Echoes of Julius Caesar in Constitutions and Governments

By : Jai Singh

Page No: 41-48

Abstract
Julius Caesar (1599) is a political play that analyzes republican form of governance and reveals how a strong head of the state who seems to promise some dignity to the lower classes so that he can retain power over republic indulges in a power tussle with a strong group of upper class senators who hold power and have a dislike for lower classes. Shakespeare deals with the political apparatus of the time and highlights the pitfalls of both the monarchy and republic. Therefore, neither Caesar, nor Brutus is a hero or villain rather it is the common masses, who are everything: antagonists, protagonists and victims.

Author :
Jai Singh
Asstt Professor, Dept of Indian and World Literatures, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad (Telangana) – 500 007.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/POET.2019.32.01.6