"It is not power that corrupts but fear, Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of the power corrupts those who are subject to it" A quote by Aung San Suu Kyi. All leaders search for power but are corrupted through the fear of having it. This can be seen as a major theme tying together the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. There are many different themes throughout Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, but the three most controversial ones are fate vs. free will, power, and gender roles. The theme fate verses free will has affected the choices the characters have made throughout the play. The role of power in Julius Caesar enhances the characters by showing how they deal with the power that they possess. As
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In Act 1 scene 2 Cassius explains how fate can be chosen by actions. In this quote we can see that the characters are having a difficult time seeing the difference between free will and fate. When Cassius tries to get the conspirators to agree to kill Caesar he says "Men at some time are masters of their fates". Cassius is saying they have to change their fate by doing this and that they can control the outcome of their lives. On the other hand dealing with fate, Shakespeare shows how in the end fate is inevitable, because life always ends in death . Caesar says in Act 2, that he finds it strange men are scared of death when they know it's going to happen. Death is eventuate and is every ones fate, therefore you cannot change the outcome of your life. In the hands of both free will and fate you have the free will to make a decision but when you make the decision the outcome is unavoidable. In Act 1 scene 1 Flavius says that using your free will you chose your own fate. After you make a decision your fate is decided by the choice you made and the outcome infinite. In Julius Caesar the characters have a long battle between fate and free will, but the outcome of life is …show more content…
The fear of power in Julius Caesar is the whole reason they killed Caesar. Brutus is afraid the people will chose Caesar for their king. Julius Caesar is enveloped in Power and anyone will listen, this scares Brutus because in some way Caesar has too much power and can control anything. Although it seems like Caesar has all the power we have some insight that he really doesn't. All the roman people walk under him and honor him even though they help him more than he helps them. Caesar seems like a big hero only because he defeated the infamous Pompey and everybody adores him, yet does he really have the power he thinks he has. To stay in power Caesar has to surround himself with people who adore him. Caesar asks to have fat men who say yes to everything he says to surround him. To stay in power Caesar has to surround himself with people who will say yes to him no matter what he says and will agree with everything he does. Furthermore, power plays a major role in the theme of Julius
In Act 1 scene 2 Cassius explains how fate can be chosen by actions. In this quote we can see that the characters are having a difficult time seeing the difference between free will and fate. When Cassius tries to get the conspirators to agree to kill Caesar he says "Men at some time are masters of their fates". Cassius is saying they have to change their fate by doing this and that they can control the outcome of their lives. On the other hand dealing with fate, Shakespeare shows how in the end fate is inevitable, because life always ends in death . Caesar says in Act 2, that he finds it strange men are scared of death when they know it's going to happen. Death is eventuate and is every ones fate, therefore you cannot change the outcome of your life. In the hands of both free will and fate you have the free will to make a decision but when you make the decision the outcome is unavoidable. In Act 1 scene 1 Flavius says that using your free will you chose your own fate. After you make a decision your fate is decided by the choice you made and the outcome infinite. In Julius Caesar the characters have a long battle between fate and free will, but the outcome of life is …show more content…
The fear of power in Julius Caesar is the whole reason they killed Caesar. Brutus is afraid the people will chose Caesar for their king. Julius Caesar is enveloped in Power and anyone will listen, this scares Brutus because in some way Caesar has too much power and can control anything. Although it seems like Caesar has all the power we have some insight that he really doesn't. All the roman people walk under him and honor him even though they help him more than he helps them. Caesar seems like a big hero only because he defeated the infamous Pompey and everybody adores him, yet does he really have the power he thinks he has. To stay in power Caesar has to surround himself with people who adore him. Caesar asks to have fat men who say yes to everything he says to surround him. To stay in power Caesar has to surround himself with people who will say yes to him no matter what he says and will agree with everything he does. Furthermore, power plays a major role in the theme of Julius