In Shakespeare S Julius Caesar

In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, characters keep aware of their own develop through all the play, so in this way they are also conscious of their own nature. Julius Caesar’s characters are constructed in such a way that they never seem to loose track of their own behavior, because what they said or did in a determined moment always keeps present with them. They are individuals that are fully aware of their past and because of this, they are also capable of understanding themselves better. However, being conscious of their own nature all the time also makes them doubt of their own goodness, because they are not able to see themselves in perspective. So in Julius Caesar, characters awareness and self-consistency makes them end condemning themselves.

Brutus self-awareness is one of the most obvious in the play, because we can see how he develops since the beginning of it; however, his self-awareness also makes him end committing hamartia. Brutus is a character that acts according to his ideals of what is better for Rome, and therefore he acts according to his true nature. He murders Caesar according to these ideals; because at this point he believes that he is a better option than the actual one. Nevertheless, as Harold Blooms mentions, he later reconceives himself by overhearing his own talking and keeps haunted about his acts and words, because he can never disconnect himself from his own person. Later on, Brutus doubts about the murder of Caesar and these doubts turn him into a weaker character that is not so sure about his own actions. This insecurity that he starts to live almost at the end of the play, makes him unable to think clearer and end in the act of suicide. Overall, Brutus self-awareness makes him responsible of every act that he committed, he develops from his words and actions, and therefore he must act in correspondence, he cannot elude his own conscience and that is also his condemn.

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