A "fatal flaw," is a trait of a character that is a weakness and leads the character to his downfall. The play Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, shows this concept of a "fatal flaw." This play speaks about a militant general who gained power after winning many wars, and believed he could become emperor of the Roman republic. Roman Generals feared Caesar was becoming too popular among the Romans and Rome was bound to be his. They decided to take matters into their own hands, even if it meant the death of a great hero.
Julius Caesar, a powerful and brilliant general, was under the influence of ignoring numerous warnings from friends and relatives who knew what was best. One example of this was when Caesar receives a warning from a soothsayer to beware of the Ides of March. Caesar feared the soothsayer's message, but he showed himself to the public as if he wasn't afraid of anything. Another example was when Caesar's wife had nightmares of people on fire and beasts roaming the streets. This meant that Ca
esar was going to be murdered and shouldn't go to the senate house. Caesar decides to go to the senate house; He believed that the senate was going to make him king that day. Caesar received various omens to take precautions before stepping outside, but he didn't listen. Fate caused Caesar to be stubborn, and once he let his guard down he was assassinated.
Caius Cassius, an important statesmen of Rome who was jealous of the power the great Julius Caesar was receiving. The first example of this is when Cassius decided he was going to plot a conspiracy to assassinate the honorable Julius Caesar. He manipulates many high officials including Brutus and Casca . Cassius was a master of using people for his own needs, and convinces them using their weaknesses to aid in his plot. Another example was while Cassius was speaking to Brutus he told him of the normal qualities Caesar had. One of the events he mentioned was when Caesar and Cassius were younger. Caesar didn't know how to swim and was drowning. Luckily, C
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