Every action has a consequence. Whether it’s good or bad, there is a result to all actions. This concept is referred to as poetic justice. In everyday life, it’s usually referred to as “karma” or “consequences”. In Julius Caesar and The Odyssey, poetic justice is used throughout the novels and is presented as a major motif. It’s presented through the extent of the conflicts and actions of the main characters. In the play, Julius Caesar, the main theme is destiny. This play revolves all around the outcomes of one’s actions and how every man has a destiny. Destiny shares the same concept as poetic justice, since they both are able to be controlled and reveal the outcome of one’s life. One of the main characters, Brutus, deceives Caesar, who trusted him, and kills him. Later on in the play, Brutus feels guilt for deceiving an innocent man and is humiliated by being called an “honorable man” repeatedly, when obviously knowing that he is the opposite since he betrayed Caesar for no reason. Later on, he loses in combat, causing him to commit suicide due to shame and embarrassment. Another main character, Marc Antony, commits actions which cause a positive consequence. Marc Antony remained loyal and loving to Caesar. He revealed what Brutus and all of the conspirators did to Caesar, and how they deceived him. Due to his actions, he won in combat and became the epic hero of the story. Both of these examples revolve around the concept of poetic justice, revealing it to be a main motif in the play, Julius Caesar, and reveal it in both a positive and negative way. The epic novel, The Odyssey, includes various examples of poetic justice. The main character and epic hero of the novel, Odysseus, is cursed to a difficult journey home for 10 long, troublesome years. This consequence occurred upon Odysseus due to his actions of blinding the Cyclops, Polyphemus, who was the son of the God Poseidon. Another example of poetic jus