Murder of the king in Hamlet, Richard II, Henry VIII, Macbeth and Julius CaesarKings are everywhere in Shakespeare, from Hamlet to Richard II, from Henry II Eighth to Macbeth; many pieces contain a central element of a king or autocratic head of state like Julius Caesar, for example. They are particularly interested in the nature of this person's power, in particular the question of its suppression; what this means both politically and psychologically, how to achieve it and what will happen next. This is not surprising, given the times in which Shakespeare lived: the question of who ruled and where their authority came from was increasingly posed in the Elizabethan and Jacobean times, observations that he fact are particularly relevant. Kings and royalty also lend themselves well to this. to drama; the king is a symbol of the order (or disorder) of the day and a man who possesses (almost) absolute authority and the status that accompanies it, while in contrast he is also a human being with ordinary weaknesses of this condition. It is also said that Shakespeare loved the drama of murder; according to legend, he "would make a speech while killing a calf" in his father's slaughterhouse (Richard Wilson: "A Brute Part.") The dramatic image of sacrifice is particularly prevalent in Julius Caesar; Brutus said: “Let us be priests but not butchers, Caius. We all stand against the spirit of Caesar; . But, alas! Caesar must bleed for this. " ( II.i.166-171 ) Many images of sacrifice are present throughout the play, such as the returning servant...... middle of paper ..... . I doubt it; and if that happens, something as good will take its place It will be the same in a different dress Nothing more beautiful can be invented than royalty, the idea of ​​the king. many other than the playwright, kings, queens and other more modern demagogues remain prevalent throughout the world today and we are still far from the more just and truly democratic world order of the 17th century revolutionaries and much others. since then we have striven to obtain.Works Cited.Craig, EG/ ON THE ART OF THEATER HarvesterDollimore, J./ RADICAL TRAGEDY Harvester.Freer, C./ POETICS OF JACOBEAN DRAMA Hopkins University Press.Kirsch, J. / ROYAL SELF Putnams.Knight ,GW/ IMPERIAL THEME Methuen.Knight,GW/ SOVEREIGN FLOWER Methuen.Mack,M./KILLING THE KING Yale Univ Press.Wilson,R./A BRUTE PART (conference paper)