Julius Caesar and Other Assassinations
Kalyn Bowen
Mr. Richards
English 10 Honors (401)
21 February 2013
A Natural History of the Future "History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history," said an American lawyer Clarence Darrow. Historical events come back and happen over and over. No matter how many wars, terrorism, tortures, or assassinations human beings experience, there will be more conflicts every day; often, they resemble some conflicts from the past. In William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, the protagonist Caesar is assassinated by a group of conspiracies that think that crowning Caesar would overturn Rome. In reality, in Ancient Rome, the Senate had named Caesar “dictator perpetuo”, or dictator in perpetuity, and they opposed his policies. They did not assassinate Caesar for themselves; they loved Rome and believed the Romans would live as slaves under Caesar’s leadership. Also, Cassius, the leader of the conspiracy, believed that Caesar's illnesses were not an acceptable trait for a political leader. Many historical assassinators' motives were to bring about a political change in their domesticity, and the illnesses of some leaders afflicted themselves. Shakespeare's Julius Caesar teaches us about the emotional and psychological state of assassins and leaders, and it sparks our interest in history. Some victims of the assassinations were affected by illnesses. Some recently assassinated leaders include John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Martin Luther King, Jr., Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson, and these leaders and their assassins share common emotional and psychological states. Overall, history is repeated, and we, new millennium people, should care about history to bring about a future that would not make the mistakes made in the past.
The assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the most well known homicides from the ancient history. Julius Caesar was born a noble man like many other leaders; for example, Theodore
Mr. Richards
English 10 Honors (401)
21 February 2013
A Natural History of the Future "History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history," said an American lawyer Clarence Darrow. Historical events come back and happen over and over. No matter how many wars, terrorism, tortures, or assassinations human beings experience, there will be more conflicts every day; often, they resemble some conflicts from the past. In William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, the protagonist Caesar is assassinated by a group of conspiracies that think that crowning Caesar would overturn Rome. In reality, in Ancient Rome, the Senate had named Caesar “dictator perpetuo”, or dictator in perpetuity, and they opposed his policies. They did not assassinate Caesar for themselves; they loved Rome and believed the Romans would live as slaves under Caesar’s leadership. Also, Cassius, the leader of the conspiracy, believed that Caesar's illnesses were not an acceptable trait for a political leader. Many historical assassinators' motives were to bring about a political change in their domesticity, and the illnesses of some leaders afflicted themselves. Shakespeare's Julius Caesar teaches us about the emotional and psychological state of assassins and leaders, and it sparks our interest in history. Some victims of the assassinations were affected by illnesses. Some recently assassinated leaders include John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Martin Luther King, Jr., Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson, and these leaders and their assassins share common emotional and psychological states. Overall, history is repeated, and we, new millennium people, should care about history to bring about a future that would not make the mistakes made in the past.
The assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the most well known homicides from the ancient history. Julius Caesar was born a noble man like many other leaders; for example, Theodore