Fate In Julius Caesar Research Paper

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William James says of fate, “We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves it’s never so little scar” (“William James on Habits”), this relates to Caesar because Caius Cassius and Marcus Brutus are “spinning” their fates by the choices they make in killing Caesar. In Julius Caesar, Caius Cassius and Marcus Brutus two Roman conspirators Cassius being the ringleader who wants Brutus to join because he finds him honorable, are doing many things that cause lead up to their final fate. Everything one does leads to one's final fate. In Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare uses Cassius and Brutus to show how one controls his/her own fate by showing everything one does affects what will happen in the end, one can abruptly change their own fate, and the people one is around can persuade his/her fate.…show more content…
In Act II, scene i, Brutus is talking to himself in his orchard about how Caesar must die and says, “It must be by his death; and for my part,/ I know no person cause to spurn at him,/ But for the general.” Brutus decides Caesar must be killed, and by doing this Brutus seals his final fate. The decisions one makes in life slowly builds up to their final fate like a domino effect. If one makes good decisions, it is likely he/she will have a better fate, but if one makes bad decisions, it is likely he/she will have a bad fate. Therefore, the decisions one makes in life are extremely important to the outcome of his/her life, people should consider the consequences of decisions and actions they choose to make when they think of them. Brutus is making a bad decision when he chooses that he will help kill Caesar, it will eventually lead to his
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