The Effect of Murder on Rome

             The Effect of Murder on Roman Society
             The conspirators, in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, murder Caesar because he wanted to be king and a tyrant. His death created an avalanche of violence and murder. The conspirators were not right to kill Caesar. This can be best explained by examining the personal consequences on Cinna the Poet as an individual and the broad based consequences on Rome, to see if the consequences justified the assassination. Cinna the Poet was a public figure, similar to a famous writer such as Judy Blume. Cinna has the same name as one of the conspirators, so people always get them confused. Although Cinna is a well-known poet, many disliked his writing.
             Cinna the Poet, one of the many comic-relief characters in the play, is a recreation of a modern-day reporter in the Roman Era. In Act 3 of Julius Caesar, Cinna is deeply interrogated, "What is your name? Whither are you going? Where do you dwell? Are you a married man or a bachelor?" It is a known fact that when someone is nervous or uncomfortable, he will react with humor. So Cinna, feeling very uncomfortable, reacts with a joke, but on the inside Cinna feels embarrassed and violated. Later on in the same scene, a rioter threatens, "Tear him for his bad verses!" Cinna was devastated because he was being made fun of, and there was a threat for his life. His last desperate cry was that he was not Cinna the Conspirator he was Cinna the Poet. At the climax of this scene, the crowd yells, "Tear Him, Tear Him!" By this time Cinna was probably shaking in fear. Then the crowd, after being fired up from Antony's speech, gives Cinna a very painful death. This young man would have lived his life to the fullest, if Caesar had not been assassinated; however, not only was Cinna sacrificed, Rome would be as well.
             Rome was considered to be more important than one's family and self; the conspirators were selfish for pu...

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