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=== [[Trope Namer]] for ===
* [[Et Tu, Brute?]]
=== Tropes ===
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{{quote| '''Brutus:''' As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.}}
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: The characters refer to many things that didn't exist in Ancient Rome, but did exist in Elizabethan England.
* [[Anti
* [[Antagonist in Mourning]]: After Brutus dies, Antony calls him "the noblest Roman of them all" and says that the others conspired against Caesar out of jealousy, but Brutus did it because he thought it was the right thing. He and Octavian agree to give him [[Due to The Dead|a respectful burial]].
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Caesar accepts superstition regarding the Lupercalia festival as fact, and then refuses to believe a soothsayer warning him to beware the Ides of March.
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That Rome holds of his name; wherein obscurely <br />
Caesar's ambition shall be glanced at }}
* [[Based
* [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]]: Hence the suicides.
** [[Truth in Television]]: This was fairly common among patrician Romans.
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** Caesar, whenever he talks about himself. "Speak! CAESAR is turned to hear."
** Mark Antony: "Cry HAVOC! And let slip the dogs of war!"
* [[Could Say It, But...]]: Brutus is an honorable man, so [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|Antony won't]].
* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: Caesar himself.
* [[Democracy Is Bad]]: The citizens are continually shown as highly fickle.
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* [[Dumb Is Good]]: Brutus is portrayed as far-and-away the best-intentioned of the conspirators, but every time he overrules Cassius it's for something [[Honor Before Reason|mind-bogglingly stupid]].
* [[Empathic Environment]]: Crazy things happen in Rome during this time of turmoil.
* [[Et Tu, Brute?]]: As the assassins attack, Caesar defends himself... but when he sees Brutus, his best friend, among the assassins, he gives up and lets himself be murdered - he didn't care about a bunch of strangers armed with pointy things, but having his buddy stab him is another story entirely. The full quote is: "Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar." Marc Antony during Caesar's funeral would say of Brutus's betrayal that his was "the most unkindest cut of all."
* [[Famous Last Words]]: ''See'' [[Et Tu, Brute?]]'', above.''
* [[Green
* [[Guilt By Coincidence]]: Cinna the Poet gets killed by the Mob because he unfortunately shared a name with one of Caesar's murderers. An added irony which Shakespeare likely didn't know was that the murdered Cinna was a good friend of Caesar.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Brutus' downfall comes from this, especially in regards to Antony
* [[I Cannot Self
** Although, Brutus's suicide is more honorable (in their society's norms) than Cassius's because Brutus has his servant hold his sword while he runs himself on it, while Cassius makes his servant kill him while he looks away.
* [[Large Ham]]: Even from just reading the play, it seems like Caesar is intended to be played as one:
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As easily as a king. }}
* [[Murder Suicide]]: Arguably Brutus and Cassius, though the suicides happen well after the murder.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]/ [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: Brutus decides to let Mark Antony speak on condition he doesn't say anything bad about the conspirators. Antony goes on to prove what a [[Manipulative Bastard]] he truly is and gets the people of Rome to riot against them. Good going.
* [[Not So Harmless]]: Brutus dismisses Antony as Caesar's harmless little yes-man, which turns out to be one of the biggest mistakes of the play.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Casca pretends to be less intelligent around people he mistrusts.
* [[Offered the Crown]]
* [[One Steve Limit|One Cinna Limit]]: Averted, unfortunately for Cinna the poet, who is mistaken for Cinna the conspirator and killed by an angry mob.
* [[Out, Damned Spot!]]: Inverted, interestingly, when Brutus suggests:
{{quote| ''...Stoop, Romans, stoop,''<br />
''And let us bathe our hands in ''Caesar's'' blood''<br />
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