Friendships define our life and should be kept locked or else life has no purpose. In the play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by the famous author William Shakespeare the main character, Caesar, gets murdered by his best friend, Brutus. Caesar was a victorious general who was going to be named ruler of Rome. Brutus knew that if Caesar would be assigned ruler he would likely be a dictator and destroy Rome, with a little push from Cassius, Brutus ends up killing Caesar. Antony, loyal men of Caesar’s goes to war against the Conspirators of Caesar’s death. Antony’s army get the victory with the death of all the Conspirators. Deception is the act of making someone believe something that is not true. Others might call it lying, others just trickery.…show more content… Caesar was offered the crown three times but he refused it. Cassius did not want Caesar to be king and the only way he could get rid of him is by using Brutus. Cassius plan is to trick Brutus into killing Caesar “Brutus and Caesar: what should be in that Caesar?/Why should that name be sounded more than yours?/ Write them together, yours is as fair a name”(I ii 142-145). To paraphrase, Cassius is saying that Brutus is as qualified as Caesar to be King. The statement Cassius makes leads Brutus to question himself and to start thinking that Caesar is not the right one for Rome. Moreover, Cassius starts implying that Caesar could destroy Rome by becoming a dictator that leads to the reasoning of killing Caesar. Brutus tells Cassius that he needs time to think and process the information before betraying his best friend. Cassius then came up with a plan that he thinks will make Brutus join him “I will this night/ In several hands, in at this window, / As if they came from several citizens,/ Writings, all tending to the great opinion”(I ii 315-317). In other words, Cassius wrote fake letters from different citizens saying that Caesar is a danger to Rome. Brutus based on the fake letters made the decision of executing Caesar. This is key because it leads to the main conflict of the play. The main reason why Cassius wanted Caesar death is because he was jealous of the friendship of Brutus and
