Throughout The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare and the poem “Reapers” by Jean Toomer, justice and injustice are shown through the actions of the powerless and the powerful. For example in Julius Caesar, the people wanted Julius to become their king “Was the crown offered him thrice?” (Act 1 Scene 2 238) but he refused the crown three times. After the third time Julius noticed that the people were happy that he did not accept the crown, so he bent down and offered them his head. The people refused because if they had accepted this offer they would have been immediately killed by a guard. So it could be seen that the power of the Julius Caesar was so great that the people could not oppose him openly, so he basically already has …show more content…
Julius Caesar is a good person that has too much power but is loved and hated by most people. For example “Go, go, good countrymen, and for this fault, Assemble all the poor men of your sort, Draw them to Tiber banks, and weep your tears Into the channel till the lowest stream Do kiss the most exalted shores of all.” (Act 1 Scene 1 61-65)This scene is when Flavius is outraged by the fact that Caesar killed a former allie and the people are celebrating him like he was a hero. This could be seen as the people not having enough power to speak against Caesar but the people like Flavius who have more power are able to see this injustice. Also in there are multiple literary term that stand out, for example in there are two example of hyperboles “weep your tears Into the channel till the lowest stream Do kiss the most exalted shores of all”(Act 1 Scene 1 63-65). The tone in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is mainly an angry and unjustified tone because the the writer makes it seem like Julius Caesar is a good person but does not justify some of his actions. So it creates the idea that Julius Caesar could unjustly commit any crime and the people would be ok with it just because he has