Caesar said that it was better to die once than to always be afraid of death. Death was something to be feared, but someone as ‘strong' and respected as Caesar had other things to worry about that death. He was cavalier enough not to need his own bodyguard, because to have a bodyguard was to admit that he couldn't have taken care of a situation at hand. In addition to that, he was not afraid of anyone trying to kill him, because he was Caesar, and Caesar somewhat believed that he would always be immortal. Yet, when the conspirators attack on him came, Caesar struggled to live until he saw that Brutus's dagger, the man he trusted the most, dagger was raised, and he gave up, because he knew the fight would be futile. The scene that Shakespeare illustrated is one of grief and regret. Caesar never got to do what he wanted to accomplish, which was become king, and that is why he struggled. He was afraid of dying unfufilled and unimportant. Contradicting what he had said, his fear of dying kept him alive. If he had lived, many more attempts on his life would have been taken, and ultimately he gave up, and followed his own words. Words of a brave and noble man.