The strength of a comradery is put to the test in the tragic play, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Brutus, an honorable Roman, and Cassius, a man with questionable motives, come together against the Roman army after assassinating Julius Caesar. In the early parts of the play, these two men seem to work well together, however as the story progresses, the conspirators reveal their true colors which leads to their defeat. Although Brutus and Cassius lost the war and their lives in the original story, by having the two stick together and focus on what is important, they would pose an unstoppable force to the Romans thus saving both their lives. The first instance of Brutus and Cassius’ drift apart is in act four, scene two. The two revolutionaries …show more content…
This “ghost” is actually the manifestation of Brutus’ doubt and guilt, which is why Caesar says, “thou shalt see me at Philippi,” signifying that Brutus is not completely certain that his choice to advance to Philippi is the best decision to make (4.3.327). In the author’s plays, whenever a character sees a ghost, it foreshadows their death later in the story. Brutus becomes fearful of this, and selfishly puts his life above everyone else’s. Without thinking, Brutus orders his servants to “Bid [Cassius] set on his powers betimes before [us]...,” which divided and weakened their army as a whole (4.3.353). Sending Cassius off without the help of Brutus’ army is a futile strategy, and he is aware of that. Brutus knows the strength of the Roman army but still sends Cassius’ group after them to preserve his own life. This shows that after their previous argument, Brutus does not really care about Cassius anymore despite his farewell to him in act five. The war tactic that Brutus uses ensures the death of the army and himself as well, however this could all be avoided if the men set aside their differences for the sake of the
Unlike Cassius, Brutus is always doing what he feels is best for the Romans. In addition, Cassius feels inferior to Brutus. Brutus has much power from the people and is friends with the soon-to-be king, which is why Cassius is so desperate to have Brutus on his side. Once he persuades Brutus to join him, he shifts from being the leader of the conspirators to the subordinate of Brutus. For instance, Brutus gives Antony permission to speak at the funeral, even though this went against Cassius’ own will. Lastly, Cassius is quick to make decisions but Brutus analyzes things before coming to a final decision. It takes Brutus many days of agony to finally agree that joining Cassius was the right thing to do. In contrast, Cassius spends only a few seconds to decide on committing suicide. Directly after Pindarus says, “Now they are almost on him… And hark they shout for joy,” Cassius kills himself. (Act V Scene III Lines 31, 34) He is quick minded, not realizing that Brutus has actually not been captured.
In act 2, scene 1, Brutus is finally introduced to the group of conspirators; in this act we notice the first mistake Brutus makes. "Alas good Cassius do not think of him. If he loves Caesar, all that he can is to himself, take thought, and die for Caesar. And that were much he should, for he is given to sports, to wilderness, and much company." Brutus believes he has only to explain his reasons for killing Caesar and everyone will accept them.
Brutus was very naive and got influenced by Cassius very easily. Cassius was very smart and manipulated Brutus to make him agree with him. Cassius said, “If I were Brutus now, and he were Cassius, He should not humour me.” (Shakespeare, p.13). Brutus believed that his friend, Caesar had a negative impact on Rome decided to join the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar. Even though Caesar was his friend, Brutus always showed loyalty towards Rome. Brutus' tragic flaw is that he is not good at figuring out other’s intentions, and trusted Cassius. If Brutus never listened to Cassius in the first place, he would not have joined the conspiracy, and might not have had a tragic end.
Marc Antony, Brutus, and Cassius are all critical characters in William Shakespeare’s famous play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Due to their distinctive personalities and values, there is no trait that all of these characters share, although they do share some traits with one another. Firstly, Marc Antony and Cassius are manipulative in nature, while Brutus is not. Secondly, the root of Brutus and Cassius’ failure is their personality flaw, while Marc Antony proves strong in all the ways they prove weak. Lastly, Antony and Cassius, unlike Brutus, do not separate their private affairs from their public actions while acts only with honor and virtue and completely ignores his personal concerns.
He states that Brutus is just as noble and worthy as Caesar. (Act 1, scene ii). He says that Brutus cannot see what everyone else does and recognize his worthiness. Cassius and the other senators do not want Caesar to be king because they would lose all their power. Cassius is slowly luring Brutus in to do his dirty work. He builds Brutus’s confidence up to make him thing that killing Caesar is the right thing to do. Cassius is basically playing with Brutus’s head because he knows Brutus will listen. So, Brutus joins the conspirators in killing Caesar. Cassius tells Brutus that it is for the good of Rome, and that he is saving them from a dictatorship. Cassius is going for Brutus’s weakest point, his care and concern for Rome. He knows that if Brutus believes the people distrust Caesar, then he will be convinced that Caesar must be thwarted. Brutus knew that if Caesar was crowned, he would never have a chance, and he was power hungry. This is what ultimately leads to the tragedy of Julius Caesar. After Brutus kills Caesar off, he starts to feel guilty for killing his friend, thus creating an internal conflict. Brutus was so confident that the plan would go exactly as planned that he fell apart when they encountered problems. If Brutus and the other conspirators had taken more time to think things through, they probably would have been more prepared for the situation that was handed to them.
