The True Murderer In William Shakespeare's Julius Ceasar

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Julius Caesar, a man who was betrayed by everyone around him, in a fit of jealousy.

Now, there are many people that could have been the true murderer of Julius Caesar. It could have been one person, or it could have been multiple. I’ll be telling you facts that support why someone may have been the murderer. Now there is support claiming that Julius Caesar was his own reason for death. There is support that says Julius Caesar had a mental illness, and that he attacked Brutus for absolutely no reason, and that the Senate attacked Julius to save Brutus. So, there may not be a true murderer of Julius Caesar, you may think. But i’ll prove that wrong.

Brutus may have been the murderer because he had swayed Julius to arrive to the Senate. Even though everyone tried to make Julius stay, Brutus just had to make him come. No matter what anyone did, Brutus wouldn’t allow it. He REALLY wanted Julius to come. Now, in another claim, it is said that Julius had arrived and was clearly angry. He had struck Brutus in the hand with a dagger. Then many members of the Senate had tried to restrain Julius and calm him (which he would not), resulting in his death. Yet, in another claim, it is said Julius was mentally ill. Those claims piece together, but do not make sense with the other claims. So, the true question is, if he truly was ill, then why would
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The Senate leaders, Gaius and Brutus were jealous of Caesar’s power. So they’d plan an assassination. Brutus had forced Caesar to come to the Senate, even when it was obvious that something bad would come out of it. Caesar was killed by the Senate when they had tried to calm him. Gaius had assisted the Senate as well. The whole plan seemed to be gold. But, little did they know, Julius had already named his grandnephew, Gaius Octavius, the sole heir, making him one of the wealthiest citizens of the republic. Thus, the whole plan

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