The Tradgedy Of Julius Caesar

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This is shown as Cassius spoke to Casca about the
upcoming conspiracy. "What trash is Rome, what rubbish and what offal, when it serves for
the base matter illuminate so vile a thing as Caesar!" (p.45).
Caesar was by no means only shown as a foolish man who thought highly of himself.
Caesar's statements about his distrust of Cassius are correct. Caesar has every excuse for
distrusting Cassius, who was already plotting his murder. "Yond Cassius has a lean and
hungry look; he thinks too much, and such men are dangerous" (p.27). Caesar even puts his
finger on Cassius' primary motive, which is envy. Shakespeare gave Caesar human
weaknesses to give reality to Caesar as a man. The play could not have shown a high level of
tragedy if Caesar had only been portrayed as a man who thought of himself as a god. So
Shakespeare interpreted the conspiracy as a senseless plot formulated by a group of
self-seeking nobles and politicians under the leadership of a misguided lover of ...

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