Summary: The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar

The Title
How is it a Tragedy about Caesar? He died right away. So what about him. He really wasn’t even a big part of the play. It could have been titled The Menacing of Cassius, or The Indecisive Brutus, or The Two-Faced Mark Antony but it’s titled The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. But again he died right away. But on the other hand without his death, Mark Antony wouldn’t have made his vows and the civil war wouldn’t have taken place. So it’s a toss up. First, the play is titled The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, but it’s more about the decisions made by other people such as Cassius, Antony, and Brutus. Cassius gets more attention in the sense that he is the main conspirator and he brews up this whole idea and he’s the one who is power hungry …show more content…
This is because without him, none of the plot would have taken place. Think about it. The conspirators wouldn’t have someone to assassinate. Without Caesar being assassinated there is none to be revenged. Therefore Mark Antony can’t create a civil war. Without the civil war Brutus and Cassius and the rest of the conspirators don’t die. They see other options besides the nobel suicide. Going back to the assassination taking place, what if it isn’t Caesar. If it 's not Caesar then what does Mark Antony care. He is loyal to Caesar not some random guy off the street. If it’s not Caesar than Antony doesn’t get upset so therefore no civil war. No civil war again means no unnecessary deaths. But because it is Caesar it’s a big deal and everything that happens after the conspirators decide that Caesar is the one that needs to die and they successfully assassinate him the domino effect takes place. He gets assassinated and Mark Antony get upset and vows for revenge. Then after Brutus convinces the public that Caesar’s death was a good thing, Mark Antony convinces them that is was a bad thing and convinces them that the conspirators need to die. Therefore starting a civil war and the causing the unnecessary death of all of the