... friend of Julius Caesar. He is an idealistic man, motivated by nobility and principles. The minor character Cinna is the conspirator who advises Cassius to win Brutus' support for the conspiracy. The dynamic character Mark Antony is Julius Caesar's trusted companion. The static character Portia is Brutus ... to "Beware the Ides of March." Caesar proudly ignores the warning given by Soothsayer and leaves from there leaving his friend Brutus with the cunning Cassius, who carefully plays tricks upon Brutus of Caesar's ambitions in an enlist Brutus in the conspiracy against Caesar. A month la...

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... city to celebrate the feast of Lupercal, where a crowd of citizens have gathered. Caesar enters with his military and political figures Brutus, Cassius, and Antony . Even though Cassius and Brutus are friends to Julius Caesar they plot to annilate him, because they fail to accept his authority and rise to king. Shakespeares ... The theme established in act one of Julius Caeser is that it only takes the influence of one to stab a life long friend in the back. Cassius, a conspirator against Julius Caesar, persuades Marcus Bruttus to side with him in his battle against Caesar by "in several ...

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... king of the "free Romans". This was just unthinkable. Caesar did have a suspicion of some of the Senators. He was not suspicious of his life, but suspicious Cassius and Brutus plotting a revolution. Caesar said, "I'm not much afraid of these fat, long-haired people. It's the other type I'm more frightened of, the pale thin ... ones " This meaning the thin people (Cassius and Brutus) are "hungry" to learn things and are sharp-witted, whereas; the fat people are not as witty and smart. Caesar did have enemies that wanted him ... dead just for spite. Brutus knew that the only way to prote...

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... ,"" (I, 2, 79-80). He felt if Caesar were crowned king he would turn Rome into a dictatorship and take Rome's republic away from the people. Cassius' plot to gather a group of conspirators together and murder Caesar seemed perfect for Brutus. Cassius knew if the knew if the conspirators were backed by Brutus, they could win over Rome. Brutus was the only other Roman other ... than Caesar who shared power over the people. Cassius approached Brutus saying, "Yes, every man of them, and no man here but honors you,"" (II, 1, 90-91). Though Brutus envied Caesar, he feared Caesar's power. There...

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... senators felt that he was getting too powerful and that the republic was coming to an end. They thought that Caesar would eventually try to become king. Marcus Brutus, Gaius Cassius, and Decimus were the leaders of the conspirators. They decided to kill him when the Senate held a meeting on the Ides of March. People say that he was given warnings ... ...

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... the reader. One may be obliged to think of Caesar as the antagonist because his rise to power was a threat to the Roman Republic, yet one may see Brutus and Cassius as the antagonists because they are essentially murderers. This confusion is also common to people dealing with the true assassination of Caesar. The assassination of Caesar was considered for hundreds ... ...

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... , the most important thing in the world, is the closest bond between friends. Unable to trust, Brutus misunderstood Caesar. When dying, Caesar may have wondered why Brutus went along with Cassius and other conspirators. In my opinion, Brutus should've questioned himself; can Caesar really grow into a tyrant? Sometimes, trust is the wall between life and death. While dying, Caesar's instincts ... ...

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... BC people began fearing that Caesar would become an absolute king, because of this people who once loved him planned to murder him. These people led by Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus, stabbed him at a meeting of the senate in Pompey's theater on March 15, 44 BC. Caesar's life was one of the most important in Roman history. He had a great ... ...

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... and powers made them fear that he would become a rex (king), a title they, as Republicans, hated. Accordingly, in 44bc, an assassination plot was hatched by a group of senators, including Gaius Cassius And Marcus Julius Brutus. On March 15 of that year, when Caesar entered the Senate house, the group killed him. After Caesar's first wife, Cornelia, died in 68bc, he married ... ...

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