Ceasar essays

Ceasar essays Yesterday Julius Caesar was assassinated in the Capitol. The assassins are believed to be the senators: Marcus Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Cina, Trebonius, Ligarius, Decius Brutus and Metellus Cimber. According to the speech Marcus Brutus gave to the towns people shortly after the assassination took place, the killing of Caesar was for the good of Rome. Eyewitnesses say that the senator, Casca was the one who struck the first blow and then the others followed. Caesar was stabbed several times. It is believed that Marcus Brutus was the one to strike the final blow. Some say that this was the cruellest blow of all. Mark Antony a great friend of Caesar, was believed to have been distracted by Trebonius while the assassination took place. Caesars wife Calpurnia, who was interviewed shortly after the assassination, said that she begged him not to go to the Capitol because of a terrifying dream she had, had that night. But Decius came for Caesar and convinced him that the dream was just misinterpreted. She also believes that he was misled into believing that he was going to be offered the throne once again. The towns people said that at first it seemed like they had a justified reason for killing Caesar. They said that Marcus Brutus said that he didnt love Caesar any less than any other man, but that he loved Rome more, and that there was the same sword waiting for him if his country desired it. The reaction of the people at first was that of agreement and satisfaction, until they listened to the speech Mark Antony had to give. He mentioned how Caesar never kept the ransom of the wanted men he captured for himself, that it always went to the poor. After he gave the speech he read Caesars will to the people, and when he mentioned that they were the heirs of most his valuable possessions, all of a sudden the people were outraged and thought that Caesar shouldnt have been killed. This sparked an a...