Examples Of Corrupt Leaders In Julius Caesar

There are mostly two kinds of leaders, an arrogant leader, and a confident leader. Of course there are different kinds of leaders, but most leaders are divided into those two categories. An arrogant leader would mostly be all-talk and would be disliked by his own subordinates. A skilled arrogant leader, however, would be more liked by his subordinates since his skills would make up for his attitude. It is the same with a confident, it mostly depends on an individual’s skill.
An example of an arrogant leader would be Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar can be considered a skilled arrogant leader because of his excellent leadership skills and his arrogant attitude. His victory over Pompey is proof of his leading skills, and what he said to the soothsayer, “He is a dreamer; let us leave him: pass.”, sounds a little bit arrogant. Another example of his …show more content…
Brutus isn’t arrogant at all. Brutus’s main cause is only what is best for Rome, and not himself. Even the other senators of the play consider Brutus to be a noble person and not an arrogant person. “O Cassius! If you could but win the noble Brutus to our party.” is proof that people think of him well. Another proof that Brutus was not arrogant is that in the play, it is written, “ But all Rome knew Brutus to be an honorable man: his name would lend respect to the deed.”. Not only that, Brutus killed Julius Caesar not because of envy, but because he thought it was the best for Rome.
Another example of a confident leader is Cassius, although he is slightly different from Brutus. Cassius undoubtedly has good leadership skills. He managed to to convince dozens of senators, including Brutus, to assassinate Julius Caesar. Cassius also doesn’t consider himself to be the best at everything. However, Cassius is different from Brutus because he killed Caesar out of hatred. Even though his reasons stood their grounds, he mostly killed him due to hatred and