Shakespeare

WHO IS THE BEST LEADER: BRUTUS, CASSIUS, OR ANTONY?
Joseph Lewis
In William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”, there are three great leaders: Brutus, Cassius, and Antony. But which one shows true leadership? They all have strengths and weaknesses. Which one would I follow?
Brutus was one of Caesar’s friends, and he is a very popular nobleman. People respected him. But he was influenced by other people too easily. In the play, Cassius got him to join the conspiracy by praising him. Brutus thought that if he killed Caesar, the people would still like him. I wouldn’t want to follow him because that makes him untrustworthy.
Cassius was an experienced war leader, he was smart, and he was persuasive. He got all the members of the conspiracy to be in it through different ways. An example is when he gets Brutus to join the conspiracy through flattering. He did sound good, but he had bad qualities also- he whined. Whining shows immaturity. So when things weren’t going good, he quits. Also, in the play, when he saw the war was lost, he killed himself. Not my choice of leader.
Antony was a great speaker because he spoke what was the truth. He was also a war leader. In the play, he allied with Octavius and won the battle. But he was dishonest. He tried to cheat the people out of their inheritance of Caesar’s will. He also kills senators to cheat the people out of the inheritance.
Each of them had bad qualities, and at first, I didn’t know who to choose. A good leader won’t be untrustworthy, he wouldn’t be a quitter, and he shouldn’t be dishonest. Marc Antony is most like this. He is a great guy, (other than killing senators). I would follow Marc Antony.