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Julius Caesar (The Shakespeare Parallel Text Series)

Rhetoric is effective in making people see the accurate picture of people. During Caesar’s

funeral, Anthony was able to convince Brutus to give a speech. Brutus used the opportunity to

justify why it was necessary to assassinate Caesar. Before, they had tried to paint an image in the

people’s minds that Caesar was a traitor. After the speech, it was clear that Caesar was a

nobleman and did not deserve to die. Brutus said, “How much the people may be mov’d / By that

which he will utter” (III.i.234–35). Such rhetoric utterance proved to the people that Brutus and

his allies assassinated Caesar for their own selfish gains.

After Cassius matched with the soldiers to enemies’’ territory, Brutus opted to sleep in his

tent with Lucius, Varrus, and Claudio. After the boys had slept, he was left reading a book.

Tragedy struck when Caesar’s ghost appeared to Brutus. Brutus was left in shock after the ghost

claimed that he would meet him at Philippi. That was a sign of the underlying tragedy that would

meet Brutus for killing Caesar. “That makest my blood cold and my hair to stare?/Speak to me

what thou art/Thy evil spirit, Brutus/Why comest thou?/ To tell thee thou shalt see me at

Philippi" (IV.iii.286-90).

Good drama is seen when all the people who took part in Caesar’s murder die by the same

sword used to kill Caesar. Cassius was the first to die after asking Pindarus to stab him after

thinking that the enemy had captured Titinius. During his last moments, Cassius admitted to

having taken part in Caesar’s death. “Caesar, thou art revenged, / Even with the sword that killed
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thee." (V.iii. 45-46) After Titinius learnt about Cassius's death, he decided to kill himself with

the same sword.

Shakespeare uses imagery in Act V, Scene iii, where he gives his readers of the actual

events that occurred in Philippi. She proceeds to show how Titinius rode on the back of a horse

to deliver a message to the enemies. After Pindarus saw armies from the enemies’ side rejoice,

Shakespeare creates a picture of how Cassius was devastated and asked Pindarus to stab him

with a sword in the mind of readers. The readers get a vivid image of Cassius's lifeless body as

he confesses to having killed Caesar. “Caesar, thou art revenged, / Even with the sword that

killed thee." (V.iii. 45-46).

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Work Cited

Shakespeare, W. (1912). Julius Caesar. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press.