William Shakespeare explores the true nature of Julius Caesar in the Tragedy of Julius Caesar and Caesar’s true vulnerability.Shakespeare ,through Caesar’s dialogue to Antony explains that Caesar dislikes Cassius because Cassius seems like a man whose ambition leads him and and that greed will always be on Cassius’s mind.Shakespeare makes Caesar use descriptions in the dialogue about Cassius that could the same words said about Caesar.Julius Caesar had many weaknesses some were a product of his ambition which was also one of his strongest strengths.Caesar was killed for his ambition for power and had also let greed consume him;Shakespeare's portrayal of Julius Caesar’s personality paralleling to Caius Cassius’ personality through the both their deaths and Caesar’s fear of Cassius.These parallels are set to to demonstrate that Caesar,himself, would be part of his own fall. At the start of this tragedy Julius Caesar,after brutus and cassius discuss going against him,expresses his distaste for Cassius’ body size.Caesar describes Cassius with a lean and “ hungry look” and implies that Cassius seems like a man who is dissatisfied without power (1.2.204). Shakespeare metaphorically uses fat or “sleep a-nights” as words for someone who is satisfied with their life and have nothing more to
