Louis XIV vs. Julius Caesar There have been many powerful leaders in history. Many of them share certain characteristics. Louis XIV was one of these leaders. He displayed characteristics like ambitious, arrogant, and oppressive. Many characters from the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar share these characteristics with Louis XIV. Some of the characters, from the play, that share these characteristics with Louis are Brutus, Caesar, Marullus, and Flavius. All of these characters have said …showed first 75 words of 1360 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1360 total…make other people do what he wants them to do. It is very obvious, that all these men were very oppressive. As one can see, Louis was ambitious, arrogant, and oppressive. As were those men from the play who share those characteristics with him. Many other kings had those characteristics so King Louis is just following the trend. Basically anyone who is given power will develop some of these characteristics, if not all of them.