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Heaney, Seamus. Beowulf: A Verse Translation. Bilingual ed., New York, Norton, 2001.
Marlowe, Christopher. Dr. Faustus. Newburyport, Dover Publications, 2012.
Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. Unabridged ed., New York, Dover Publications, 1992.

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Cassius manipulating Brutus - shows that he will do anything, even manipulate his friend to keep power and gain more. Saying Caesar will have too much power and will be in complete control over the Romans.

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Faustus is saying he wants power over everything and everyone, he wants to be like God

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Specifically saying that the loss of his wealth made him want to get revenge to get it back - becomes murderous and angry over material possession

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As seen from these pieces of literature, reading connects people through shared human emotions, which in turn helps people to empathize and understand others on a larger scale.

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“[Caesar] doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus, and we petty men walk under his huge legs.”

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"O, what a world of profit and delight,
Of power, of honor and omnipotence,
Is promised to the studious artisan!
All things that move between the quiet poles
Shall be at my command. Emperors and kings
Are but obeyed in their several provinces,
but his dominion that exceeds in this
Stretcheth as far as doth the mind of man.
A sound magician is a demigod."

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Greed plays a major role in the plot of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar as the motives of the conspirators reveal their selfish desire to maintain and acquire even more power in Rome.

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Though Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus seems unrealistic in that the main character, Faustus, sells his soul to the devil, through this plot, he reveals a common theme of greed as a part of human nature.

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“pent-up fury at the loss of the vessel made him long to hit back and lash out in flames”

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Through the character of the dragon, the poem Beowulf demonstrates the human characteristic of greed, specifically for material wealth.

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“Reading sensitive and lengthy explorations of people’s lives, ... literally putting yourself into another person’s position — [into] lives that could be more difficult, more complex . . . can lead to more empathy and understanding of other lives.” Literature not only teaches readers important lessons and morals through various characters and plot lines, but also gives readers more understanding of human nature, ranging from love and kindness, to the human desire for wealth and power. Reading allows people to live vicariously through the characters of any story, exposing them to unimaginable situations, without actually having to live through it. As a result, readers learn right from wrong, and also gain more awareness of the world in which they live. It connects readers through shared experience and emotion, demonstrating the similarities between all humans, and in turn, allows readers to better understand people all around them. Several pieces of literature, including “Beowulf”, “Doctor Faustus”, and “Julius Caesar,” expose the common theme of human greed, or more specifically the abandoning of morals and the lengths people will go to in order to gain material wealth, fame, or power.

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This is a great start, Madelyn! Clarify and be specific about what about human greed is exposed... and what "bad outcomes".

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This is a great start, Madelyn! Clarify and be specific about what about human greed is exposed... and what "bad outcomes".

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Literature not only teaches readers important lessons and morals through various characters and plot lines, but also gives readers more understanding of human nature, ranging from love and kindness, to the human desire for wealth and power. It connects readers through shared experience and emotion, demonstrating the similarities between all humans, and in turn, allows readers to gain more awareness and understanding of people all around them. Several pieces of literature, including “Beowulf”, “Doctor Faustus”, and “Julius Caesar,” expose the common theme of human greed  not only in literature but in society, and the bad outcomes that can arise from it.

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1. Beowulf
2. Faustus
3. Julius Caesar

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"Analyze how greed for wealth, power, knowledge and/or love can lead to corruption and destruction and how these themes have evolved in literature"

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Reading sensitive and lengthy explorations of people’s lives, ... literally putting yourself into another person’s position — [into] lives that could be more difficult, more complex . . . can lead to more empathy and understanding of other lives.”