Trust In Mean Girls, Julius Ceasar

Our essential question was “How is trust is created or destroyed?” I would answer it by saying that trust is created or destroyed by the presence or lack of credibility. I came to this conclusion by comparing how in Mean Girls, Julius Caesar, and in real life how trust is earned and lost. Throughout our entire podcast, we saw that a common theme with trust in all three scenarios is the strong ability to rely on the other person. For example, Janis relies on Cady to betray The Plastics, until she loses her trust when she realizes she can no longer rely on her. In this conversation, I learned about myself how I value trust. I learned that without reliance, you can not have trust and how that pertains to relationships in my life. I was able to contribute an explanation as to how reliance and credibility are present in trust using explanations from Mean Girls and real life. A real life example I was able to bring in is how I have had friends before in my life who tend to make time for other people in their life but not me. For example, a friend I had once was constantly on her phone texting people, but whenever I texted her she would never respond. I tended to lose some of my trust in her since I could not rely on her to respond when I needed her to, and it made me question the integrity of our friendship. …show more content…
I thought that the line was meant to convey power, and make it seem as if the person saying it had authority over everyone else. In the play, the line is spoken by Caesar when Cassius asks him if Metellus’s brother can return after being banished. Caesar says this to show that he is devoted to not letting his brother back in Rome. Essentially, Caesar says he is stubborn and powerful and that begging will not convince him. Caesar uses this line to convey