Deceit in Julius Caesar

Deceit- noun: the act of causing someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid (according to Merriam Webster dictionary). We can see this theme over and over in William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. In this paper I will show you what that means, as well as tie deceit into the life of William Shakespeare.

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on 23rd April 1564. His father William Sr. was a successful local businessman, and his mother Mary was the daughter of a landowner. In 1582 William married a woman named Anne Hathaway. They had three children, Susanna, Hamnet and Juliet. “Their only son Hamnet died at age 11, which led to him leaving his kids and Anne Hathaway.” (according to biographyonline.net)

After his marriage, information about the life of Shakespeare is sketchy, but it seems he spent most of his time in London – writing and acting in his plays. He took on students and taught them about writing plays, some people think that he stole ideas and even entire plays from his students, especially the more historical plays such as Julius Caesar, or