Julius Caesar | Conclusion

Julius Caesar Conclusion

Scholars have increasingly come to regard Julius Caesar as a work of rich complexity. Whereas earlier commentators attempted to provide definitive analyses of Brutus and Caesar, more recent ones have concluded that Shakespeare's portraits are not necessarily explicit; rather, they feature ironic, even ambiguous elements. Today, critics generally agree that the uncertainties surrounding the protagonists and the political issues raised by the drimla are intentional. The ambiguities in Julius Caesar, they maintain, serve to intensify Shakepeare's depiction of the limitations on human understanding and the difficulty of defining absolute "truths" regarding individuals and historical events.

(See also Shakespearean Criticism, Vol 7)