Similarities Between Julius Caesar And Ronald Reagen

Julius Caesar and Ronald Reagen: A thematic study into the love, better life and ruler each assassin strived for It's not everyday a person wakes up with the goal of killing an important figure in society. That's why there is so much attraction towards the mystery of assassination attempts and successes. When analyzing a murder, the most common conclusion to the crime is a longing for something better in their lives. Caesar's assassins, Brutus and Cassius, wanted to be loved, as well as wanting a better life and ruler because, to them, Caesar had become too powerful and was ambitious. John Hinckley Jr. only wanted Jodie Foster, which lead to the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagen. In both cases, the "better life" that the killers wanted

The wise novelist, George Sand, once stated, "there is only one happiness in this life, and that is to love and be loved." One could not possibly go throughout life without love, and this is true in the murder of Caesar and the attempted murder of Ronald Reagen, as they only prove this statement further. Throughout the entirety of the book, Julius Caesar, there is evidence that clearly shows that each character has craving to be loved. The characters were capable of loving and being loved, this love was just hard to notice at times. Even Rome's most noble man, Brutus, who later joined the conspiracy against Caesar, helping participate in his murder, carefully said of Caesar and of Rome, "Not that I loved him less, but that I loved Rome more" (Caesar 104). Brutus' fellow conspirator, Cassius, also spoke of love while he expressed his deep concern for Brutus saying, "You bear too stubborn and too strange a hand over a friend that loves you (Caesar 32). Shakespeare had a way of writing which the readers can easily relate to, and what better relation than to

Well, maybe only in the eyes of John Hinckley Jr.. Hinckley had a crazy obsession with Jodie Foster, and to get her attention, he decided to assassinate a president. In doing so, he figured he would be the hero and get the girl, just like in the movie Taxi Driver, in which Jodie Foster co-starred in, and also which the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagen was based off of. In his scheme of plans, Hinckley thought doing such an act would bring him prosperity, happiness, and Foster's attention. Instead, he was sentenced to many years of confinement in a mental institution. The attempted assassination of Ronald Reagen can be compared to the successful assassination of Caesar. At the end of his brutal murder, Caesar's conspirators left the scene happily shouting, "Liberty, freedom, and democracy! Tyranny is dead!" ( Caesar 111). In their minds, they had ridden Rome of a heavy and dangerous burden. In all actuality, it caused a huge war and division of the Roman Empire. The goal of both Hinckley's and Caesar's conspirators during the assassination was simply to form a perfect life, just as stated in the constitution, "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union..." (Constitution Preamble). Unlike the predicted outcome, Rome was left without a ruler in the midst of a war, while America was left with a temporarily wounded president. As it turned out, the "perfect union"