Caesar's death in the tragedy of Julius Caesar is portrayed more as a butchery than a sacrifice. Throughout the first half, the morality of the assassins and Caesar himself is put up to question. The assassins fear what could happen if Caesar becomes king, and yet they are all friends of Caesar. Caesar is portrayed as weak, yet friendly. The assassins are also portrayed as logical, yet conflicted. In act 3, scene 1, Trebonius states “Men, wives, and children stare, cry out, and run as it were doomsday”. This shows how people are panicking at the death of Caesar, and also shows how the adored Caesar. This contradicts the behavior of the conspirators, who are calm, and act as if the death of Caesar indicates freedom and liberty. Caesar was only just crowned king, so he…show more content… This shows his surprise at his assassination, as if he believed he has done nothing wrong, and has been murdered by his own friends. This would be more easily classified as a sacrifice if Caesar had proven himself as a tyrant. Furthermore, a coup d’etat can be achieved without any form of bloodshed. Caesar could have been spared, and replaced with a new king. Another way in which Caesar's death is a butchery is the mentality of his assassins. In Act 2, scene 1, Brutus states “Which so appearing to the common eyes, we shall be purgers and not murderers”. The conspirators assume the masses think like them, and have forgotten the adoration for Caesar shown earlier by the masses. This shows how blind and self-righteous the conspirators are; they are killing a man loved by the public, who has yet to do anything wrong, thinking it’s for the good of the people. To further show how blind the conspirators are, Trebonius states when discussing Mark Antony in Act 2, Scene 1, “Let him not die, for he will live and laugh at this hereafter”. This shows how they think they can just murder Mark Antony’s friend and that Mark Antony will be perfectly fine and bear no grudge against his
