Shakespeare uses Caeser’s arrogance and hubris to present/create tension nearing the climax of Caeser’s death.

‘But I am constant as the northern star, of whose true fix’d and resting quality there is no fellow in the of firmament.’

In this quote, Caeser compares his presence  to the northern star. The northern star is the brightest and the only star to have a fixed point with everything else circling it. By juxtaposing the sentence we can interpret that Ceaser is the centre of everything and is untouchable. This also shows how Caeser’s arrogance has reach new heights as he compares himself to the Gods (firmament meaning heaven). As a result of traditional Shakespearean drama the wheel of fortune has reached its peak for Ceaser as there is no thing above the Gods because of this we know Caeser’s death is nearing.

Ceasar is an egotistical and arrogant character which makes him vulnerable to actions where he is beening teased or mocked.

During act 2 scene 2 Calpurnia is constantly trying to persuade Ceaser to stay at home after the terrific act that have happened recently. It seemed to have worked until Decius Brutus enter and toys with him.

‘MOST MIGHTY Caesar, let me know some cause’

This quote shows that Decius Brutus is praising Ceaser as it would be unwise to mock him as Ceaser could easily kill him. This is evident as later in the passage Decuis Brutus mocks him by indirectly saying (from the senate’s point of view)

‘Lo, Caesar is afraid?’

This quote would defenately anger Caesar and what God would be afraid of something. As well as this, in an early act he would be stated ‘I rather tell thee what is to be fear’d than what I fear: for always I am Caeser’. If he were to follow his beloved wife’s actions he would be not a god and hypocritical.

Shakespeare has used figurative language and verbs to show Cassius and Brutus intentions

‘To CUT the head off and then HACK the limbs’

This quote shows Brutus as a brutal and aggressive character. however from this I can infer that the character might not want to kill Caesar after all. This is because during he’s speech he is trying to convince the conspiracy to not kill Anthony and if Caesar was to be killed, ‘kill him boldly’ and ‘carve him as a dish fit for the gods’. These two quotes could supports my interpretation or even suggest that Brutus is a smart and logical character who is trying to suppress the conspiracy.

However this second interpretation could be false and Brutus says ‘let us be sacrificers, but not butchers’. The connotations of butchers suggests a bloody thirsty, savage character while the connotation of sacrificers suggests this act is being done for the greater good  of Rome and should be done respectfully

Cassius is shown to be blood thirsty and arguably a selfish character who doesn’t want the best for Rome.

‘Mark Antony, so we’ll beloved of Caesar…if he improves them(public), may well stretch so far as to annoy us all.’

From this source we can see that Cassius has cause for concern as mark Antony could cause an uproar from the public which could slow down their progress. But it leaves me with this question. If Cassius is not doing it for the people, who is he doing it for? The people themselves are Rome and without them it would not be great.