Caesar is dead, Brutus's army is marching towards certain death, and Antony is ready to take control of all of Rome with an iron fist. About 2 months ago, a normally completely unacceptable idea was about to become reality. Cassius convinces Brutus that Julius Caesar, his best friend, must be killed for the betterment of Rome. One decision, fraught with ego and arrogance, led to the total destruction of Rome and the deaths of many people. Although there were many signs that predicted this calamity, none were heeded because of the arrogance of the recipient. Despite numerous seemingly unmistakable warnings of impending disaster, the inconceivable arrogance displayed by the main conspirators, Julius Caesar and his followers, hampered their ability to perceive and respond to these signs in Julius Caesar. Brutus' arrogance, aided by Cassius' equally prevalent arrogance, caused the murder of Julius Caesar to be an acceptable idea. It only took Brutus a few weeks to become completely convinced that there was nothing wrong with killing an innocent man. “Let us be priests, but not butchers, Caius” (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar II, i, 166) This quote is Brutus explaining to Cassius that killing Caesar is good, but killing Antony would be too much; that if they killed anyone other than Caesar, they would become murders in the public eye. This quote, to be completely connected, needs more corroborating information. At first, Brutus was skeptical, uncertain about the decision to kill Caesar. However, Cassius was hungry for Caesar's power and his greed began to play with Brutus' arrogance. “Why is Julius in power? Why is it so special? Why are you not in power? » are questions that Cassius began to ask Brutus. After weeks spent in the middle of paper......supported by his immense ego, he could not realize that he was being manipulated, but only cared about his image. Arrogance was a common flaw that plagued the thoughts and decisions of many characters, conspirators, and followers. Warnings were ignored, signs were ignored and this resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people. Such consequences, like the assassination of Caesar, the destruction of Brutus's army, and the transformation of Antony into the all-powerful leader of Rome, seem to be caused by an extremely important and influential flaw. But Shakespeare only introduced a small flaw of arrogance that sometimes went unnoticed. However, arrogance existed everywhere and was extrapolated by other faults, such as anger and greed. The characters' arrogance fed off other flaws and ultimately led to altered thought processes, perverted decision-making, and the destruction of a country..