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Greed vs. Honor
Summary: In his play "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar," William Shakespeare expresses the influence of greed and power verses the influence of honor and the greater good. He does so through his descriptions of the confrontations of the characters Mark Antony, Marcus Brutus, Julius Caesar, Octavius Caesar, and Caius Cassius.
The world we see today as created only by those who were ambitious and were in search of power. Yet figures such as Julius Caesar, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., and John F. Kennedy were assassinated because they had an ambition to make the world a better place. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, the author expresses the influence of Greed and Power verses the influence of Honor and the Greater Good through the confrontations of the characters Mark Antony, Marcus Brutus, Julius Caesar, Octavius Caesar, and Caius Cassius.
The most significant confrontation is the speeches of Antony and Brutus, when they are swaying the crowd after Caesar's assassination. Each noble man tried to turn the crowd on the other. Brutus' speech had said:
"Be patient till the last.
Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my
cause, and be silent, that you...
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