Cassius questions how Caesar will act after he obtains the crown, he goes on to state that by crowning Caesar they are giving him power to cause damage. ‘He would be crowned: How that might change his nature, there’s the question… I grant, we put a sting in him, that at his will he may do danger with.’ Brutus’ argument is not based on facts, but on predictions that he himself has made. This shows that Brutus is very confused and that he will find any reason to make himself look noble. This once
The conspirators assassinated Caesar for personal, political, and philosophical reasons. Cassius’ jealousy towards Caesar and desire for power lead him to killing Caesar. Cassius’ jealousy towards Caesar is shown when he says “the fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings. ‘Brutus’ and ‘Caesar’ what should be in that ‘Caesar?’ why should that name be sounded more than yours” (Shakespeare, 23). Cassius is asking Brutus why Caesar is more famous than him.
I thought to myself, maybe they were Montague’s trying to crash this party and make it a disaster, causing more of a feud between the families. I interviewed Tybalt to get more information on these men. Tybalt response was, “This by his voice should be a Montague” which meant that they were in fact Montague’s, and that he was definitely not happy to see them. “I wanted them to leave” he said “they were never invited in the first place and had no right to be there”. This quickly stirred up as a conundrum in my head, and I wondered why the Montague’s weren’t kicked out.
Just before this scene, Creon indicts both Ismene and Antigony as mad, and he sends them both to be locked away for later execution. In the beginning of the play, Antigone might have been seen as irrational and foolish. As for Creon, we might not have known too much about him aside from the fact that he is a strict ruler. Now, upon hearing what he had to say to Ismene and Antigony, we discover that he is in fact ruthless and irrational himself, and that Antigony, despite being irrationally headstrong at times, seems to take on a nobler persona in comparison to Creon’s stubborn character. Sophicles then introduces Haemon, which not only further depicts Creon as an unreasonable tyrant, but also backs Antigony’s argument in a more rational way.
When Brabantio makes a claim against Othello , Duke uses his power to force Brabantio to drop his claim "your son is law is far more fair then black". The use of colour imagery and pun sets the matter to an end. As in Othello, Power is at the core of O. Hugos jealousy of Odin has caused him to plot a false story in order to expectantly kill Odins fame in basketball and in the eyes of his father. Hugos plan has started
Caesar tells Artemidorus, “What touches us ourself shall be last served” (JC. 3.1.7). Caesar is so arrogant that he doesn’t even have the decency to accept help when it is handed to him. Caesar doesn’t realize that his hubris is going to kill him. His hubris is his tragic flaw, and the conspirators don’t like.
Oedipus’ parents, Jocasta and Laius, sent Oedipus to die because of his fate. Oedipus survived and later save the city of Thebes from the sphinx. Oedipus is later found married to the queen of Thebes and is now trying to find out who killed the previous king, Laius. Regarding ignorance, Sophocles seems to say that ignorance can be anyones down fall. The first example is that Oedipus’ anger helps show how ignorant Oedipus is and how he even makes false accusations towards others.
Oedipus decides that Instead of searching for clues of where the murderer might be located, he would accuse Creon of Laius’ murder. Oedipus then says to Creon, “Why? How brazen of you to come to my house, you murderer!” Oedipus believes that Creon is the murderer off of a whim. Oedipus then says, “…You are a fool, Creon, are you not? Hoping without support of friends to get a throne?
He says that the man who killed the former king of Thebes is among them, it is a blind who could see before, a beggar who was rich, he is brother to his own children, son and husband to a woman who bore him, and son and killer to his father. The climax is the point when Oedipus knows the truth, that he is the murder of the King Laius and his father, and married his own mother, Queen Jocasta. For this fatal answer of Tiresias, Oedipus starts blaming Creon that he is the one who brought Tiresias. Now as he announced in the beginning that the killer will be punished and banished from the kingdom, he must do it. Oedipus blinds himself as a punishment and Jocasta hangs herself, after telling the truth that
For example, when Antigone asks Ismene to break the law Ismene replies in fear saying "Think of how terrible than these deaths, our own death would be if we were to go against Creon." (Line 42). The power that Creon has over his people plays an important part in the play. When Creon makes a decree saying that Polyneices will not have a proper burial, his life starts to spiral out of control. This action leads to him being considered a tragic hero.