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Despotism In Julius Caesar

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Cassius, As a young man he studied philosophy in Greece and was known for his opposition against despotism. Gaius Cassius, in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, reflects the hopes, fears and the expectations of the Ancient Greek Culture because he is easily threatened like the Greeks. The Ancient Greek Culture, a very unique culture, is filled with many expectations, hopes, and fears. For instance, the Greeks were very powerful and many other empires rising they were constantly under a threat. According to Jimmy Stevenson, a student at Iowa State University, in his article, "Ares: A God without Honor.", explains, “Ancient Greece was a civilization that dominated much of the Mediterranean …show more content…

Gaius Cassius felt very threatened by the rising power of Julius Caesar, when Cassius saw his power rising he instantly looked to stop it. Larry Gentle, a writer for The New York Post, in his article “The Real Story of the Killing of Julius Caesar,” explains, “As others warmed to Cassius’ conspiracy, they began a “public-relations campaign” to “persuade Brutus to act.” Graffiti began popping up in locations where Brutus worked, reading, “If only now you were Brutus,” “If only Brutus were alive,” “Brutus, wake up!” and “You aren’t really Brutus.” Gaius Cassius thought that if he could get help from someone else who was high in power then he could help himself. Gaius Cassius is jealous and threatened by Caesar; and he is a manipulator who craves power. Gaius Cassius, in William Shakespeare’s, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar , explains, “Yet I fear him; For in the engrafted love he bears to Caesar” (II, …show more content…

Gaius Cassius was easily threatened by Julius Caesar due to him having more power and the fear of him expanding, while the Greeks were threatened by rising empires such as the Persians because they thought they had more power and were going to be a threat to them. Paul Cartledge, the former A.G, Levant’s Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Cambridge, in his article “The Democratic Explains”, explains, “Power to the people, all the people, especially the poor majority, remained the guiding principle of Athenian Democracy.” The Greek’s formed a government called a democracy, the belief in power to the people. He reflects the Greeks because they thought and acted the same, they all decided that the power should be within the people and not within

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