When Was Julius Caesar A Good Leader
Lathrop Gann
Mrs. Faulkenberry
Julius Caesar Essay
25 October 2016
Caesar could have been a good leader and character
In the first scene of Julius Caesar through the characters of the cobbler and the carpenter. These characters give readers a sense that the people themselves are a sort of potentially dangerous and at the same time absolutely essential to the success of the ruling class. Caesar must give them entertainment and seeks their approbation for his crowning, Brutus recognizes that he must explain his actions to them, and Antony uses them for his own purposes. Yet, despite the plebeians' surging power the real chaos actually lies in the failure of the ruling class to exercise their authority properly and to live by the accepted rules …show more content…
He enters the action of the play by advising Calpurnia to seek a cure for her sterility by ritual, and he exits fifteen lines later, dismissing the soothsayer as "a dreamer." He ignores the soothsayer, Calpurnia, the many portents, his priests, and finally Artemidorus because he has ceased to think of himself as a fallible human being, and because he passionately wants to be crowned king. He does not fear Cassius, although he knows him to be a danger to political leaders, because he believes that he and Cassius occupy two separate levels of …show more content…
Then he was at his house and the conspirators was about to show up to kill him. Somebody was supposed to bring Caesar a letter warning him about about the conspirators but he never made it there. At that very moment preceding his death, Caesar compares himself to the gods of Olympus in his determination to continue his arbitrary administration of Roman justice. Even after his death his policies were passed on through the generations and improved Rome to the very end. He is the reason why today leaders show the interest of the people and not only themselves. His heroism affects us as a nation everyday, whether we know it or not. Even modern leaders could learn a thing or two from Julius Caesar
Mrs. Faulkenberry
Julius Caesar Essay
25 October 2016
Caesar could have been a good leader and character
In the first scene of Julius Caesar through the characters of the cobbler and the carpenter. These characters give readers a sense that the people themselves are a sort of potentially dangerous and at the same time absolutely essential to the success of the ruling class. Caesar must give them entertainment and seeks their approbation for his crowning, Brutus recognizes that he must explain his actions to them, and Antony uses them for his own purposes. Yet, despite the plebeians' surging power the real chaos actually lies in the failure of the ruling class to exercise their authority properly and to live by the accepted rules …show more content…
He enters the action of the play by advising Calpurnia to seek a cure for her sterility by ritual, and he exits fifteen lines later, dismissing the soothsayer as "a dreamer." He ignores the soothsayer, Calpurnia, the many portents, his priests, and finally Artemidorus because he has ceased to think of himself as a fallible human being, and because he passionately wants to be crowned king. He does not fear Cassius, although he knows him to be a danger to political leaders, because he believes that he and Cassius occupy two separate levels of …show more content…
Then he was at his house and the conspirators was about to show up to kill him. Somebody was supposed to bring Caesar a letter warning him about about the conspirators but he never made it there. At that very moment preceding his death, Caesar compares himself to the gods of Olympus in his determination to continue his arbitrary administration of Roman justice. Even after his death his policies were passed on through the generations and improved Rome to the very end. He is the reason why today leaders show the interest of the people and not only themselves. His heroism affects us as a nation everyday, whether we know it or not. Even modern leaders could learn a thing or two from Julius Caesar