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Cho, Sook Hee & Park, Hye Rim. “A Study of Ceasar Must Die: The Power of Transformation.” Studies in English Language & Literature. 40.1 (2014): 209-229. A field of drama therapy is a relatively new form of remedy using drama or play to help people with some mental troubles. Caesar Must Die is an adaptation from William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, in which the prisoners of an Italian prison start preparing to perform the play, rehearsing it, and finally finishing the successful performance. The aim of the project is to educate and rehabilitate the prisoners more effectively through cultivating artistic sensibility by the artistic experience. It turns out that the prisoners-actors enjoy the experience more than the director expected, by concentrating on the roles given to them and trying to convey the meaning they got from the Shakespearean lines. After the final, successful performance, the participants of the performance find themselves moved far from what they were before the project began. They have carried out the painful process of healing through looking back on their painful past, reflecting their true self and realizing the meaning of their lives. As a result, the film shows that drama therapy can be a most effective means to heal inner scars of people as well as to show the real power of art in every human being. (Chungang Univeristy)