The Senate of the Roman Republic is the ruling power over much of the known world. Yet this powerful and influential senate is easily threatened by one man; Julius Caesar. For the senators, Caesar is the catalyst for the fall of a Republic they had worked so hard to create and protect. Playwright William Shakespeare dives into this world of betrayal and ambition with his play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Using his writing voice, he brings the audience to Rome and makes them experience every gripping moment of Caesar's fall. The play shows that Caesar is not the cause of Rome's final fall, but the senators who conspire against him and ultimately kill him are the reprehensible ones. Shakespeare introduces the characters of Brutus and Cassius: two men, both of high rank, who lead the conspiracy against Caesar's life. The actions of their plan have chaotic consequences, consequences so dangerous that both Brutus and Cassius flee to Asia Minor. After the Battle of Philippi, once Octavius ​​and Mark Antony appear to have one, the two men take their own lives. This final action sends them back to a world with Caesar, a world they tried so hard to escape. At the end of their lives, both Caesar and Brutus become enlightened about a truth they had so eagerly avoided. For Caesar that truth is his overconfidence in his ideals and his ignorance of the danger signs so often displayed. Caesar's fall and his premature understanding make him a tragic hero. Although Caesar is a brilliant leader, he is also a very proud Roman man. He makes one of his biggest mistakes by not listening to the vociferous and wise Fortune Teller. “Beware the Ides of March,” says the soothsayer (800). This is one of the first… middle of the paper… bitous,” says Marc Antony (950). Here at his funeral Antony speaks in honor of Caesar and provides convincing evidence why he is not a bad man. “When the poor cried, Caesar cried. Ambition should be made of sterner things,” says Antony (950) He wants a man of honor to shed tears, but does that require honor as Antony describes them create an image of an extremely sympathetic character that many viewers can identify with In the end, a great ruler was killed due to the jealousy and insecurity of two men. What everyone forgets in this play is that i Roman children had grown up hungry for power. So why do Brutus and Cassius, the two men who gave up all right to logical reasoning when they hatched their corrosive plan, think Caesar is ambitious when they are guilty of the same crime, of which they were accused of being guilty??