doing what was right for the state by contributing to the death of Caesar, but his struggles through out the play are based on his inability to reconcile what he knew of Caesar

Although Shakespeare develops the play around the character of Julius Caesar, he is not central to the entire play, as might be expected. Instead, Shakespeare creates the character with the knowledge that he will die early in the play. Caesar becomes the vehicle for Shakespeare's notions of the importance of the state in Rome. There is more than a passing interest in the political actions within this play; Caesar's death and the major conflicts between Brutus, Cassius and Antony would not be possible without a coherent understanding of the political setting. Caesar has been described as the personification of the Roman state (Losey 940). His development as a character solely devoted to the political status, to his duty to his country and to the proper order of social interaction within the political structure; these are his defining characteristics. Caesar is the personification of the state, and each interaction that Shakespeare portrays brings the reader closer to the !

Caesar's importance, to a social structure that calls for the denial of Caesar's very existence. Within this structure Shakespeare also creates constant reminders of Caesar's significance within the state, and conflict between what seems to be and what is creates some of the ironic tension in the play.

The basis of the play in the interrelationships of its primary male characters and the conflict they develop from att

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