In Shakespeare's tragedy, Julius Caesar, the protagonist, Brutus is forced to choose between his loyalty to the Roman Republic and his devotion to his friend. Some of the senators of Rome believe that Julius Caesar has become too powerful and has attained too high of status with the people. Brutus decides, with more than a little persuasion from ill intentioned Cassius, that it is necessary to assassinate Caesar, his close friend and compatriot, for the good of Rome. The play's category, a tragedy, states in itself that this is the wrong r ....