In Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, the main point of the play was to show that striving for power for the wrong reasons ultimately leads to the downfall of one who is looking for such power. Personally, I think this was a great message to showcase throughout the play because it can apply to anyone in high positions. However, I really don’t get why Shakespeare even wrote the play. I think that literary merit is the value and purpose of a piece of literature. Julius Caesar provides value in regards to its theme, but it does not provide a purpose for why the play was written. His work is valuable to an extent because it does not provide as much value as more popular works such as Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet. His intention was not really stated or maybe I just did not get it. Honestly though, I did like the book and I thought it was really well written.