Essay On Chrisma In Julius Caesar

Marianne Williamson, four time bestselling author in the New York Times, once said, “Charisma is a sparkle in people that money can't buy. It's an invisible energy with visible effects”. Nobody can see charisma, but you can feel the impact it has on people. Charisma is most often found in leaders. It’s been proven by many leaders, whether good or bad, that one must have charisma to be an effective leader.

Charisma is “compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others”. Leaders everywhere rule with charisma, after all, they are leaders for a reason. Leaders get elected by people who love them or fear them, but regardless, they spark some devotion inside of a person. Although not everyone loves them, enough people do. In Julius Caesar, Julius was loved by most, if not all, of Rome. He sparked devotion within their hearts, loved, and care for them as shown in the will he left for them after he was killed. He ruled with charisma, whether the senate agreed with his plans or not. All throughout the play, Caesar was mentioned or implied with qualities that would be considered charismatic, especially in his funeral speech. In Act III Scene 2, when Antony is talking about Caesar and his qualities to the crowd, he mentions, “You all did love him once,

Although people could possibly argue that, for the most part there aren’t any leaders in history that we know of. Every leader leads at least some type of charisma, otherwise, how will they lead? Some people can rule with fear, but only fear to the oppressed, or whom they intend to send fear too. North Korea’s dictator, Kim Jong Un, is an example of this. He rules with charisma, and fear. Fear to the people who are low in poverty and who don’t agree with his views, and laws, yet charisma with the people who aren’t in poverty, who listen to his laws and agree with his views. Therefore, charisma comes with a