Julius Caesar Feminist Analysis

William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar follows the tragic tale of Julius Caesar, who was politically assassinated. The senate did not like what he was doing to Rome, so his best friend, Brutus, killed him. Before Caesar was assassinated he was the army leader/dictator that still had a Senate that followed what he said to do.

Every story and play needs to have its tragic figure, and the tragic figure in this play is Caesar. To be a tragic figure, you must have a fatal flaw, and Caesar’s flaw was that he was arrogant, but he also had ambition.

Julius Caesar rose to power by making an alliance with Pompey, and Crassus. This was also known as the First Triumvirate, which is a political alliance between three powerful men. During a battle the …show more content…
However, Caesar and his army crossed with defiance and defeated Pompey’s army. Caesar then returned to Rome and took over as the one and only leader.

Caesar was then tragically assassinated by a group of senators that did not agree with what he was doing and how he was leading Rome during this time. The senators after becoming successful in the assassination of Caesar attempted to take back Rome, but could not successfully do this because of the number of people that liked and wanted to follow Caesar, that they were all against them.

After Brutus assassinated Caesar, he went in front of many members of Rome to make a speech against Caesar, and attempt to turn them against him. Which successfully turned them against him. Thus, turning Caesar’s death into more of a tragedy because, they are painting him as a bad person and someone that was wanting to harm the people of Rome.

Antony, Caesar's friend, came up with permission from Brutus. He says in the start of his speech, “I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” (3.2.73). Showing that he was truly Caesar's friend, and not one to turn against …show more content…
Then, Mark Antony gets up and goes to give a speech to the crowd. After Antony’s speech, the crowd instantly shifted their views, and hated the people that killed Caesar. This showing how easy they are changed, and how easily they change their ways, and their thoughts. A person in the crowd after Antony’s speech, and after hearing there was a will and Antony refused to read it yelled “They were villains, murderers. The will! Read the will!” (3.2.153). Thus, showing how the crowd went from thinking that they were the good guys, to thinking that these people were the terrible ones that sensely murdered

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