Julius Caesar play: Debate 2.....(read details)?

Question

did Julius Caesar deserve the death he got?


plz explain nicely,the best answer will get 10 points ...[the usual deal -_- ]

Answer 1

In the context of the play (which is NOT the same as the actual historical context), Caesar probably merited being assassinated. There are implications that he would soon "accept" the crown, destroy the Republic, and initiate a hereditary monarchy.
Of course, the irony is, the last is what happened anyway, despite Caesar's death.
As to the conspirators, Cassius is doing the right thing - but for the wrong reason. He's envious of Caesar and sees Caesar's becoming king as a threat to his (Cassius') power as a patrician (He's right, by the way - Octavius Augustus and the succeeding emperors destroyed the power of the Senate.)
Brutus, on the other hand, joins the plot (after much inner debate) for the right reasons. He's not envious; in fact, Caesar is someone he likes and admires. But he loves the Republic more. And he recognizes that Caesar will destroy it.
So, yes - Caesar deserved his death - power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. But, of course, as history shows, killing him did no good. The Republic was already on its last legs and
the advent of the strong-man emperors was about to dawn anyway.

Answer 2

The title is a bit misleading because the play’s focus is not really Caesar. Caesar is killed about halfway through the play. Most people will agree that Brutus is the true hero in Julius Caesar. The play is about the internal conflict in Brutus over whether or not he should kill a friend for the good of the Roman people. Brutus is someone who remains good from the beginning to the end of the play. In the final scene, Mark Antony even says, "This was the noblest Roman of them all," when looking down at Brutus.

Julius Caesar may seem a little slow and not as interesting as Romeo and Juliet, since it is not about teenagers or love. But Julius Caesar is considered one of the greatest tragedies, and you will realize that it is very moving in a different way. It would be wise to make a character list because there are many different people in the play. The play opens in Rome, 44 B.C. Caesar is at the height of his career, ruler of most of the known world.

What does Shakespeare tell us about people? Well, basically the people were just like sheep. They could be led in any direction and their minds were changed in an instant. The reaction of the people to Brutus’ speech and Antony’s speech illustrates this point. Shakespeare is saying that the common people don’t have a mind of their own. They just follow what seems right at the moment. Shakespeare also showed that the people were a powerful force. The war could not have started without the people’s support. How furious the people could get! Shakespeare illustrates this in the story of Cinna the poet. The mob killed him for no reason; they were just in a fury. Is Shakespeare right in his perception of the people? Scary as it is, in at least some regards, he is correct

Answer 3

Shakespeare understood Caesar's position in Rome and the firm hold that Caesarism had over the Romans better than some of the Romans themselves did; Brutus and Cassius for example. He is shown as the only pre-eminent man in Rome. The following examples will show his unique position:
1. He was great and a military genius.
2. Caesar was held in reverential awe by the people
3. Not only had Caesar established his power over the common people but also over the nobles and Senate.
4. The people regarded Caesar as a necessary institution. When Caesar died they suggested that his high and lofty place should be filled by Brutus.

It is also true that Caesar who was truly great however didn't show any genuine modesty or quiet self confidence which should accompany this quality of greatness.. On the contrary, his "wisdom is consumed in confidence". His exalted position. his successes, the adulation and flattery surrounding him have all left a mark on him.
The Caesar of history was a gigantic character as can be seen in Roman History where his life is outlined from birth to death. In the play, Shakespeare has outlined only such phases of his career as suited the dramatic action of the play. He was fully aware of Caesar's greatness when he made others speak of it. In the play, Caesar's speeches are not historically characteristic of him. He is made to speak like a braggart. He is shown to be carried away by flattery.
But his solid worth and genius is mostly ignored.
Thus character like Caesar never at all deserved the death he got in the play.

Answer 4

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

(STUDY GUIDES.)

These links will give you a summary of the book, character analysis, plot and much more, so that you will be able to answer literary questions.

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/barrons/julcaes.asp

http://cummingsstudyguides.net/xJuliusCae.html#Julius

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/juliuscaesar/

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http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmJuliusCaesar02.asp

http://www.absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/caesar/caesar.htm

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-43.html

http://www.novelguide.com/JuliusCaesar/

http://www.jiffynotes.com/JuliusCaesar/HistoricalContext.html

http://www.bookwolf.com/Free_Booknotes/Julius_Caesar/julius_caesar.html

http://litsum.com/julius-caesar/

http://www.awerty.com/julius2.html

Answer 5

The Tragedy of Julius Cæsar, more commonly known simply as Julius Caesar, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare written in 1599. It portrays the conspiracy against the Roman dictator, Julius Caesar, his assassination and its aftermath. It is the first of his Roman plays, based on true events from Roman history.

