issociate Caesar’s spirit from his body
Interesting that they use the word "spirit". It reminds me of Caesar's ghost, which is haunting Brutus. Brutus wanted to seperate key aspects of Caesar in order to create a somewhat perfect ruler, and he did not succeed which is why Caesar's ghost appears to him.
they feel their manliness diminished.
The idea of bringing masculinity into why the conspirators did what they did- their masculinity felt threatened by Caesar and his power. They kill him, and diminish him to the status of a women, which is, traditionally, inferior to them.
to a parody of serving “the general good,” in order to milk the crowd’s adoration
Caesar is trying to claim he is doing the best for the greater good of the people, and this is also reflected when Antony is reading the will at Caesar's funeral and depicts Caesar as a ruler who deeply cared about his people.
Instead, the Republic fostered the division of the aristocracy into factions and the rise of military superheroes whose armies were loyal to them rather than to the Republic.
further evidence that the Rome the conspirators were trying to "reclaim" never existed in the first place, and power still went unchecked between the different factions of government.
his is the play’s tragic irony, and some knowledge of Roman history can help us to appreciate it.
Talks of how it is a cycle of power- the conspirators murder Caesar because of his power, Antony and Octavius wage war on the conspirators because of their power, and then Octavius conquers Antony because of his power. This endless cycle and exchange of power just leads to one monarchy to the next, with a bloodbath in between each new leader.