The Chaos in Julius Caesar

In all the chaos in Julius Caesar, was there a single voice of reason? Julius Caesar is a play full of turmoil, regret, and trickery. Thus, this question can be difficult to answer. However, there were four voices of reason throughout the book. The first one might surprise you: Caesar. After his wife had a dream about him being killed, she begged him not to go to an important meeting with the council. However, he insisted that he must go and was killed on the way there. This might not sound very wise of him yet, but hear me out. This was a meeting that could change the fate of Rome. Caesar knew that your wife having a bad dream about you isn't big enough to prevent you from going to an important meeting.

Secondly, there was Caesar's wife. Yep, the lady who had the bad dream. This might seem to contradict my first paragraph, but this was Ancient Rome in the play. In this story, if you had a vision in a dream, you'd do best to listen to that vision, or something bad would happen. His wife had a vision of a statue of Caesar covered in his blood, with all the Roman officials washing their hands in it (Which definitely sounds like a health hazard). Both Caesar and his wife were actually not far from the truth, even though Caesar's wife was definitely closer to the truth than he thought.

The third voice of reason was Brutus- occasionally. Brutus was correct in thinking that Caesar needed to be stopped and was possibly correct about waging war with the Romans. He did the wrong things for the right reasons. However, Brutus's moments of wisdom were short lived. He chose to kill Caesar instead of having a talk to him and convincing him to follow the rules of the republic. This ultimately led to the roman republic collapsing and him and his wife committing suicide.

The last voice of reason was Cassius. Though being a manipulative character, and definitely not the best person morally, he was an excellent battle strategist. He had concocted a brilliant plan: let the Romans come to him and Brutus's army first, then attack. This way the enemy would be worn out, and Cassius and Caesar could have won the battle. However, Brutus wanted a glorious head-to-head clash, and his influence was high. Thus, Cassius allowed an even battle, which the republic won.

It's not that there were no voices of reason in Caesar, there are. The only problem is that all the voices of reason crash and burn halfway through the book. If the Romans had kept level heads, things wouldn't have ended up as badly as they did.