When history repeats itself Throughout lesson two of English two part two I have studied Shakespeare's Tragedy of Julius Caesar. As the title would imply this is an incredibly written tragedy that highlights some of man’s worst personality traits, dirtiest actions, and ugliest betrayals as well as man’s undying softness, fragility, and pride. The themes of this play are truly ageless when one considers the events that surrounded the tragic death of Malcolm X hundreds of years after this play was written. The story of Julius Caesar and Malcolm X are so remarkably similar. Both were revered by many and masters of leadership and articulation. And both men were untimely assassinated by the very people they endorsed. Though the stories of these …show more content…
The betrayal that came in the form of a knife by his friend Brutus, alongside thirty two other stab wounds from his trusted colleges. His assassination claimed due because he had become too powerful, and established a sort of dictatorship over Rome. With the Republic of Rome threatened, greedy and unguided men alike justified their grim actions of taking the life of a man who trusted them completely. Perhaps a more seldom known story is that of Malcolm X who, after spending time in prison, endorsed the Nation of Islam. After more than a decade his relationship with the Nation of Islam became strained as his views became a little more radical, while his influence continued to grow. After an ill advised comment on a sore subject for the country earned him a suspension from the Nation of Islam, the Nation of Islam capitalized on the opportunity to have him assassinated. What amazes me most about the likeness of these stories is that both of these men were the spearhead of, and made great, the very organizations that killed them. Both of these organizations claimed to be doing what was in the interest of the greater good. However, Malcolm wasn’t so much betrayed in the same right as Caesar. Although he had devoted a lot of his time and reputation to this group their views and opinions had become oppositional; in simple terms he was killed by an enemy that used to be a friend. Caesar however was truly betrayed by those he