![]() The rest of the conspirators all have their own selfish motivations as well. Our actual protagonist's other best friend, Cassius? The Resenter to Caesar's power who gets Brutus involved in the conspiracy in the first place by being a Manipulative Bastard, with plans to set himself up as The Man Behind the Man where Brutus is The Man whether he wants the job or not in fact, the less Brutus actually wants the job the easier he thinks it will be. Octavian/Octavius/Augustus Caesar? Just as ambitious as his dear old uncle, but even smarter, smart enough in fact to maintain his good publicity throughout the events of the play so that it takes a knowledge of what actually happened afterwards historically (or in Antony and Cleopatra) to realize his villainy. His other closest friend, Mark Antony? Uses his oratory skills to help woo the crowds to handing Caesar power, and when it comes to Avenging the Villain he really gets nasty, all while acting the part of the Faux Affably Evil Villain with Good Publicity. The title character? An Ambitious Decoy Protagonist. In either case, Brutus is intended to be the most sympathetic character in a cast of villains. He is eventually moved to the act only by his love of the republic other characters in the conspiracy have less spotless motivations.Īlternately, the protagonist is Marcus Brutus, a self-centered patrician whom Cassius flatters into betraying his former patron Caesar. Brutus is torn between his love for Julius Caesar and what he believes to be his duty to Rome. The protagonist is Marcus Junius Brutus, a scrupulously honest, loyal and patriotic statesman, who is nonetheless drawn by his friend Caius Cassius into a plot to assassinate the increasingly powerful Caesar. One of William Shakespeare's tragedies, the play is his take on the assassination of Julius Caesar in Ancient Rome and its bloody aftermath.
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