Similarities Between Julius Caesar And Martin Luther King Jr

Humans are terrified of change
Jealousy is the key emotion that results in violent human behaviors. Everybody is jealous of everybody. And because of jealousy we, humans, create the worst possible hell. That being said, humans are full of jealousy. Julius Caesar and Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK Jr.) were both assassinated; however, the assassinations specifically were quite different. Julius Caesar, going to be emperor of Rome, was assassinated by his dearest friends. His friends believed he was not right Rome and so they felt the need to assassinate him. King, on the contrary, was assassinated by an unknown who did not believe in what King was fighting for. These two assassinations reveal quite a lot about the human nature. They reveal that

King and Caesar had similarities and differences. King was a leader of the colored and led a civil rights movement, for which he was assassinated for. Even though we do not know the specific reason for King’s assassination, it is fair to say that the unknown assassin did not believe in what King was fighting for. In the 1960s, the people did not heed about the colored people, whether they were lying on a street dead, or anything else. “Outside, people kept walking past the body on the street” (Breslin). This shows that non-colored men and women did not care to pay attention to King’s motionless body, which shows the terrible nature of the people at the time. Following Kings’ assassination were the relentless riots in Washington and almost all over the United States. “The Capitol of the United States was gray and dim behind a shroud of smoke from fires set by people who are black and who no

He chose violence over non-violence which at the time showed power. However, even at that time people rioted when he was assassinated. “Fled to his house amazed: Men, wives and children stare, cry out and run as it were doomsday” (3.1.107-109). This shows that after the assassination of Caesar, the people of Rome cried out loud for their leader, just like how the blacks cried after the assassination of King. “They were traitors: honorable men!” (3.2.170). This shows the hatred of the people of Rome towards the conspirators that assassinated Caesar. Compared to King, this is not similar because the following the assassination of King, the black people did not hate the whites, they simply rioted for their leaders death and desired freedom. “Never, never. Come, away, away! We’ll burn his body in the holy place, and with the brands fire the traitors houses. Take up the body” (3.2.260-264). This shows the hatred of the people of Rome as well. Compared to King, this is similar because the rioters in King’s time burned up places. This all shows that when great leaders die, the people tend to