In the play "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, the emperor of Rome, is assassinated during the third act. It has been suggested that power and the pursuit of power are the reasons for his murder. Power is defined as a position of authority or control with the ability to do or act according to one's will. The question to be investigated is whether Brutus, Octavius ​​and Antony became so corrupt in their quest for power that they killed Julius Caesar, to gain his power. It has also been suggested that "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." However, this is not the only way power affects people. For example, power might make an individual nobler or more successful, or enable him to help those under his dominion. The following will describe what Brutus, Octavius, and Antony do in the play and explain how power affects these characters. Brutus, probably the most significant character in the play, is the leader of the group that intends to kill Caesar, although Cassius is the initiator of the plot. Brutus loves Caesar, as Caesar loves him, and ironically this is why he kills Caesar: he doesn't want to see him corrupted by the absolute power he (Caesar) would have if he were king. He gives Cesare the final stab that kills him. He then leads his army and that of Cassius against Antony and Octavius ​​and finally kills himself to avenge Caesar's death. Caesar was becoming so popular among the people that they wanted to crown him king, which would mean he would have absolute power. Brutus knew this, and so he convinced himself that he had to kill Caesar because once Caesar was king, absolute power would corrupt him and he would become a tyrant, doing whatever he wanted. Brutus “But for the general. He would be crowned: how this might change his nature, here is the question: it is the bright day that brings out the viper, and that requires walking cautiously. Crown him thus; and then, I admit, we put a sting in him, so that he can run into danger at will. The abuse of greatness is when it separates remorse from power... And therefore we consider it as a serpent's egg hatching. d, like its kind, would become mischievous and kill him in the shell. (Act 2, scene I, lines 12–19; 32–34) Thus Brutus killed Caesar not for personal gain, but for the perceived good of Caesar and Rome.