After the assassination of Caesar and the defeat of Cassius and Brutus' army, Antony was in control. If you are among Roman citizens to select a person to be the leader of the country, is Antony the best candidate? Write an essay to support your argument.

Is there any alternative to violence in government leadership changeover?

You are one of the people who are concerned about the system, is the assassin of Caesar the only method of changing the leader? Write an essay to support your argument.

Linking today
Relate to a similar situation in today's world. Is there still power struggle which involves the use of violence? Write an essay arguing if violence is the only way to lead to improvement or , on the contrary, lead to further violence.

"Is it acceptable, even morally right, to break the law to end what you perceive to be a greater evil?"

E4-06 Andy Mak

Ms. Wu 3/13/98

"For the Sake of Rome"

Caesar, the greatest leader of Rome and the most important man in the country

was the empire’s greatest threat. A handful of nobles wanted to prevent Caesar from

gaining supreme power over the country by joining together and conspiring against him.

Brutus, a close friend and one of the most important men in Rome was amongst the ranks

of the conspirators. I disagree with Brutus’ decision to join the conspiracy against Caesar

and we will explore the alternatives that Brutus could have taken to stop Caesar’s rise to

power.

Rather than joining the conspiracy, Brutus could have saved Rome from Caesar’s

potential tyranny by killing Caesar himself. Brutus would stabbed Caesar himself and

make a speech to the commoners to convince them, Caesar’s demise was justified. This is

a simple solution that would only involve Brutus and would save the conspirator’s efforts

because it would be the work only one man. Brutus was loved by the people deeply, but

not as much as Caesar and if he had killed Caesar himself, Brutus could have easily

convinced the people to follow him.

Another option Brutus had to prevent Caesar’s potential tyranny was to take away

the source of his power and that is the people who loved him. Brutus could have turned

the people against Caesar by showing them Caesar’s true intentions. Brutus could have

made the people realize they are being "played like strings on a puppet" and they must

"remove" Caesar from the position of power. By doing this, the whole country would

agree on Caesar’s persecution and the only blood that will spill is Caesar’s blood.

Brutus could have talked to Caesar about "What kind of rule would be put on

Rome under the Great Caesar?" and influence Caesar to become a leader that the nobles

will favor. Brutus is trusted by Caesar and by that trust that they have for each other,

Caesar would listen to Brutus’ ideas. This solution would cause no bloodshed and

persecution of any kind.

Brutus should have never joined and should have thought of other solutions to

overcome this dilemma that was facing the nation because Brutus was not ready for

bloodshed and was still conflicting within himself when he made the decision to go up

against his friend, Caesar. Shakespeare shows us with the character Brutus that when

humans are confused and do not reason, they do foolish things that will later harm

themselves or other people.