Killing Of Julius Caesar Persuasive Essay

Since ancient times, people have been brutally murdered in plots to pursue personal advantages. These motives might have seemed justified to the conspirators involved, but an outside perspective can see how silly it was to end someone’s life over a tangled mess of feelings. In the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar was murdered by conspirators who all had their own personal motives. Although the conspirators had their own motives for murdering Caesar, none of them had a justified motive for actually murdering him.

Casca and Metellus were involved in the murdering of Julius Caesar, but neither of them had a valid motive for doing it. So, why did they do it? Casca killed Caesar because he was worried that he would be crowned king, which …show more content…
He also didn’t like Caesar’s theatrics. “And then he offered it the third time. He put it the/ third time by; and still as he refused it, the rabblement/ hooted, and clapped their chapped hands, and/ threw up their sweaty nightcaps, and uttered such a/ deal of stinking breath because Caesar refused the/ crown that it had, almost, choked Caesar; for he/ swounded and fell down at it. And for mine own/ part, I durst not laugh, for fear of opening my lips/ and receiving the bad air”(1.2.242-250). Casca is making fun of Caesar because of how dramatic he was when he turned down the crown. Metellus killed Caesar because he banished his brother. When Metellus asked Caesar if he would forgive his brother, Publius, and let him back into the city, Caesar refused, saying “ Is there no voice more worthy than my own,/ To sound more sweetly in great Caesar’s ear/ For the repealing of my banish …show more content…
Cassius killed him because he was wanted Brutus to take over so that he could manipulate Brutus and be the real ruler of Rome. “Thy honorable mettle may be wrought/ From that it is disposed”(1.2.309-310). Cassius is saying that Brutus's honorable nature can be manipulated, leading him to act in a dishonorable way, in the form of killing Caesar. Brutus killed Caesar because he thought he was doing it for the good of Rome, but not for any personal reasons like the other conspirators. “I know no personal cause to spurn at him/But for the general.”(2.1.11-12) Brutus said that he has no personal grudge against Caesar but he is only thinking for the greater good of Rome.While Brutus and Cassius had more justified motives than Metellus and Casca, it still was not a valid choice to end Caesar life because of their