Relevance of Julius Caesar to Contemporary Society :: Julius Caesar Essays

Relevance of Julius Caesar to Contemporary Society     Symbolism is a major aspect of writing. Whether obvious or subtle, authors use it as a way to extend their works beyond just the time period theyre writing their piece in. Also, it allows the reader the opportunity to alternate(a) his own ideas into the story, which makes the story more personal. The characters and situations in Julius Caesar can be twisted to tell of contemporary society.       The persona of Julius Caesar represents many things in Shakespeares play, among which are ambition, power, and impending disaster. In todays society, he can stand for the Human Genome Project. Although the Genome Project promises to spawn cures for genetic diseases, it also carries the fear of genetically enhanced humans. Like Caesar, the Genome Project seems to be jactation of benevolence while quietly ushering malevolence at the uniform time.       Caesars foils, Cassius and Brutu s, can be found in the opponents of the Genome Project. Not only do individuals oppose the Genome Project, simply also whole groups of peoples do. The main argument is that the Genome Project will allow scientists to genetically enhance humans and animals beyond what would be the average. They completely overlook the confirmative factors, such as the cure for genetic disorders. The way modern opponents of the Genome Project turn a blind eye to the helpfulness of the scientific breakthrough is equal the way Cassius and Brutus turn away from the help Caesar might give Romans. Brutus differs from Cassius in that he genuinely weighs the profit of letting Caesar have rule over Rome.   It must(prenominal) be by his death and, for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, But for the general. II.i.10-12   However, he ultimately decides that the danger Caesar imposes is besides great the risk.       History is said to repeat itself. If the modern Julius Caesar is killed, many suffering people will never get the chance to live a customary life. However, perhaps genetically altered babies will be spared the pain of living a life branded as a science experiment. In the same way, Brutus and Cassius acted on the belief that the suffering of many people would be spared if they killed Caesar before the man had the opportunity to make Romans endure pain.