Poor Decisions In Julius Caesar And Arthur Dimmesdale

Over the past year in English 10, we have read many short stories, books, poems, and plays. Each character in these stories has taught a lesson. Every choice that a character made has affected their future. This is teaching that every action someone takes has a consequence, whether good or bad. Three characters who made poor decisions that had a negative impact for their future were Julius Caesar, Fred Collins, and Arthur Dimmesdale.

In The Julius Caesar Play, the main character, Julius Caesar, made a choice to not listen which resulted in his death. Julius Caesar is a story about a man who returns from war after defeating Pompey. The townspeople do not like caesar especially Caesar’s friends. His friends are secretly planning his death on March 15 so they can take over his leadership position. In act one, scene two, A
Hester gets pregnant and the townspeople begin to figure out what happened. Even though Hester admitted to her sins, she will not give any information about the father of her baby. “A sickness, a sore place, if we may so call it, in your spirit. Would you, therefore, that your physician heal the bodily evil? How may this be, unless you first lay open to him the wound or trouble in your soul? "No!--not to thee!--not to an earthly physician!" cried Mr. Dimmesdale”. One decision that Dimmesdale makes was not tell anyone his relationship with Hester Prynne. He has become so guilty about his mistake that a scarlet letter “A” has appeared on his chest. At the end of the chapter, Dimmesdale feels so guilty that he stands on the scaffold along with Hester and pearl, and confesses his sin. “With a convulsive motion he tore away the ministerial band from before his breast. It was revealed”. Moments later Dimmesdale passes away from grief he can no longer withstand. Dimmesdale made one wrong choice which eventually lead to his