Alayna Reinhard Wampler English 10 21 March 2023 Hungry for power There was too much power to hold; with not enough hands. The city of Rome once had a ruler named Caesar. He was loved by the people, but not the senators; especially Cassius. So a plan was made to kill Caesar. In Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, power forces people to become self centered and careless just like former police officer Everett Maynard did. Becoming self centered is a bad trait that means people don't care about what will happen to others as long as it benefits themselves. Initially, Antony said, “Octavius, lead your battle softly on / upon the left hand of the even field.”(V.i.17-18). Antony was beseeching his nephew to take his troops, even though it was dangerous, and just go. He was only thinking about what good it would do for him and not about what could happen to Octavius. Following, Brutus yells, “ride, ride messala! Let them all come down.”(V.iii.6). Brutus was expressing that everyone else can fall down, out of power, but they can stay. Nobody wants their power stripped from right in front of them. Moreover, when something doesn’t benefit others but instead only a few people, it does not always result well. …show more content…
That allows for things to get messy and fall apart. Leading off, Caesar once said,“cowards die many times before their deaths” (ii.ii.34). His ignorant self started to not care about all the warnings that he was given, and continued on with his normal life. On a secondhand, Caesar said “Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. / He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous” (i.ii.205) This is implying that Caesar knows Cassius doesn’t like him and that something is up. When people decide not to care anymore it is essentially a way of them giving up. Becoming absent-minded affects people and everyone around