Julius Caesar - Self-Concepts In Julius Caesar
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 another is ...
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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 meeting with fate.
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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 what Caesar might become. He assumes that Caesar will become an unbearable tyrant if he is ...
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