The play Julius Caesar by Shakespeare involves Caesar ready to be crowned king but then his trusted men kill him so he doesn’t become corrupt with power. His best friend goes to war with them and ends up losing becoming a tragic hero. Fate is a strong force that controls everything in Julius Caesar but not in real life. Shakespeare shows fate in this story by showing how fate is inevitable and something unavoidable. One way he shows this in the story is the conspirators claiming Caesar will get high power then will abuse it and turn evil. Brutus says, “But when he once attains the upmost round. He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may.”(Act 2, Scene 1) Another way he shows this is the conspirators saying it is Caesar’s fate to kill him so he doesn’t get power. Brutus says, “It must be by his death: and for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him.”(Act 2, Scene 1) …show more content…
Fate can exist but also fate can be changed. Fate is not inevitable because we make the decisions that get us there. An example of this idea would be someone driving to work and getting a flat tire causing them to be late. Some people say this is fate however that person could have changed that by taking a different route or method of transportation. Another example would be people saying it’s someone's fate to follow a family tradition of going into the same line of work. Although it’s not their fate because they have to make the decisions to get there and they could change