A review by sapientreader
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

5.0

One of the greatest plays of all time !

I picked a Shakespeare book after a long time and I never felt to keep it down ! It becomes so obvious why he is adored and loved so much ! The beauty, the majesty and the sheer genius of it all ! I am yet to read any other author that can even compete in describing things so beautifully.

SPOILERS
THE DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Julius Caesar - This character in one word was great. Oh ! Such a tragedy indeed it was ! He wasn't ambitious at all. A kind soul that perished unjustly. " Et tu , brute ? " Perhaps the most famous Shakespeare line ? For a good reason. It isn't the words that make them famous " You too, Brutus ? " but the situation. Dear me. How he must have felt ? He was accepting stabs from everyone, seeing the betrayal but when Brutus stabbed him, his dear friend, it was too much. In such pain he uttered those last words. Tragic indeed.

Brutus - A great character on its own but he got beguiled. He was talked into doing such wrong. His death was dramatic. He could have killed himself too right ? Stab himself ? He wanted to die by hands of his own soldier. His friend. Instead of his own enemies. That's how interpreted it at least.

Casca - A clever man indeed

Antony - Perhaps the wisest and bravest among them all. His played his two face part perfectly. A true friend indeed. His victory over Brutus was well deserved.

I loved how Octavius Caesar honored Brutus by burying him in his tent.

Favorite Lines
" The evil that men do lives after them,The good is oft interred with their bones "

" Even so great men great losses should endure"

"Caesar,now be still,
I kill'd not thee with half so good a will "

" A coward dies many times ere his death"

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