Homework – How does Shakespeare presents Caesar’s assassination?
Caesar’s gets assassinated by the conspirators in Act 3 Sc 1. His death ends with a series of stabbing with him seeing Brutus last. Shakespeare uses Caesar’s hubris, in this scene, to present his impeding death. Caesar’s hubris, within the time he is in the play, grows and at this point it reaches its pinnacle, consequently, due to the wheel of fortune Caesar must come down. In this scene, Caesar compares himself to the Gods living on Mount Olympus; Hence, wilt thou lift Olympus ?. However, I believe that Caesar is comapring himself to the mountain that the Gods live upon, instead of the Gods themselves. He is saying that he is Olympus. That he is as strong, as immovable, and as powerful as the mountain, in which the Gods can live on him. With this comparison proving that Caesar hubris has reached its summit, this links to the dramatic irony. Knowing this, the audience can feel the tension of the upcoming death of Caesar because he talks of himself as being invincible.