Ms. Nattinger
Honors English 10 -- Hour 4
March 3,2015
Comparing
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and Mean Girls
Both of these works were written in two different time periods, but have some of the most similar ideas. One way that these two arts are similar is the main leader of their respective places. Another way they're similar is the surrounding characters.
Lastly, the other thing that is similar is the plot of each. In short, these two pieces of work are similar because the main ruler inside the work, the supporting actors, and how the story flows and goes.
The first of the similarities is the leader of the movie and play. You can consider
Regina George, the leader of the school campus, can be seen as Julius Caesar. She is the most popular at the school and everyone likes her, even though she doesn't like them too much. This is like when Julius Caesar was arriving back to Rome after his defeat of Pompey and everyone jumped to love Caesar even though their former great leader had died at hands of the fresh guy. Also, the other characters of both despise a plan to take down the popular being: Caesar and Regina. This showed that they all had a powerful distrust and hate towards the main leader.
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The second similarity is the supporting actors around the main leader. Cady
Heron, the new girl at the school, can be seen as Brutus. She seems to like Regina
(Caesar) but in her mind, all Cady could think about was destroying Regina's life. Janis was the first to become friends with Cady and told her the ways of high school. Janis can be seen as Cassius because she was once great friends with Regina George, just like Caesar and Cassius being friends but soon lost their relationship due to a certain couple of personal issues. Also, Cady was manipulated to take down Regina, just like
Cassius was to Brutus. Gretchen and Karen can also be seen as conspirators because they begin to see problems developing between the Plastic Group and with Regina's