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Emotional Manipulation In Julius Caesar

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Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, is an extreme representation of the problems that happen in society. It shows how far a hero can fall, it shows how misinterpretation can ruin a life, but more than all, it demonstrates manipulation and the massive effect it can have on a person. The play's simple representation of both emotional and logical manipulation gives students a way to recognize when they are being manipulated and gives them an easier path to not letting others manipulate them, for these reasons Julius Caesar should still be taught in schools. One way the story demonstrates emotional manipulation is through the character of Brutus. Back in 2013, Kevin Garnett and the Celtics were taking on Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks, …show more content…

In modern society, oftentimes people will use past mistakes to manipulate someone into keep making those same mistakes. People will suffer from addiction in many different ways, many times people will want to quit but their so-called “friends” will use the logic that there is always tomorrow, and what is one more night. This a disgusting form of logical manipulation in modern society. During the play, Decius Brutus approaches Caesar's door to take him to the capital, Caesar states he won’t be coming due to a dream his wife had, in response Decius says, “This dream is all amiss interpreted./It was a vision fair and fortunate./Your statue spouting blood in many pipes,/In which so many smiling Romans bathed,/Signifies that from you great Rome shall suck/Reviving blood” (2.2.83-88). Caesar's wife dreamed that Caesar’s statue was spouting blood from a hundred places and many Roman people came and washed their hands in it. She interpreted this as not being safe for Caesar to go to the Capital. Decius provides a valid counterargument to Calpurnia, while Calpurnia’s side proves to be true, Decius manipulates Caesar while valid logic opposed to emotionally persuading him. Shakespeare is warning readers of the danger of letting others' logic overpower your own beliefs too

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