Was Julius Caesar Justified Essay

In the play Julius Caser written by William Shakespeare, he illustrates many conflicts throughout the play. Conflicts such as political matters (who gets the crown), betrayal between friends, as well as knowing who can and cannot be trusted. Caser’s closest friends Cassius and Brutus begin to portray betrayal towards Caser when he is obligated to take over in power. They fear he will rule as a tyrant even though he denies the crown on multiple occasions; They then decided to conspire against him to assassinate him. Later in the play, their plan was successful and the people of Rome were in great despair. Many people ask was the assassination justified? Did they make the right move? Wrong, the assignation was not justified; Although, they state trying to put Rome’s best interest first; The decision was based off of selfish impulse’s.
Julius Caesar was a great leader, the people of Rome worshipped him. He was “A man of the …show more content…
They did not have good reason to kill Julius Caesar their plan was executed inadequately. When Brutus and Cassius created a conspiracy in the senate, they failed to see his tremendous support. During the process of killing Caesar, they failed to kill off his power because they never killed his supporters, including Lepidus and Antony. If Brutus and Cassius wanted to save the Republic of Rome, it was necessary to kill all Caesar’s supporters as well to stop an uprising from happening again, but they failed to do so. Brutus and Cassius didn’t save Rome, they ended it.” 31 BC marks to end of the Roman Republic; 13 years after Caesar’s death, much of which consisted of civil war and fighting” (Noble, pg. 136). The events leading up to the fall of Rome are connected to the death of Caesar, which was carried out by them. The fall of Rome was inescapable after his death, but because of the poor execution the plot against Caser caused the fall to be spread out over the course of many