“Julius Caesar vs. Mean Girls” William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar carries with it timeless themes that continue to be explored in modern cinema. Fate versus free will occurs in Mark Waters' Mean Girls. Characters attempt to grow in power while taking down those with it. Manipulation is utilized. The “heroes” and those against them begin to get confused along the way. In both, the characters lose sight of right and wrong. The decisions and actions of these characters create unavoidable consequences sealing their own fates. Even though these characters fail to overcome their fates in both, Julius Caesar and Mean Girls, they show a strong correlation between how they affect each other. In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, there are many …show more content…
On the other hand, Cady has just moved to North Shore High School knowing nothing about public schools. Cady becomes friends with Janis, and together they come up with a way to take Regina out of her power. It is decided that Cady will become one of the “Plastics” and turn them all against each other. Cady is able to infiltrate the “Plastics” hierarchy and become one of them. While Janis and Cady’s plan works, Cady turns the four “Plastics” against each other there which in turn causes another problem. After the turmoil created in the social circle, Cady must assume the role Regina previously held, becoming the one with power and dominance in the …show more content…
Throughout the play, this theme affects many of the characters. A way this message is shown in Julius Caesar is how being rash can have severe consequences. The characters' fates were shown in many ways, while their free will affected whether or not they conquered it; based on the decisions they made and how they approached it. In Mean Girls this same theme also holds a role in the plot. The director conveys a message through characters with this theme. A well-known example is Regina’s actions and where that got her, to treat others with respect. The point is to bring attention to how someone's actions, in this example the dominating and manipulating treatment of others, affected fate. The way Regina treated people caused her to have a grim