y, makes his presence felt continuously. For "always [he] is Caesar"(act1, scene 2, line 212), and is more the honored because he is rarely seen. This omnipotent presence creates great situational irony in that the general public loves Caesar for this power, yet it is in fact fear of this power that sparks the destructive fire of insurrection within Caesar's immediate friends. Upon contemplation of this irony, the reader witnesses the true nature of insurrection, wich exponentially multiplies into an intemperate inferno within the republic of Rome, resulting in distraught and confused Romans, drawing arms against equally irrate and flustered Romans. As witnessed within Cassius's speech in act 1, scene 2, lines 115-118, when he protests that "this man," in reference to Caesar, "Is now become a god, and Cassius is / a wretched creature, and must bend his body / If Caesar carelessly but nod on him." Within this complaint Cassius declares that this immortal man has achieved an immortal stature of "god." Furthermore, within Casca's narrative of the events of the Lupercal, Caesar's arrogance in seeking the crown is visualized in his rejection of one of the "coronets"(act 1, scene 2, line 237), or smaller crowns in an ambitious act of seeking the larger crown of Rome. Nevertheless, Caesar's private inability to perceive his large ego, does not, in fact proclaim him a bad person and worthy of insurrection. Rather, his position as a public hero directly resulting from his more admirable qualities within a republic in need of a common king, renders him an ambitious despot to his immediate friends. It is within this act that Caesar, overwhelmed by his self-importance, swells, reaches for the stars, and is plucked from the heavens by trusted friends, who, due to their fear of Caesar's ambitions derive an insurrection against him, and ultimately kill this "Northern Star"(act 3, scene 1, line 60). Although the act of insurrection, in and of itself, i...
