Mob Mentality In Julius Caesar

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Reading a work by a famous author is not only entertaining but also able to teach valuable lessons. William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is not only entertaining and comical but also promotes key political truths. In the play Julius Ceasar by William Shakespeare, the lessons listen to your wife, avoid mob mentality, and always support the appointed leader are demonstrated.

Julius Caesar teaches one the importance of listening to one’s wife. Twice in this play major mistakes could have been prevented if the advice of a wife would have been followed. First, Portia, Brutus’s wife, senses something is wrong with Brutus the night before he will kill Caesar. Brutus promises to tell her, but leaves before he is able. If Brutus would have told Portia, she would have likely been able to convince him to change his mind and save both his and her life. Secondly, the night before Caesar is murdered, Calpurnia, Caesar's wife, has a dream that Caesar is killed. When she awakens, she tries her hardest to prevent Caesar from leaving the house, but fails. From these two instances it is possible to infer that a wife has a special sense about her husband, and that if a man will listen to his wife a lot a harm can be prevented. …show more content…

When Caesar is murdered there is a mob of Roman citizens that is looking for answers. Brutus speaks first and the pliant minds of the mob are bent to believe exactly what Brutus said. Then, Mark Antony speaks and the minds of the mob is once again changed. This shows how a mob can be dangerous because they are often confused and will believe whatever they hear. Next, a mob can be dangerous because they will act without thinking twice about it. In Julius Caesar, one of the conspirators names is Cinna. When the mob finds a poet named Cinna they believe he is one of the conspirators and kill him before they realize he is not a conspirator. These two examples show how mobs can be

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