Actions have consequences1/2/2023 ![]() Know you how much the people may be moved”. ![]() ![]() When Antony asks Brutus if he can speak in Caesar’s funeral, Cassius warns, “Do not consent/ that Antony speak in his funeral. Brutus ignored Cassius when he suggested many times to also kill Antony is a third example of how all actions have their consequences. Even though they were able to stop Caesar’s power from growing, Brutus and the conspirators ended up losing their lives all because they went through with their plan of killing Caesar. However, in the long run, many of the conspirators, such as Brutus and Cassius, ended up dying in a battle against Octavius Caesar and Antony or in the events leading up to it. By killing Caesar, Brutus and the conspirators were able to accomplish their overall goal of stopping Caesar from gain complete power, which was the positive consequence. When the conspirators decided to act on their plan to kill Caesar they came out with a good consequence, but in the long run, they ended with a bad consequence. When Brutus says, “But for the general” he is saying that the only reason he is doing this is for the general good and that includes saving the republic. What Brutus means is that he is not killing Caesar because of a personal reason but because he wants to save the republic. Right after he decided to join the conspirators, Brutus says to himself, “It must be by his death, and, for my part, /I know no personal cause to spurn at him, /But for the general”. Another example of how Shakespeare used Brutus to portray that all actions have their consequences, is when Brutus killed Caesar. Even though Brutus was able to make his wife happy at the current moment, the information that Portia acquired ended up being the death of her, in the long run. In Act 4, Brutus is notified that Portia killed herself as a result of not knowing if Brutus was safe or not, and her fear of the power and support that Octavius and Antony became too much for her to bear. On the ides of March, Shakespeare describes Portia as very agitated due to the fact that she didn’t know where in the plan the conspirators were, and if the plan was going smoothly. On the other hand, the negative effect is that Portia ends up killing herself due to the information that Brutus confessed to her. The good consequence is that Brutus is able to provide Portia with what she wanted, and was able to make her happy.īy telling her something as important as a plan to kill a political leader, Brutus successfully shows Portia how much he loves and cares for her. However, doing this ends up having both good and bad consequences. When he says, “All my engagements…” Brutus is signaling that he also means to tell Portia about the conspirator’s plan against Caesar. When he says this, Brutus is implying that he plans to tell Portia about everything that is pestering him. As Portia is describing how she deserves to hear what is bothering Brutus, he responds, “All my engagements I will construe to thee”. ![]() One example of how all actions have their consequences, whether they are good or bad, is when Brutus tells Portia about the conspirator’s plan to kill Caesar. In Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, he is able to use Brutus to portray the theme, all actions have their consequences, whether they are good or bad, through Brutus telling Portia about the conspirator’s plans, Brutus killing Caesar, and Brutus ignoring Cassius about killing Antony. Throughout the play, the Roman senator, Brutus, consistently demonstrates this idea in his actions that lead up to and following the assassination of the Roman political leader, Julius Caesar. In the play Julius Caesar, the author shows that this idea does not only apply in the modern world but has been a key factor all through history. ![]() But, what a lot of people seem to forget is that consequences can be both good and bad. However, people seem to forget about this idea until after the deed is done and the consequences start to arrive. All actions have consequences is something that has been drilled into every person’s mind since the minute they first got into trouble. ![]()
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