How Is Julius Caesar Power Corrupt

Rickey Chacon
Ms. Cocke
Eng 10
April 3rd 2023
The Corruptive Process
Power the same force that leads people to be great, leads people to be awful but what makes good people turn evil? We have seen this come true in many instances such as Joseph stalin abusing his power for his own pride and image causing disputes with other nations, or Adolf Hitler starting to torture jews because of his twisted perception of them ruining his country after the war. Julius Caesar also makes a good example of this because he killed the other two people that were in power with him which gave him all the power while he was trying to maintain the image that he wasn’t trying to become a dictator or a corrupt leader. With all that being said power has a corrupting

Caesar killed the other two people that were in power with him which broke up the triumvirate power system. After Caesar gained most of the power some conspirators formed in suspicion of Caesar becoming corrupt with too much power. Caesar knew about some of the conspirators and their suspicions of him, so when he was offered the crown he declined it three times to create an image for himself that he wasn’t power hungry. “Why ,for that too” Cassius. “They shouted thrice; what was the last cry for?” Casca. “Why, for that too.” Brutus. “Was the crown offered him thrice?” Casca. “ Ay, marry, was’t, and he put it by thrice, every time gentler than other; and at every putting-by mine honest neighbors shouted.” (Shakespeare 1.2.225-230) Caesar also became cocky and didn’t care about any warnings this ambition only added onto the

Eventually he was recognised for his activities by a rebel leader named Lenin. Lenin rewarded and respected Stalin for all of his work and got him into the communist’s party. Stalin strategically played his cards to gain power and after Lenin died he gained the most power. Stalin then dethroned all of the original members of the group and he became the dictator. Once Joseph Stalin became dictator he started disputes with foreign and neighboring countries because of his own pride proving he was not a fit