Plutarch's and Shakespeare's Caesar
Julius Caesar was in a precarious situation. It could be interpreted that he
deserved the fate that pursued him for ambition or some other reason, or that it
was a cold murder for which he did not deserve. Both Shakespeare and Plutarch
wrote about Julius Caesar. Each tells the story a little differently. Plutarchs version
is more sympathetic to Caear's situation.
Shakespeare shows him to be an insensitive and conceited person thinking
only of himself. This is shown by his reaction to Calpurnia's dream. After her
description of her dream he says, 'Caesar…
