Thursday, April 11, 2013

Julius Caesar Act I


         It is sometimes necessary to do things you know are wrong in order to achieve an important goal. No matter the consequence, a sacrifice of some sort has to be made. Although a sentence like this might sound scary, but it is true for both good and evil. On the bright side, not all action requires wrong doings. But is the goal really this important that "wrong things" need to be done?

         This refers to the famous quote evil villains say in movies, “To achieve my goal, a few sacrifices have to be made.” This can mean any sacrifice, from lives to environment. But does reaching the goal require someone to do such horrible things? This all depend on what kind of audience is present to tell which is good and bad. What if the goal involves very simple actions like borrowing a garbage bag from your neighbor, without asking, because your bag ripped. Does this action count as evil, or bad?

         If wrong doings have to be done, why are you doing it? Is it because someone is forcing you by putting lives in danger? Or is it because your survival instincts kicked in? The sentence was, "It is sometimes necessary to do things you know are wrong in order to achieve an important goal." I noticed it said "an important goal" Does this mean this doesn't have to be your goal? Most of the time, achieving a goal is NOT more important than lives, but there are times where there is. If there was, I believe everyone would try to take the way around doing wrongs things or making sacrifices.

         To achieve someone’s goal does not always require wrong doings. It only appears wrong to those who see it in a different way (unless it is harming of something/ someone because I see it as wrong). But if sacrifices/ wrong doings need to be done, take some time into considering options around it. There may be a solution and no one/ nothing will be harmed because of some stupid goal that needs to be achieved.

1 comment:

  1. i agree that no goal is big enough that you would have to put others lives in danger, but i think sometimes that when the goal is big enough you have to do things that you know are wrong to achieve it. I'm not saying that you should do the wrong thing all the time, but maybe you could if the situation called for it.

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