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Julius Caesar's Influential Themes

Julius Caesar's Influential Themes
Michael R. Guinn

Mrs. Almgren

English IV Honors

13 February 2001

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Michael R. Guinn
Mrs. Almgren
English IV Honors
13 February 2001
Julius Caesar's Influential Themes
Themes of fate, betrayal, love, trust, and loyalty, which are brought about through various characters, are what influence the way, the play, Julius Caesar, is carried out. The actions and the way that the characters express themselves define the themes in the play. The play is not comprised of just these themes, but rather made up of an innumerable amount of them. A major theme in the play is fate, which is found from the smallest instance such as a dream to the prediction from a soothsayer. Julius Caesar is betrayed along with many other people, so another prevalent theme in the play is betrayal. Love is another theme that appears many times throughout the play and is demonstrated in this play ranging from love between a husband and wife to the love for a country. Many characters in this play have trust in each other and they trust each other with their lives resulting in the death of many people, thus, trust is a common theme in this play. Loyalty is the final theme that is evident in this play. There are people who are loyal, and then there are people who are not loyal. The actions that the different characters make throughout the play create a multitude of themes.
The theme that stands out the most in this play is fate. There is no doubt that there is divine intervention in this play. The destiny of many of the characters in this play have been prearranged because there are so many predictions or visions of the future that actually come
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true. For example, the soothsayer predicted that Julius Caesar was going to die on the Ides of March. (I. ii ll. 11-20) He did not make this prediction after he heard that Caesar was going to be assassinated, or the night before when everyone knew that he was going to die. He made this...