Describe The Character Of Julius Caesar. || Character Of Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'

 Describe The Character Of Julius Caesar. || Character Of Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar' .

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Julius Caesar is a historical character in the play ‘Julius Caesar’. But Shakespeare never considers so. Rather, he said that Caesar in his play is weak and infirm, and it is not any traditional character.

Caesar is a hero of Rome. He wins over the military power. Brutus says, “ ..the foremost man of the all this world.’’ In the beginning scene, Caesar is introduced as a great warrior whom Shakespeare shows as the darling of the common people. Antony refers to the dead body of Caesar as “the ruins of the noblest man that ever lived in the tide of times”. Cassius talks of Caesar as “ a Colossus the bestride the narrow worlds”.   

          Although Caesar is a man born to rule, an intellectual strength, he has a good many deficiencies of his character. 

First, he has physical infirmities. From the mouth of Cassius, Caesar is a poor swimming contestant. At the time of swimming Caesar cried for help. After the swimming contest, he suffered from high fever in Spain. Says Cassius:

“ His coward lips did from their colour fly,

And that same eye whose bent doth awe the world

Did lose his luster; I did hear him groan.”

His physical infirmities prove well when Casca gives an account of the offer of a crown to Caesar and Caesar’s hesitating refusal to accept it. He fainted and fell down in the marketplace and became speechless and foamed at the mouth. Thus he has the weakness of physical stamina.

        Caesar has a superstitious nature. It is found when Calpurnia is called by him and told to directly stand in Antony’s way when he is running a race. He says to Antony:

  “Forget not in your speed, Antonius,

To touch Calpurnia; for our elders say,

the bareen, touched in this holy chase

Shake of their sterile curse”. 

        While on the other hand, he dismisses the soothsayer as a dreamer; therefore, shows that he does not believe in superstition. Again, in view of the uproaring of Nature and Calpurnia’s dream, he says to a servant to go and bid the priests offer a sacrifice so that he might know whether the circumstances are favorable to him.

         Caesar shows him a man of changeful nature. It is found when Calpurnia appeals to him not to go out of the house in view of supernatural horrors, he say, CLICK ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ADS TO CONTINUE READING 👇👇👇👇👇👇