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Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
The play I have studied is Julius Caesar by the English playwright William Shakespeare, Brutus is the principal character whose qualities are highlighted in Act II Scene I. In this scene we are shown Brutus with a troubled mind, much similar to a battlefield, this is shown when Brutus explains how he is unable to sleep,"I would it were my fault to sleep so soundly". This conveys how Brutus would desire to be the one always sleeping instead of Lucius.
Brutus also has a great love for Rome as is shown when he expresses his desire to kill the spirit of Caesar and leave the man untouched,"O, that we then could come by Caesars spirit and not dismember Caesar" This highlights the fact that he has no desire to spill Caesars blood but if it stops him from essentially destroying Rome, Brutus is willing to do it, In a way, that speech highlights Brutus' willingness to do whatever is needed to keep Rome glorious and free of corruption and tyrancy.
Brutus is an Idealist,where everything is perfect and he has a belief that there are certain ways of doing things et cetera. Cassius however, is a realist, he sees the world the way it is,not in the idealistic view of Brutus, this difference is most evident when they talk about killing Mark Antony, Brutus is clearly disgusted by the idea of more bloodshed because Brutus thinks that he isn't killing the man Caesar but only his ambition, so as far as Brutus is concerned he isn't killing anyone, whereas Cassius insists on killing Mark Antony as he thinks he will betray them later on, but Brutus thinks differently and this conveys his one flaw, he is a bad judge of character, much like Mark Antony himself,Brutus thinks he will be not trouble at all ass "he is given to sports, to wildness and much company". Brutus dismisses him as nothing more than a playboy.
We are shown Brutus is also very Honourable and honest, much unlike Cassius who could be described as a "Shrewd Contriver", much like his description of Mark Antony, but it is very ironic when Cassius suggests swearing an oath, "Let us swear our resolution" and Brutus totally disagrees saying "Swear Cowards, priests and men cautelous" but Cassius is actually quite cautelous and sneaky in himself, this could imply that Brutus is calling Cassius cautelous and knows he only has his personal interests at heart but generally we are given the view that Brutus is too blinded by Idealism to see Cassius' and the other conspirators ideals.
Brutus is also very naive not to see the rest of the conspirators ideals. Brutus comes across, finally as a well respected man by the conspirators,"but what of Cicero shall we sound him?", and Brutus replies "O, Name him not" and then all the conspirators instantly comply with all and any of Brutus' demands.
The play I have studied is Julius Caesar by the English playwright William Shakespeare, Brutus is the principal character whose qualities are highlighted in Act II Scene I. In this scene we are shown Brutus with a troubled mind, much similar to a battlefield, this is shown when Brutus explains how he is unable to sleep,"I would it were my fault to sleep so soundly". This conveys how Brutus would desire to be the one always sleeping instead of Lucius.
Brutus also has a great love for Rome as is shown when he expresses his desire to kill the spirit of Caesar and leave the man untouched,"O, that we then could come by Caesars spirit and not dismember Caesar" This highlights the fact that he has no desire to spill Caesars blood but if it stops him from essentially destroying Rome, Brutus is willing to do it, In a way, that speech highlights Brutus' willingness to do whatever is needed to keep Rome glorious and free of corruption and tyrancy.
Brutus is an Idealist,where everything is perfect and he has a belief that there are certain ways of doing things et cetera. Cassius however, is a realist, he sees the world the way it is,not in the idealistic view of Brutus, this difference is most evident when they talk about killing Mark Antony, Brutus is clearly disgusted by the idea of more bloodshed because Brutus thinks that he isn't killing the man Caesar but only his ambition, so as far as Brutus is concerned he isn't killing anyone, whereas Cassius insists on killing Mark Antony as he thinks he will betray them later on, but Brutus thinks differently and this conveys his one flaw, he is a bad judge of character, much like Mark Antony himself,Brutus thinks he will be not trouble at all ass "he is given to sports, to wildness and much company". Brutus dismisses him as nothing more than a playboy.
We are shown Brutus is also very Honourable and honest, much unlike Cassius who could be described as a "Shrewd Contriver", much like his description of Mark Antony, but it is very ironic when Cassius suggests swearing an oath, "Let us swear our resolution" and Brutus totally disagrees saying "Swear Cowards, priests and men cautelous" but Cassius is actually quite cautelous and sneaky in himself, this could imply that Brutus is calling Cassius cautelous and knows he only has his personal interests at heart but generally we are given the view that Brutus is too blinded by Idealism to see Cassius' and the other conspirators ideals.
Brutus is also very naive not to see the rest of the conspirators ideals. Brutus comes across, finally as a well respected man by the conspirators,"but what of Cicero shall we sound him?", and Brutus replies "O, Name him not" and then all the conspirators instantly comply with all and any of Brutus' demands.