Marcus Brutus And Caeser's The Tragedy Of Julias Caesar

When he speaks to Brutus, his call to action starts with telling him “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings” (Shakespeare 1.2 140-141). Cassius manages to convince Brutus to join him by explaining to him that the fault of the happenings is not by fate (the stars), instead that they are at fault for simply letting it slip by. Cassius tells him that “Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar” (Shakespeare 1.2 147) to credit him even more, almost as if to tell Brutus that he could do just as much as Caesar, and maybe even more. This is followed by “Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, that he is grown so great?” (Shakespeare 1.2 149-150) said bitterly in a way to discredit Caesar.

Both Cassius and Brutus play major roles in the play Julius Caesar. Cassius and Brutus both plan Caesar’s death. Although they are working towards a common goal, Cassius and Brutus have very different motivations for doing this. On the one hand, Cassius sees it as a way to gain more power for himself while destroying the king and all his power. On the other hand, Brutus believes that in killing Caesar he is preserving peace for the Romans’ future years. Throughout the play, Shakespeare uses different techniques to create biased characterizations of the two men so that readers and viewers develop identical attitudes towards each of them. In Julius Caesar, Cassius is portrayed as a greedy villain while Brutus is depicted as an

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.

To begin with, Brutus is too trusting of those around him. Brutus’s friend Cassius recognizes that Brutus is driven by what is best for Rome. Because of this Cassius devises a plan to plant a fake petition from the people of Rome stating that Caesar needs to be executed. Brutus never even questions that the petition is real. After reading the petition Brutus’ response is:

While proving a point, Cassius brings up the analogy that they’re walking under Caesar like he's a giant and the nobles are being treated as if they’re slaves. He starts playing with Brutus’ emotions by saying, “Brutus and Caesar: What should be in that “Caesar”?/ Why should that name be sounded more than yours”(828)? Expressing the fact that their names are voiced with the same geniality, share the same weight, and share the same power he is making Brutus feel as if he is just as good as Caesar which he did not feel before. Using Brutus’ emotion Cassius executes

In “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare, Cassius is a passionate friend of Brutus that influences Brutus’ character by immensely contrasting him. Even though there are sharp differences between Brutus and Cassius, Brutus acquires new skills and perspectives in many areas of his life due to his interactions with Cassius. Brutus and Cassius’ arguments serve as a turning point in how Brutus views friendships and the value of life. Cassius functions as a foil to Brutus by contrasting Brutus’ personality and highlighting Brutus’ strengths in a way that catalyzes his development as a character.

Brutus Pg 77 lines 45-47 Must I stand and crouch under your testing humor? By the gods, you shall digest the venom of your spleen. This quote shows that he sees himself in a position of honor not being arrogant but acknowledging his high rank in an argument to make Cassius look bad.

In William Shakespeare?s Julius Caesar, Brutus and Cassius are very influential characters. Each character makes many mistakes with the assassination plans and the strategies at Philippi. Each man has his reasons for their mistakes, if it is either their idealism, being uncompassionate or not, fully thinking for their actions. Brutus and Cassius are very contrasting people; one man is better suited to be a leader of a battle and an Empire, than the other. That man is: Marcus Brutus. Although Brutus makes many consequential mistakes, his errors are made because his nobleness outranks his intelligence. Whereas for Cassius, his mistakes are made from poor decision making. Brutus himself knows that he is often too honourable and not as

Brutus is honest himself and cannot see the dishonesty in others . Cassius takes advantage of this trait. He is dishonest and manipulates Brutus and lies to him. “Therefor, good Brutus, be prepared to hear; and since you know you cannot see yourself so well as by reflection, I, your glass will modestly discover to yourself that of yourself which you yet know not of”(I.ii.66-70). Cassius is comparing Brutus to himself as the same person. He

Brutus is starting to change his mind about certain ideas and here’s why, Cassius is starting to tell Brutus how Caesar isn’t good and how he is so weak. Cassius told Brutus a story about how he saved his life before and how all the town people love Brutus so much more than Caesar. Now Brutus is putting all of those thoughts together and consideration and now is staring to believe him. This just shows that Cassius is malice and he has a certain plan coming up and also he will do anything to make his way happen. Cassius is trying so hard to make Brutus believe everything he is saying he is going out of his way to make it happen, and maybe Brutus might start to believe him after it all.

Brutus is a very well respected person who was driven down the wrong path. Cassius who is a manipulative, power hungry person guided Brutus down that path. Cassius manipulates Brutus into believing that his closest friend Caesar, a prideful person, was going to destroy his home, Rome, and made him believe they had to be the ones to stop him from “destroying Rome.”

This is one of the most definitive answers that Brutus has given in this play so far. He is an indecisive person who can’t seem to make a decision. He can also be characterized as insecure within this dialogue as well. Cassius is trying to convince him, even though it is in a very manipulative manner, that Brutus is more worthy of being in Caesar’s position than Caesar himself. Although, Brutus does not believe this. He thinks of himself as no more than just a commoner in Rome, no matter his political position. Overall, Brutus can be thought of as an indecisive, insecure, person who is having trouble with being caught in the middle of this feud, but as the play progresses he begins to show what he really thinks, therefore letting his true colors

The audience also sees him as a manipulative friend who really only has his own interests in mind. When it looks like he is trying to help Brutus out earlier in the play by finding him some confidence, Cassius is really only setting him up for failure. He goes to great lengths to get Brutus to do what he wants. Cassius formulates a plan to throw letters into Brutus's window in different handwriting to convince Brutus that other people want him to be ruler too. This is very manipulative of him because he is tricking Brutus by disguising his handwriting.

Cassius influences Brutus to commit treason to his friend Caesar. Cassius states, “Men can be masters of their fate. It is not destinys fault, but our own faults, that we're slaves” (1.2.140). Cassius describes saying that Caesar has epilepsy, he says he’s weak. Cassius begins comparing Caesar to Brutus saying that they are both royalty, and the people of Rome look up to him.

Cassius ironically said to Brutus “You bear too stubborn and too strange a hand over your friend that loves you.” (1.2.35-36) and in Act 4 scene 3 when questioning Brutus he says “Have you not love enough to bear w/ me when that rash humor which my mother gave me makes me forgetful?”, Also when he was trying to persuade Brutus to join him, he tries to lower him so that he could feel sorry for himself by saying “Brutus, that you don’t have any mirrors that could display your hidden excellence to yourself. I’ve heard many of the nobelst Romans-next to immortal Ceasar-sppeaking of you, complaning of the tryanny of toyday’s government, and wishing that your eyes were working bettter.” (1. 2.