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In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Julius Caesar, Rome is a republic run by the Senate. When Julius Caesar comes back from a victory, having killed Pompey, many fear that Caesar will be crowned, or crown himself emperor. For this reason, a group of Romans conspire against Caesar to halt his ambition, and kill him. ... All of these incidents would have been prevented if Caesar’s ambition had not controlled his hungry heart.
Caesar proved his ambition in many ways throughout the play, and it was his ambition that killed his counterparts in the Triumvirate. ... So Caesar obeyed. ... Caesar is very clever, because as Marullus was angered at it, Caesar won the plebeians’ love with his Robin Hood act with his money. ... This is how Caesar’s ambition killed the Triumvirate.
Second of all, Caesar’s ambition was the very cause of his own death. ... ” (Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene 2, Lines 247-253). When Caesar mysteriously fell into a “seizure”, it was all part of a plan, a plan to gain control of Rome. When Caesar was offered the crown that he so often dreamt of, he faked a seizure so that he would not have to say no, yet not say yes, for if he did all would know that he had ambition in his veins.
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