Examples Of Evil In Julius Caesar

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The evil that men do lives after; the good often buried with their bones. I believe this statement is true for many reasons, and there are many examples of this shown in the book and in reality itself. What that statement is stating how when very good men or just people in general do something evil, meaning something that isn’t very pleasing to the audience/crowd. It’s often buried with their bones which means everything they did good in the world is overshadowed by the evil things they did. Its is a terrible outcome but its reality also, we never really pay attention to what that guy did for us or that female like sure we know it happened but that doesn't mean we will remember what they did that benefited us when they die, we will remember the terrible things they did instead, it is just how the world works. …show more content…
What he did is something the people of rome will always remember and never forget. He killed Caesar because he knew he wasn’t fit to rule rome and because he was ambitious.Ambitious meaning to have strong desire and determination to succeed at something. The people of rome were displeased with his actions, and thought Caesar was a wonderful man and did not deserve to die, but what he did was good, he did it for the people of rome, he even said he cared for rome more. “Would you rather Caesar were living, and you all die slaves, than that Caesar were dead, and you all live as freemen?”-Brutus. A example from the text, he stated if Caesar were still alive you guys would all be slaves. “What? should one of us, Who struck the most powerful man in the whole world Only because he supported robbers”-Brutus. Some say that Caesar was a tyrant, he took power by force, Brutus,Cassius and the others just wanted a stop to

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