Julius Caesar is a play written by William Shakespeare during 1599 in London, it's a play of Tragic drama and historical drama. The setting is during ancient Rome, toward the end of the roman republic. The most essential moment of the play was the tragic death of Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar was a successful military leader and highly respected, but he started to change, becoming overly ambitions, easily flattered over the most little of comments and assuming power without the proper authority, becoming more arrogant and domineering, not the kind of man who is leader material. The power of persuasion is the central plot of Julius Caesar, The conspirators know their is safety in numbers and need to persuade as many people to join their cause as possible. This essay explains how the conspirators convinced others to help them overthrow Caesar and whether their reason was based on logic or emotions. Power can corrupt anyone, even the greatest of men.
The Idea to overthrow Caesar didn't occur until he tried to obtain the crown, become king of Rome, at that point people who saw that Rome would fall under Caesars rule began to come together to form the conspirators. Trebonius was the first of the conspirators, his job was to lure Antony out of the senate house so the other conspirators could kill Caesar without him interfering, irony of it is that out of all the conspirators, he doesn't stab Caesar. Decius Brutus was another conspirator, his job was to persuade Caesar to attend the senate on the day of the ides of march by telling him that the senate was going to crown him as king. Metellus Cimber was in charge of attracting Caesars attention by requesting that his brother banishment be repealed, this gave the assassins to surround Caesar and Cimber's chance to stab Caesar in the back. Casca saw Caesar trying to manipulate the people of Rome into making him king, he reports his failed attempt to Brutus and Cassius, and joins the conspirators the night before Caesar was stabbed. Each member of the conspirators had there own role to play in the plan to kill Caesar, which resulted in him being stabbed over and over by each member except Trebonius. Before Caesar could be killed, the conspirators need more members so they could pull of the job with any consequences. …show more content…
Brutus contemplates the conspiracy all night in his garden, he comes to the conclusion that Julius Caesar must die, not for any personal reason, just for the good of the people. Brutes reasons with people that although Caesar isn't bad now, being crowned king would change him for the worse, and even though their is no clear prove of his statement, his is not going to take a chance. With all the members gathered Brutus decides that they must act now, because Brutus says that Caesar, is like a serpents egg, it dangerous when it hatches, Caesar will be dangerous if he becomes king. with everybody in agreement, their plan was in motion, leading up to the moment they surround Caesar at the senate house, and stab him to death and then washing their hand with his blood. The reasons for the conspirators to kill Caesar was based more on emotion. An example is brutes, he declared that Caesar would get
The Idea to overthrow Caesar didn't occur until he tried to obtain the crown, become king of Rome, at that point people who saw that Rome would fall under Caesars rule began to come together to form the conspirators. Trebonius was the first of the conspirators, his job was to lure Antony out of the senate house so the other conspirators could kill Caesar without him interfering, irony of it is that out of all the conspirators, he doesn't stab Caesar. Decius Brutus was another conspirator, his job was to persuade Caesar to attend the senate on the day of the ides of march by telling him that the senate was going to crown him as king. Metellus Cimber was in charge of attracting Caesars attention by requesting that his brother banishment be repealed, this gave the assassins to surround Caesar and Cimber's chance to stab Caesar in the back. Casca saw Caesar trying to manipulate the people of Rome into making him king, he reports his failed attempt to Brutus and Cassius, and joins the conspirators the night before Caesar was stabbed. Each member of the conspirators had there own role to play in the plan to kill Caesar, which resulted in him being stabbed over and over by each member except Trebonius. Before Caesar could be killed, the conspirators need more members so they could pull of the job with any consequences. …show more content…
Brutus contemplates the conspiracy all night in his garden, he comes to the conclusion that Julius Caesar must die, not for any personal reason, just for the good of the people. Brutes reasons with people that although Caesar isn't bad now, being crowned king would change him for the worse, and even though their is no clear prove of his statement, his is not going to take a chance. With all the members gathered Brutus decides that they must act now, because Brutus says that Caesar, is like a serpents egg, it dangerous when it hatches, Caesar will be dangerous if he becomes king. with everybody in agreement, their plan was in motion, leading up to the moment they surround Caesar at the senate house, and stab him to death and then washing their hand with his blood. The reasons for the conspirators to kill Caesar was based more on emotion. An example is brutes, he declared that Caesar would get