During class we created a poster about a
person in history that had been assassinated. Our group got Leon Trotsky who
was a Russian communist. He played a major role in the eventual Russian
communist revolutions. His assassination, although brutal, had a back-story.
Trotsky had enemies and powerful ones like Joseph Stalin who was so paranoid that
Trotsky would take his place in the communist party so he ‘dealt’ with him.
This connects to the assassination of Julius Caesar as there is a constant
struggle for power. In Julius Caesar the decision to kill Caesar was only baced on what could happen if he were to get the crown, "And therefore think him as a serpent's egg, which hatch'd would, as his kind, grow mischievous." Lines 31-32 This is also like Stalin's decision to order Trotsky's death. He thought Trotsky could be a threat to him and his status. One word I would use to sum up Trotsky's assassination would be paranoia. Also the motives are easily spotted in both cases the enemy gets too
much power so the enemy has to be silenced. There are many other different
motives behind assassination such as revenge, jealousy, money, etc. Motives are
not a reason for justification, as no one should really have to die even if
they deserve it. Julius Caesar’s killers didn’t even take the time to try any
other way, at least Joseph Stalin sent Leon Trotsky out of the country first to
try and get rid of him. I would have compared my case to others in the class
but unfortunately we didn’t have time but I do think I pulled something out of
this it doesn’t matter why or who you assassin, it is not right and it is sad
to hear about this happening throughout history.
