was disloyal to him/her. In the well known scene from the Shakespearian play, Brutus literally stabs Caesar in the back, showing his disloyalty as a friend. Throughout the play, loyalty and honor is discussed and is also used to describe some of the characters. However, some of the descriptions of the characters are not how they really are. In the play, Cassius is a very suspicious man and mostly stays quiet, which is one of the reasons why Caesar does not trust him. In the text he says “[Cassius] thinks too much: such men are dangerous,” (1.2.195). This is one of the only instances where Caesar shows his disloyal side. He tells this to Brutus, thinking he can trust him. Cassius’s first step of his plan is to get Brutus to join his side, bringing out his unfaithfulness to Caesar. Him and Brutus had been friends with Caesar for a very long time, and as soon as he took power, Cassius turned against him. The loyalty between him and Caesar immediately ceased once Cassius planned Caesar’s death. It is not even a factor he considers when creating …show more content…
Whether it was the loss of this in multiple characters or a character proving it to someone else, there were multiple ways that it was a factor in the play. The storyline is mostly based around the aspect of loyalty; how Brutus and Cassius break the trust between Caesar and lose their loyalty. If it had not been for that large bond being broken between Brutus and Caesar, the significance of the story would have been a lot different. As Brutus and Cassius, go behind Caesar’s back, Antony stays loyal and that is what allows him to win the battle. Caesar grants him the ability to go on and live his life, while Cassius and Brutus are killed and suffer their