Julius_Caesar

Julius Caesar Julius Caesar – Power In William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, a group of men conspire to assassinate Caesar; a man they feel will destroy the Roman Empire if he is given such power. They feel he is not worthy of being an emperor. They are worried about the corruptive abuse of so much power. These men are also driven by the desire of having more power. William Gaddis said, “Power does not corrupt people; people corrupt power.”(Gaddis, William). Qtd. In Sweeney, K. Power Statements. Lecture Handout, English I. Lawrenceville: Notre Dame High School, 6 May 2002. This is clear in Julius Caesar. The desire and fear of power corrupt every character. The conspirators fear they will lose their free will and live under a tyrant. They also have the desire to increase their own power. Brutus, a close friend of Caesar, chooses to kill Caesar to prevent the fall of the Empire. He believes it is only for the good of the country and that he knows Caesar will become corrupted by power but ambition and praise also turn around his head. Caesar proves his conspirators right by becoming the tyrant they feared. Power and corruption play a big role in caesar, power, brutus, people, corrupt, conspirators, caesar’s, men, julius, desire, true, statement, position, friend, corrupted, common, cassius, about, william, shows, should, senate, proves, play, ladder, good, fall, control, believes, becomes, yours, whether, tyrant, turns, turn, show