Julious Ceasar
All people have definite concepts of self. In different
situations, one may feel short, tall, smart, slow, fast, talkative,
reserved, etceteras. These self-concepts are usually very different than
how others opinions of us. Depending on one's actions, words or even tone
of voice, one may misrepresent oneself and be misinterpreted. One may be
so arrogant or so humble that they prevent themselves from seeing
themselves through others' eyes. In William Shakespeare's play Julius
Caesar, two main characters, Julius Caesar and Marcus Brutus, present
different personas- one being each characters actual
self-characterizations, which we learn through their discussions with
others, and ...
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people why he should be the one to lead them,
and thought that his own advice was best. His unwillingness to listen to
others is received as arrogance. Though already warned by the soothsayer
to "beware the ides of March," Caesar refuses to heed advice to stay home
from Calpurnia, his wife, because he feels that she is trying to keep him
from obtaining power and status. Calpurnia believes Caesar to be a prince
and is convinced that some falling meteors are warnings of a prince's
death. When she hears her husband boast that he is more dangerous than
danger itself, she recognizes that this is simple arrogance, and tells him
so, saying, "Alas, my lord/ Your wisdom is consumed in confidence (Act II,
scene 2)." In response to her criticism and humble petitions, Caesar
momentarily agrees to pacify her. However, when he changes his mind and
decides to leave against her admonitions, she reluctantly, but obediently
fetches Caesar's robe and he departs for the Senate, and his ...
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/Caesar less, but that I
loved Rome more(Act
III, scene 2)." He believes himself to be an
honorable man, to his country and to Caesar. He does not think that his
people would do well under the rule of a king, and he concludes that
Caesar would definitely want Brutus to keep him from being an insufferable
dictator. His conflict consists of his love for Caesar on one hand, and
his concern for the public good and the welfare of the Republic. When
approached by Cassius to join a conspiracy against his friend, Brutus does
spend a restless night making his decision. He can find no justification
in past actions for Caesar's murder; therefore, he finds justification for
it in ...
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