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In the play, Julius Caesar, there are several themes portrayed throughout the entire text. The theme of ambition and conflict is extremely prevalent and important. William Shakespeare uses the characters Cassius and Caesar to represent how too much ambition can cause a great amount of conflict. This major theme is also in conflict with the theme of public self versus private self. William Shakespeare uses two themes against each other to create a conflicting poem. The theme of ambition and conflict is more important in this text than public self versus private self because William Shakespeare uses two main characters as examples of this theme, and this particular theme is the main point and message of the play. Firstly, William Shakespeare uses two specific characters to represent the theme of ambition and conflict. Shakespeare uses Cassius and Caesar as prime examples of the main theme. In the beginning of the text Brutus says that Caesar is great, but he is too ambitious. Caesar conquered Pompey and was on the path to becoming the king. These actions were extremely ambitious, and they are the very actions that made Brutus worrisome of Caesar becoming king. Shakespeare also uses Cassius as a prime example of this theme. Cassius was jealous of Caesar’s power, which led him …show more content…

The unknown loyalties stemming from this theme compliment the most important theme perfectly by describing each person’s motives. This theme is not the most important theme because this theme is not the main point and lesson of this poem. This co-theme contributed to the main theme. When I was done reading this poem I did not think that the main theme of this poem was about public self versus private self. Ambition is the main theme because the two main characters died in the end of this play because of having too much ambition, which ultimately led to the downfall of others as

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