Similarities Between Julius Caesar And A Raisin In The Sun

In "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" and "A Rasin in the Sun," the characters are motivated by success and dignity. Although the characters' definitions of success are different, their motivations are the same. Each character wants success but they view success in a different way: power and respect, family and integrity, and happiness.
Both Water from "A Rasin in the Sun" and Cassius from "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar," want similar to the same things. Walter wants more respect, he is motivated, driven and ambitious, he wants to reach his goal. He feels as though having more money, having a bigger house, will make him more equal to the white men he saw in the window at a small resturant in his home town, who he assumed was around the same age as he was. Cassius wants more power to his name, he is greedy, selfish, he is narcisistic and cunning. He does not want to be king but he wants the recognition of saving Caesars life, he values power and valor. Cassius is Scorned and bitter as where Walter feels like Society is unfair and he is underappreciated causing him to selfish and want what he thinks is best for him.

Mama, walters mom, from the story "A Rasin in the Sun" is trying to help Walter to realize that you could do so much more with money, like pay off bills, get something better and make life better than it is at the moment.

Money is not just so you will fit in, it is so much more. She wants to sway him to make the right choice, he does not have to fit in. He shouldn't have to have money to be respected and Brutus is trying to do the same. He is trying to do what is best for Rome. Cassius is telling him all these things trying to get him to see everything his way. Brutus just wants to do what is best and he has trouble seeing things the way Cassius wants him

to.
In "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar," Cassius wants Brutus to be King, he knows that if Brutus has more power he will also have more power though he will not have it all. In "A Rasin in the Sun," Walter wants to make money, he feels like he has more money it will make him more respected by the others. They are both trying to get things that they feel will make them happy, those things though, could also make you less happy and you will eventually realize that money and power can not buy your happiness. At the time Walter, an African-American, working-class man is stuggling he just wants to fit in. Caesar wants power though he already has nobility due to him being a former military man.
Cassius from "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" and Walter from "A Rasin in the Sun" both have different ways of achieving happiness, both have differnt goals of reaching happiness. Both Walter and Cassius are motivated by success and dignity they want what is best for them, not others. Both of the caracters want success in similar ways: power and respect, family and integrity, and finally their views on happiness. The caracters may seem very differnent but they both have the same will and power to acheve what they want, they push tell they get it and come out strong.