Ceasar Vs. Louis 16th
There have been many powerful leaders in history. Many of them share certain characteristics. Louis XIV was one of these leaders. He displayed characteristics like ambitious, arrogant, and oppressive. Many characters from the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar share these characteristics with Louis XIV.
Some of the characters, from the play, that share these characteristics with Louis are Brutus, Caesar, Marullus, and Flavius. All of these characters have said something or acted a certain way to show their similarity with Louis XIV.
Louis XIV was one of France’s most powerful leaders. He was born on September 5, 1638, at Saint Germain-en-Laye. His father, Louis XIII died when ...
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account for his unique style of ruling. When Marzarin died in 1661, France was shocked to find out that Louis refused to select a first minister (Michael 73). He wanted to rule alone. He chose Jean Baptiste Colbert as his financial advisor. Louis had many goals. His main one was to weaken the power of the nobles. Louis feared the nobles. He felt they were a threat to his reign. So he did all he could to make sure they would not stand in his way. He also wanted France to achieve economic, political, and cultural brilliance (Buranelli 121). As a king, Louis was very dedicated to his country. He wanted to be ruling France during its glory. He did accomplish his goal. During the high point of his reign, France was the most powerful country in Europe. Louis also gained France some new territory. He was a very extravagant ruler. Louis had a huge palace constructed for him to live in. Many other rulers were jealous of the power and luxury that he had. All of his ...
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must be by his death. And, for my part, I know no personal ‘cause to spurn at him, but for the general. He would be crowned. How that might change his nature, there’s the question. It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, and that craves wary walking. Crown him that, and then I grant him we put a sting in him that at his will he may do danger with. The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power… Fashion it thus: that what he is, augmented, would run to these and these extremities. And therefore think him as a serpent’s egg which, hatched, would, as his kind, grow mischievous, and kill him in the shell (Shakespeare 519 li10). Brutus is ambitious by saying ...
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