Examples Of Power In Julius Caesar

In Gatsby’s mission to attain wealth, power, and status he loses sight of his morals through his “dealings” with various shady people that are rumored to be lucrative and illegal. The extent of Gatsby’s criminal activities is confirmed by Tom Buchanan one hot summer night when Tom shares that Gatsby and “Wolfsheim bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores…and sold grain alcohol over the counter,” (133) an illegal venture during prohibition. In addition to Gatsby’s business investments, his obsession with winning Daisy clouds his mind with thoughts of inspiring her to leave her husband and abandoned her child. Nick believes Gatsby would “want nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: ‘I never loved you,’” (109) and prove her marriage was a sham.

The courtroom filled quickly, and gossip flowed throughout the community. Early on in the trials, people already held strong biases regarding Kate Branch’s condition. For example, “The residents of Stamford were anything but hasty in cuddling that witchcraft must be responsible for Kate’s torments…some suspected that Kate was faking her symptoms” (Godbeer 33). While some did believe in witchcraft, the non-believers were prevalent, spreading their chatter throughout the community. It is interesting to note that elderly women, in particular, were targeted for being witches in the novel.

Since there are only two outcomes in the minds of the court officials, they rush to conclusions. The girls’ influence on the court officials puts the decisions in their favor, leading the villagers to either confess to witchcraft or be hanged. Danforth’s statement is one that guides the rest of the novel. The idea that one must either be with the court or against it leads to all of the problems in Salem. The forced choice from two alternatives creates tension, fear, and false accusations in the community.

The authors discredit the claim that the witch trials were merely an excuse to eliminate the poor. In fact, the witch accusations, while they did begin with less wealthy members of the community, made their way to the top of the social ladder effecting members of the church and government. The majority of accusations were of women and girls, but once a female member of a family was accused it was common for other members of that family to be accused too regardless of their sex. Looking at the patters of the accusations, it becomes clear to the reader that all social classes were involved. From the early stages of accusations, the “fist three women accused could be seen as “deviants” or “outcasts” in their community” (31) which later spread to ministers, people of all ages, and both genders. Ministers however took a different approach to the accusations. Instead of being afraid of being put on trial, they viewed their accusation as a sign from God to help heal others. “By encouraging and even exploiting the usual behavior of the young people in their communities, both ministers had managed to turn a potentially damaging situation to their own benefit” (29). Although exploiting many people. the ministers were the only group who tried to see a light in the witch trials situation. Many members of the community lived in fear of being

Gatsby desperately wants power and wealth, as he believes these things will help him achieve his American dream of living a happy life with Daisy. Throughout the novel, Daisy, Tom, and Gatsby attempt to obtain and protect their power and wealth as they all try to live their American dreams. The first-way power is taken advantage of in the novel is when it is discovered that Tom uses his social power to cheat on his wife with his mistress Myrtle. Tom takes advantage of his power over his wife, as he knows she will not leave him even if she finds out he has been cheating on her. Wilson “discovered that Myrtle had some sort of life apart from him in another world, and the shock had made him physically sick” (Fitzgerald 146).

As a society, America has created certain ideas and stereotypes of each class including the citizens within them. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald focuses around the superficial communities of West and East Egg, and their misconceptions of one another. The citizens of East Egg, such as Daisy and Tom Buchanan, frown upon the up-and-coming men of West Egg. This includes Gatsby, who dreams of the riches they take for granted. Gatsby, who obtains his money through dishonest means appears villainous, unsuccessfully attempting to join the wealthy and elite society of East egg. However, there may be more to Gatsby's story. As Nick, the narrator, says he is “worth the whole damn bunch put together”(154). Through his descriptions and comparison of Tom’s house and Gatsby’s house, Fitzgerald reveals the true nature of the two men. While Gatsby appears to be morally corrupt, in the end he actually has pure intentions, instead it is Tom who emits negativity and is ungrateful for his life.

