Greed in Julius Caesar :: Julius Caesar Essays

Greed in Julius Caesar   Greed can disrupt a family, town, or even a country.  The play Julius Caesar was a great framework of the power of greed.  In the play Julius Caesar the driving forces were Cassius, Brutus, Marc Antony, and Octavius Caesar.  Cassius was the brother in-law of Brutus and was also the creator of the group of conspirators.  Cassius was also a senator of Rome.  Cassiuss greed for power, good reputation, and his jealousy charter to Caesars death.  Cassius had the most honorable man in Rome to help in his plot to kill Caesar.  Brutus was the honorable roman which Cassius took control of.  Brutus loved Rome and totally of the Roman people.  Brutus was actually the true leader of the conspirators because he made the important decisions.  Brutus had a different motivation for killing Caesar.  The conspirators killed Julius Caesar because they were worried that if Caesar had succeeded in becoming office a ll the conspirators would lose their power.  Brutuss motive for killing Julius Caesar was his fear of Caesar destroying the city of Rome.  Mark Antony was a regular Roman citizen, who was good friends with Julius Caesar.  After Julius Caesars death, Marc Antony recited a speech at Julius Caesars funeral to all the people of Rome.  The speech caused the plebeians to destroy everything in sight.  It was by his speech that Marc Antony got his revenge towards Brutus and Cassius.  Octavius Caesar was the nephew of Julius Caesar.  When he got to Rome he and Marc Antony teamed up to fight against the forces of Brutus and Cassius.  It was at Brutus and Cassiuss stand battle where Octavius and Marc Antony succeeded in their plan.             Cassius had many motives for the killing of Julius Caesar.  One of Cassiuss motives was his greed for power.  Cassius believed that he should have as much power as Julius Caesar.  Cassius was also worried that if Julius Caesar had been great power he would lose all of his power and become another regular citizen of Rome.  Cassius showed his greed for power when he would always talk about how Caesar would get so much power and he was treated like he was nothing.