Examples Of Power Corrupt In Julius Caesar

“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, this is a prevalent quote to most of the characters. This was true in particular to the characters of Brutus, Julius Caesar, and Cassius. Although some of these characters in the start of the play may have seemed without the corruption of power, they all developed it at some point in the play. To Brutus it seemed to make him nobler without the gain of any success from power. To characters like Cassius and Julius, it made them both corrupt with power, it was the main reason that Caesar had gained the success he had, and the search for power was all that Cassius was after. All of these characters though went through the good and the bad with each

He got into the conspiracy, because he wanted to stop Caesar, but also because he wanted to gain power for himself. “Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous.” (1. 2. 195-196) This quote is from Caesar who can tell from looking at him how hungry he is for power. He even notices that this is a very bad thing, and doesn’t want Cassius around him. That shows the want for power that Cassius shows, just in the looks that he gives people. Power in this case made Cassius someone who was just greedy for power, which in the end made him dishonest because of

This was the result in the corruption of power. Julius Caesar is one of the great examples of how power can result in absolute corruption. He had taken, once a very great friend of his, Pompey and gone to war with him. “And when you saw his chariot but appear, Have you not made an universal shout That Tiber trembled underneath her banks To hear the replication of your sounds Made in her concave shores? And do you now put on your best attire? And do you now cull out a holiday?”(1.1. 45-51) In this quote a Roman Senate member is talking to a crowd of people who had been celebrating the war against Pompey. This quote tells of how loved he once was as a general, and how people were upset on the war against