Cassius flatters Brutus by saying that “[he] know[s] that virtue to be in ... Brutus,/ As well as [he does] know [his] outward favor”(Act.I.ii.97-98). Brutus is so immensely honorable that you can literally see it. Cassius lays down this foundation knowing that Brutus would want to cling to this fact. Subconsciously, he won’t go against what he was praised for since it had a positive effect on him and accentuated his feelings about his honor and pride. This pours into guilt, showing that if Brutus doesn’t join this Conspiracy, then he will lose his dignity and
In Act 1, we learn that Brutus respect Caesar and Caesar respects Brutus. Making this an easy target for Cassius to use Brutus to join the conspirators to kill Caesar. Brutus is loyal to Caesar but we know that Brutus will do anything to keep the people of Rome happy. He was willing to betray his friend in order to save the people of Rome. Although Brutus was assuming that Caesar would betray all his friends because he’s stronger than them; he is at war between betraying Caesar or betraying the people of Rome. Either way Brutus has to pick one and obviously from the context of his soliloquy, readers can tell that Brutus truly honors the citizens. Therefore he ends up betraying his friend (that trust him) and joins the conspirator. Another example
Cassius' loyalty line goes the other way. In the beginning he is out to set himself up in a position of power, and through Caesar's death he continues to act out of self-interest. By the end of the play, however, he has developed a sense of loyalty to Brutus and to Titinius. Brutus's pattern lies somewhere in between Antony's and Cassius's. In the beginning of the play most students feel that Brutus' loyalty is ambiguous. Although he seems loyal to Caesar, he is swayed by flattery to himself. By 2.1, when he makes the decision to participate in the murder, Brutus seems to be acting out of self-interest, though he disguises it in a rationalization of the good of the country. I find that students often engage in a really interesting discussion of the subtle shifts in Brutus' use of language; he shifts, for instance, to the use of the royal "we." By the end of the play Brutus, like Cassius, develops a sense of loyalty to his new comrades, and his last words, like Cassius's, are a self-condemning recognition of
All of his plays have life lessons in them and quotes that we all interpret in our own way. My quote from this book is “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” (Julius Caesar, 1.2.140-141) In this Act, there is a conversation taking place between Brutus and Cassius, who are friends. Cassius is trying to convince Brutus that Julius Caesar should be stopped from becoming monarch.
In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus and Cassius are contrasting characters. They differ in the way they perceive Antony as a threat to the assassination plot, their dominance in personality, and their moral fiber. In Julius Caesar, Brutus is the more naïve, dominant and noble character, while Cassius is the more perceptive, submissive, and manipulative person.
This shows Brutus does not really understand the reason Cassius summoned him and seems confused knowing that he can cause trouble. Although trusting them was not his last mistake it was the first of many. His second mistake was just the overall killing of Caesar, he had way to little information and and did not think about the overall outcome such as how the people would feel, how his followers would feel, and how Caesar's followers would react to his death. They were not prepared enough and always seemed to be changing their plans, sometimes something would happen where they had to quickly change their plans and adapt. Such as when Caesar was not going to go and meet with the council because of his wife, the conspirators did not have a plan B and had to react quickly.
Multiple relationships are showcased within Act II of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Each relationship displays several strengths, weaknesses, and conflicts. Examining Brutus’s relationship with the other conspirators, all these members aim to achieve the same goal, killing off Caesar. Their essential cooperation proves the group’s strength. Brutus major connection with the conspirators is shown as he trusts them for he questions the “cause or [their] performance did need an oath.”
Cassius assures Brutus that Caesar is a threat and pushes Brutus towards betraying Caesar. In the end they agree that something must be done to stop Caesar for the better of
Being Patriotic is a great thing until it goes bad. Over the course of the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus was a very impactful character. He was one of the main leaders of the conspiracy that killed Caesar. Brutus had a wife named Portia, who later in the play died. After the conspiracy killed Caesar, there were two speeches spoken one from Brutus and the other from Antony who was Caesar's right hand man. Soon after the death of Caesar, Brutus and Antony fought in a battle against each other. The battle lead to countless people left dead and Brutus kills himself. During the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare Brutus patriotism caused him to make decisions based on the good of Rome, not thinking of others’ thoughts, or opinions including his own.
Brutus is initially distant toward Cassius, and he doesn't really want to talk. Cassius hints towards Brutus that he is an honorable man and many respected people who prefer him to rule Rome. Cassius tells a story about how he has to rescue Caesar from drowning. He describes how Caesar was sick in Spain, shaking, and groaning clearly implying that Caesar is weak. Brutus tells Cassius that he’s not suspicious of his motives, but he wants him to stop trying to get him to kill