Why Is Julius Caesar A Tyrant

In the beginning scenes of Julius Caesar, written by Shakespeare, the story line is about the leader of Rome, Julius Caesar, and a conspiracy that wants him dead. This conspiracy was started by a man named Cassius, who wanted to murder Caesar because he was gaining too much power. Cassius managed to get many people to join his conspiracy by appealing to people’s reason, flattery, and beliefs. After Brutus, a highly respected politician, joined the conspiracy, he became the leader, taking Cassius’s place, and along with a few other men, they planned the death of Julius Caesar. There was seven main men involved in the faction that wanted Caesar dead, and they all shared one common reason. This reason is that Julius Caesar was gaining too much power, and they fear that if he was not killed, he would ruin the Roman republic, and become a tyrant. In the book, Brutus makes a point, saying “But tis’ a common proof that lowliness is young ambition’s latter, whereto the climber upward turns his face; but when he once attains the upmost round, he then unto the ladder turns his back, looks in the cloud, scorning the base degrees but which he did ascend…” this proving that as Caesar gains power, people will see him as a good leader, but once he gets to the ultimate level of power, he will become a tyrant. Brutus then
Brutus wanted to Caesar dead to protect Rome from a tyrant, making it a worthy cause from Brutus’ perspective. However, Cassius wanted Caesar dead, somewhat due to jealousy, making the cause unworthy because he doesn’t want Caesar dead for the right reasons. Lastly, I think there could have been a better way to prevent Caesar becoming a tyrant that was less violent. Instead of murdering him, they could have tried other ways first, especially because they chose to kill him before having any proof that he would become a tyrant, they based it off perception not