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On Tuesday, November 8th 2016, millions of people woke up to the results of the presidential race. For over half of the population in the United States woke up to find the wrong candidate had won! In the heat of the race, the media had played hard on vilifying Donald trump. Many of the accusations directed at Donald Trump were later proven to be false, but many still saw Trump in a dark light. This small amount of media on the swayed the public away from Trump. After the ballots had been cast and were counted, they showed that trump had won by just 10,000 votes in the state of Michigan. The media swayed much of the public as we is found in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. A small nudge is all it can take to completely change ones opinion or decisions. …show more content…

It is now the ides of March, on this date the soothsayer hath foretold the death of Caesar. Calpurnia, Caesar’s wife, was plagued by many horrible nightmares of Caesar being murdered. Calpurnia pleads with Caesar to stay at home “Alas. my lord, your wisdom is consumed in confidence. Do not go forth today, call it my fear that keeps you in the house and not your own” (852). Decius is quick and takes what Calpurnia dreamt and turns it into a reason for Caesar to go to the capital, “this dream is all amiss interpreted; it was a vision fair and fortunate” (853). Decius says this in an attempt to sway Caesar to go to the senate house. When Caesar actually agrees with Decius, Decius seems to be taken back a bit and a little surprised. When Caesar says “ you have said well”, Decius responds with “I have, when you have heard what I can say; …when Caesars wife shall meet with better dreams, if Caesar hide himself, shall they not whisper ‘ lo, Caesar is Afraid’?”(853). Caesar takes this very well and says his wife’s dreams are nothing to worry …show more content…

Brutus was convinced to become a conspirator, Caesar was convinced to go to the senate house, and the plebeians were turned from Brutus to Antony. The plebeians also shifted their support earlier in the play from Pompeii to Caesar. One of the most important things in life is to choose good friends. Bad friends will manipulate you to further themselves like Decius did to Caesar. Bad friends may trick you into something you do not want to like when Cassius coerced Brutus into being a conspirator. Mark Antony turned the plebeians from Brutus to himself without ever actually pointing the accusing finger at the conspirators. Think about your friends, are they like Decius, Antony and Cassius? Or are they good and caring friends like Calpurnia was to her husband Caesar. Unless someone has the guts to step up and make a change, nothing is going to change. “Unless someone like you who cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not” –

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