The Tragedy of Julius Caeser

   The story of the tragedy of Julius Caesar has been a beloved piece of literature for many years. The story of the tragedy of Julius Caesar is about the future dictator of Rome who is Julius Caesar. Before Julius Caesar could take the throne, he was assassinated, not by mercenaries, but by his friends and other politicians. These assassins claimed that they murdered Caesar for the good of Rome. The assassins believed that it was best to kill Caesar before he did the terrible things when he was a dictator. Caesar's avarice remarks and copious references to himself being like a god is what first worried these assassins. The original assassin, Cassius, was the first to propose the death of Caesar but he did not come out right and say it, instead he let his slight comments fester in the minds of Caesar's most trusted allies. One ally in particular, Brutus, was especially affected by Cassius' candid remarks such as when Cassius responded to Brutus' statement, "No, Caesar hath it not; but you, and I and honest Casca, we have the falling sickness" (1.2, 252-254). Brutus is Caesar's closest friend and Cassius knows that if he can be persuade to join in the assassination of Caesar then many others will be more comfortable in joining. Brutus agrees to help kill his best friend believing that Caesar will do great harm to Rome if he is to become dictator. None of Caesar's assassins attack Caesar out of rancor but out of what they believe is right, which raises the question, is it right to kill someone for what they might do? In the present day there have been many Republican debates airing on T.V. These Republican debates are in preparation for the election of a new president. The republicans will nominate their best republican to beat the democratic nominee. At the moment their are several contenders to be the republican nominee. In the years past some of our countries' presidents have been assassinated because of the assassin's view of what they have done to the world. When a republican nominee is chosen that republican will be immediately assigned protection from assassination. Now that the republican has a real chance at being president some people might be afraid of some of the ideas of that republican, afraid of what he might do. The republican nominees tie in nicely in with what happened to Julius Caesar. Caesar was assassinated before he did wrong even though there might be a slight chance he would do good. These assassins, mainly Brutus and Cassius, believe that what they are doing is right and justified and maybe they are but what if they aren't? What would make them different than any other assassin? Don't all assassins believe that what they are doing is for the greater good? Caesar's assassins are no exception and the assassins themselves are troubled by this fact before and after Caesar's death. The assassins avoided the chaos, that they believed Caesar's reign would cause but the turmoil that Rome was left in was arguably worse than the possible horrors Caesar might have done.