Part one of term paper
William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, is mainly based on the assassination of Julius Caesar. The character who was in charge of the assassination was, ironically, Marcus Brutus, a servant and close friend to Julius Caesar. What would cause a person to kill a close friend? After examining Brutus' relationship to Caesar, his ...

Part two of term paper
... close to a person of high rank is if he is close to that particular person. In many points of the play, Brutus was talking and next to Caesar. Brutus also loves Caesar but fears his power. In the early acts of the play, Brutus says to Cassius, "What means this shouting? I do fear the people do choose Caesar for their king…yet I love him well"(I, ii, 85-89). Brutus loves Caesar, but would not allow him to be a "climber" of ambitions ladder (II, i, 24). Brutus would not allow Caesar to rise to ...