How Is Julius Caesar Selfish

The emperor is from the story, “The Emperor’s New Clothes” and the main plot is the emperor gets fooled by two swindlers who can supposedly make magic cloth. He is also the protagonist of the story, and will do anything if it is for clothes or to look fancy. Throughout the story, the emperor shows he is selfish because he’s arrogant, because he’s demanding, and most importantly, because he’s egotistical. However, what really shows throughout the story is the emperor’s true motivation, which is greed. The emperor is selfish because he is arrogant. One way he shows he is arrogant is he practically worships clothes and only buys new clothes with his money. The text also says that, “He never drove in the woods or went to the theater or reviewed the troops in the army unless it was to show off some new costume,” which supports the idea even more that the emperor is arrogant. Finally, the emperor shows he is arrogant because he admires
One example of this is when the emperor is hesitating whether or not to decide to see how the clothes were being made and says to himself, “Of course I have no fears about my own competence,” which shows the emperor is egotistical because he believes he is competent enough to see the cloth. Another reason the emperor is egotistical is because when he is shown the clothes and he can’t see them he thinks to himself that nobody should be allowed to know that he cannot see the clothes so nobody will think less of him. Finally, the last reason the emperor is egotistical is because a short time after the first presentation of the clothes, and he cannot see them, he thinks to himself, “I am not a fool.” Although some readers may interpret this passage as a sign of the emperor being gullible, the evidence proves he is actually egotistical because he believes the cloth is magic, yet even though he cannot see it, he assures himself that he isn’t a