Julius Caesar Power Analysis

Within the classic Shakespeare play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, leadership and power is a theme that is seen repeatedly. This is because it is the main focus and the real purpose of the murder of Julius Caesar. The expression of this topic can be seen being expressed from the characters Brutus, Cassius, and Caesar himself. In Rome, power and leadership was a truly corrupted goal. This is because of the faked modesty, the murder of Julius Caesar, and the many lies attempted to be kept within the conspirators.
One of the first main points of the corrupted power that is seen displayed is the fake modesty Caesar expresses to make himself seem more honorable. Shakespeare wrote, “Was the crown offered him trice?” (I.II.227). He denies the crown three times, causing the Roman people to grow anxious and causing suspense. He didn’t quite get the reaction he wanted or intended, but rather the people getting angry and wanting him to just simply get on with it. This was one factor that caused the conspirators to believe Caesar would not be a good ruler. They also believed he had plans to become a dictator, ambitiously planning to enslave the citizens. This is another example of his hoax of a personality. This was also what originally caused Brutus to join the …show more content…
This shows corruption because they had to lie to reach the goals that they wanted, which was to take away Caesar's power. An example of this would be when Brutus was leaving to join the others to begin their plan of killing Julius Caesar, his wife comes out in tears asking what was going on. Brutus hadn’t even informed his own wife of their plans, but eventually he had to tell her because she threatened stabbed herself in the leg if he would not tell the truth. Another example of the secrecy would be Brutus telling Antony to not speak badly of the conspirators at Caesars wedding, as he did not want the people to turn against