Feminism has been a topic that is often side-by-side in the discussion of witchcraft, surrounding Salem, Essex County, or the greater regions of colonial New England. Women were persecuted, and undermined by the minds of the colonial men, came from ideals taken from both books. Even though Norton’s narrative represents feminist ideals, her narrative supports men that were accused. She made this known when she discusses the importance of the not before mentioned five men that were executed in Essex County. She acknowledges them in her lecture on February 9th, 2015, as “The men often left out of the story, as most historians tend to focus on the women that were murdered.” The conflict between both books are fought over the broad ideas of feminism in the seventeenth century. Both authors clearly state their beliefs, but only one in successful in presenting pure evidence to back their interpretation.

The girls who are accusing other members of the town are trying to get rid of anyone they do not like, therefore removing impurities from their lives. The court is acting on behalf of the law, listening to the girls and condemning people to death. The judges will not even listen to the evidence of others outside of the girls. " Giles: 'I have evidence.

SH: Well, the true difference is their backstories and perspectives. I don’t have specific information about how the girls acted, but I did try to draw from what I know about the behavior of those from the 1600s. No one knows why the girls accused people, so I cannot come out and say that I know the definite answer as to why they did what they did. I was able to be consistent and keep the dominant, known personality traits the girls had were reflected in the

Have you ever wondered if anything has stayed the same for over half a century? Look no further; in the drama, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, an important theme is all power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This simple statement is true for Ancient Rome and it is also true for North Korea today.

Caesar possessed too much power. They said he was becoming a threat to the Roman Republic,

Gatsby realizes that life of the high-class demands wealth to become priority; wealth becomes his superficial goal overshadowing his quest for love. He establishes his necessity to acquire wealth, which allows him to be with Daisy. The social elite of Gatsby?s time sacrifice morality in order to attain wealth. Tom Buchanan, a man from an enormously wealthy family, ?seems to Nick to have lost all sense of being kind.?(Lehan, pg.60) Nick describes Tom?s physical attributes as a metaphor for his true character when remarking that Tom had a ?hard mouth and a supercilious manner?arrogant eyes has established dominance over his face?always leaning aggressively forward?a cruel body?his speaking voice?added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed? (Lehan, p.61)

In the play Gem of the Ocean written by August Wilson, how does the character, Caesar represent police who abuse their power of enforcement? When the reader first meets Caesar first he comes off as very powerful. He makes it seem as if people must obey him at all times. Caesar does this because of his position as an officer. He is aggressive toward his community just for the simple reason that he has authority over people. Similar to police in todays’ society who go overboard with their use of power. Caesar represents officers who abuse their power of enforcement to empower their community, to seek revenge, and to protect themselves from their wrongdoings.

Power is a natural desire for humans. It is what structures society, makes the world turn, and to get more of it, people will do almost anything. Yet society often follows whoever is in power without a second thought. Because the Romans follow whoever is in power without considering that person’s morals and ideals, they are responsible for the anarchy that ensues after Caesar’s death.

The article informs their audience with what was done as punishment for those who committed a sinful crime that offended their religion. The actual story starts out with Hester Prynne, along with other women standing in the town square for everyone to see and be told the sinful crimes one has committed, "The age had not so much refinement, that any sense of impropriety restrained the wearers of petticoat and farthingale from stepping forth into public ways, and wedging their not unsubstantial persons, if occasion were, into the throng nearest to the scaffold at an execution... The woman who were now standing about the prison-door stood within less than half a century of the period when the manlike Elizabeth had been not together unsuitable representative of the sex." (Hawthorne 48). In the scene Hawthorne describes how these women standing there today did something morally wrong for the sex they are and since woman in those days had a certain role in the household whereas today in 2017 woman have more freedom to do whatever they please, still woman are shamed for the same reason they did back in the 1600s. In an article about public shaming, it tells how now with social media shaming woman and well anyone is much easier to do as many people have it and not only can one small community see it but everyone all over the world can, "Women are often shamed for