Character Study of Julius Caesar

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Vicky Whelan

Character Study of Julius Caesar

From what I have read so far of 'Julius Caesar' I have formed an opinion about the character of Julius Caesar and to me he comes across as a fighter. He thinks that he is above every one else and that he is more than a regular man. This makes him very arrogant and takes very little notice of the people around him. As far as he is concerned, they are meaningless and not worth his time like the beggar from the crowd that warns him about the ides of March, he dismisses it because he is just a beggar. This reflects his attitude that he is above every one else just because he is the Caesar. He believes he is honourable but he isn’t as honourable as he thinks. He wants to be trusted by his fellow man but I see no evidence that he will put himself out to gain their trust. Common people admire and respect Caesar and probably believe that he would be a good, powerful leader for the Roman empire and sort the problems it may have. Caesar probably believes those things as well but quest for power often clouds his judgement. He also believes that everybody likes him and that is why he's surprised when the conspirators approach him. When they do stab him, his last words are "es tu brute" which means "and you Brutus". He did not believe that Brutus could do such a thing. All the time when he has been thinking that everyone looks up to him but he has just been to pompous and big-headed to notice these things until the conspirators approach him and he realises he is not invulnerable.

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From what I have read so far of “Julius Caesar” I have formed an opinion about him and I think he is a fighter and he thinks that he is above every one else and that he is more than a regular man. As he thinks this, it then makes him very arrogant and takes very little notice of the people around him. As far as he is concerned, they are meaningless and not worth his time (this here again reflects his attitude that he is above every one else). He believes he is honourable ...

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