Dialogue in drama, such as Julius Caesar, makes the characters seem real to the reader and audience by revealing firsthand their thoughts, responses, and emotional states. Shakespeare is famous for the roundness and complexity of his characters. Throughout the play, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare uses the tone in his character's dialogue to emphasize their contradictory traits.
Brutus makes a perfect example of how Shakespeare uses complexity in his characters. Brutus is round in many ways, but for the most part he is round because of his contradictory traits. You can see an example of his opposing traits by comparing his quotes from the beginning of the play to the end. In the beginning of the play, Brutus directly mentions his love for Caesar by saying, "I would not, Cassius, yet I love him (Caesar) well" which completely contradicts his other quote, "Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods." Those two quotes completely oppose each other, showing the complexity in Brutus's character.
The opposing traits of Brutus also shows how dynamic he is. Since the definition of a dynamic character is a character that undergoes some kind of change because of the action in the plot, Brutus makes a perfect example of a dynamic character. Referring back to the contradictory traits of Brutus, you can obviously see that a change did undergo during the course of the play. The change was Brutus's love for Caesar which changed to hate afterwards in the play. This bring the question, "why did such a change take place?" Brutus changed his feelings toward Caesar, because he thought Caesar was going to misuse his power to corrupt Rome, which completely went against Brutus's motive of glorifying Rome. .
Shakespeare also uses a great deal of tone in his dialogue to emphasize a distinct change in Brutus's character. The reader or audience can distinguish a change in Brutus's character my paying close attention to the tone he uses.
