Book review of Julius Caesar

Shakespeare's play on Julius Caesar shocked me with its true story of Caesar and how his friends betrayed him.

Something I learned from Julius Caesar that you need to keep your friends close and do not take anyone for granted. For example, just because someone is nice to you, they might be a jerk behind your back and not like you at all. Brutus, Caesar’s friend, was very close to him, but yet he was the one who helped plot a plan to murder Caesar.

Caesar was the emperor or to be emperor of Rome. He had a wife Calpurnia. Brutus and Cassius were patricians that conspire against Caesar. During the play, Shakespeare did not talk much about their characteristics much. That made it hard for me to get a mental picture of them. I could not paint a picture of what they looked like or what the scenery looked like. There were just voices in my head instead of a whole picture.

At the beginning, Caesar is offered the crown of Rome, but he refuses. Throughout the play, many people are telling Caesar to beware the ides of March. He refuses because he thinks that is showing weakness and the Gods will decide when he dies, so he cannot do anything about it. Caesar goes to the senate meeting and he his murdered by Cassius, Casca, Cinna, Brutus, Ligarius, Cimber, and Trebonius. After Caesar’s death there is a war for power and the ending might shock you.

If you want to find out what happens then read the play Julius Caesar by Shakespeare. You will like this play if you are a Shakespeare fan and you love drama.