Differences And Similarities Between Julius Caesar And Stalin

Brutus stated “That you do love me I am nothing jealous. What you would work me to, I have some aim” (Shakespeare 1. 2. 162-163) . Shakespeare wrote the play Julius Caesar and in this play you can see similarities and differences between Adolf Hitler and Julius Caesar, as well as Joseph Stalin and Brutus. This paper will be showing how Brutus and Hitler are alike in stabbing Caesar and Stalin in the back as well as how Caesar and Stalin are alike in how they handle it and what happened afterward.
Julius Caesar was a “dictator” so to say of Rome, he also had a wife named Calpurnia, he was a very self centered, cocky, unsensible person (Applebee). Brutus: “The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power. And to speak truth of Caesar”
“They were outraged that Stalin would enter into any kind of league with the fascist dictator” (History.com Staff) . The conspirators that judged Brutus thought the same thing about him and Caesar working together. Hitler and Caesar both ruled through terror, it’s like the saying, better to be feared than loved. Hitler committed suicide because he wa afraid that he would be captured by the enemy army, and Brutus killed himself from guilt of murdering his friend Caesar. Stalin trusted hitler and made a pact with him, Caesar trusted Brutus but Brutus and hitler betrayed the trust of Caesar and Stalin (History.com Staff) . The information above shows examples of how they are all similar in different
Another example Caesar was killed by Brutus, and Stalin died of an illness known as cerebral hemorrhage. For Brutus when he betrayed Caesar it was because he thought it was the best thing for Rome, but when Hitler betrayed Stalin it was out of pure hatred. Stalin killed his own people, so there is a difference between him and Caesar because he killed in and out of his empire. Even with so many similarities within these four men there will always be