Who Was Responsible For Julius Caesar's Downfall

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar displays the significant actions leading to Caesar’s fall and the conspirators’ fall as well. Brutus had honorable intentions, wanting to save Rome and fellow citizens, while the other conspirators only wanted more power, and in the end both reasons for the assassination were for naught. Rome was filled with anger and the blood of “honorable” men. All conspirators but Cassius and Brutus are slain by the common people. In the end, as in most Shakespearean tragedies, the death toll is immense and the conspiracy ultimately failed. The conspiracy responsible for the demise of Julius Caesar, did not succeed in their hunger for power; however, the small league did in fact kill Caesar, but endangered themselves in the action, leading to failure for all involved. Conspiracies with the intentions of killing a public leader should be confidential, yet when Cassius prompts an oath, Brutus refuses. The plot being all but spoiled, when Popilius bids them luck in the engagement, it is known that their affair is not …show more content…
Rome is plagued with violence, although not directly descending from Caesar’s reign, it is stemmed from his corpse. Antony is shown with such intelligence and deceitful mourn standing above a crowd of mourning Romans, above their beloved Caesar. He indeed mourns the ruin of the noblest man, but seeks vengence for Caesar’s ghost and he easily plays the common people. “Revenge! About! Seek! Burn! Fire! Kill! Slay!/Let not a traitor live!(III.ii.203-204)” Antony throws fire on the fuel with his speech, he calms them only to place more anger within them, he repeats the action of calming the crowd after angering them, until they run wild with bloodthirst into the streets of Rome. For Brutus to save Rome from slavery of Caesar, he chained Rome to anger and mutiny, slaves to revenge. He truly wanted the best for