Although the title of the play is "Julius Caesar", he is not the central character in the action of the play, appearing in only three scenes and dying at the beginning of the third Act. The central protagonist of the play is Marcus Brutus and the central psychological drama is his struggle between the conflicting demands of honour, patriotism, and friendship.

The play reflected the general anxiety of England due to worries over succession of leadership. At the time of its creation and first performance, Queen Elizabeth, a strong ruler, was elderly and had refused to name a successor, leading to worries that a civil war similar to that of Rome's might break out after her death.

The play contains many elements from the Elizabethan period, making it anachronistic. The characters mention objects such as hats, doublets (large, heavy jackets), and clocks - none of which existed in ancient Rome. Caesar is mentioned to be wearing an Elizabethan doublet instead of a Roman toga.

Marcus Brutus is Caesar's close friend; his ancestors were famed for driving the tyrannical King Tarquin from Rome (described in Shakespeare's earlier The Rape of Lucrece). Brutus allows himself to be cajoled into joining a group of conspiring senators because of a growing suspicion—implanted by Gaius Cassius—that Caesar intends to turn republican Rome into a monarchy under his own rule. Traditional readings of the play maintain that Cassius and the other conspirators are motivated largely by envy and ambition, whereas Brutus is motivated by the demands of honour and patriotism; other commentators, such as Isaac Asimov, suggest that the text shows Brutus is no less moved by envy and flattery.[5] One of the central strengths of the play is that it resists categorising its characters as either simple heroes or villains.

The early scenes deal mainly with Brutus' arguments with Cassius and his struggle with his own conscience. The growing tide of public support soon turns Brutus against Caesar (This public support was actually faked. Cassius wrote letters to Brutus in different handwritings over the next month in order to get Brutus to join the conspiracy). A soothsayer warns Caesar to "beware the Ides of March," which he ignores, culminating in his assassination at the Capitol by the conspirators that day.

Caesar's assassination is perhaps the most famous part of the play, about halfway through. After ignoring the soothsayer as well as his wife's own premonitions, Caesar comes to the Senate. The conspirators create a superficial motive for the assassination by means of a petition brought by Metellus Cimber, pleading on behalf of his banished brother. As Caesar, predictably, rejects the petition, Casca grazes Caesar in the back of his neck, and the others follow in stabbing him; Brutus is last. At this point, Caesar utters the famous line "Et tu, Brute?" ("And you, Brutus?", i.e. "You too, Brutus?"). Shakespeare has him add, "Then fall, Caesar," suggesting that Caesar did not want to survive such treachery. The conspirators make clear that they did this act for Rome, not for their own purposes and do not attempt to flee the scene but act victorious.

After Caesar's death, however, Mark Antony, with a subtle and eloquent speech over Caesar's corpse—the much-quoted Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears...—deftly turns public opinion against the assassins by manipulating the emotions of the common people, in contrast to the rational tone of Brutus's speech. Antony rouses the mob to drive the conspirators from Rome. Amid the violence, the innocent poet, Cinna, is confused with the conspirator Cinna and is murdered by the mob.

The beginning of Act Four is marked by the quarrel scene, where Brutus attacks Cassius for soiling the noble act of regicide by accepting bribes ("Did not great Julius bleed for justice' sake? / What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, / And not for justice?", IV.iii,19-21). The two are reconciled, but as they prepare for war with Mark Antony and Caesar's adopted son, Octavian (Shakespeare's spelling: Octavius), Caesar's ghost appears to Brutus with a warning of defeat ("thou shalt see me at Philippi", IV.iii,283). Events go badly for the conspirators during the battle; both Brutus and Cassius choose to commit suicide rather than to be captured. The play ends with a tribute to Brutus by Antony, who has remained "the noblest Roman of them all" (V.v,68) and hints at the friction between Mark Antony and Octavius which will characterise another of Shakespeare's Roman plays, Antony and Cleopatra.

Answer 6

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