Shakespeare Was A Playwright That Emphasized Tragedy, Love

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.

In Act I, Scene 2, the purpose of Cassis’ speech is to persuade Brutus to distrust Caesar, and to join him in a conspiracy against Caesar. In his speech to Brutus, Cassius uses a variety of persuasive and rhetorical devices to persuade Brutus to join his cause against Caesar. Cassius is desperate to have Brutus on his side because of his close relation to Caesar and great respect and trust from the people of Rome. The tone of Cassius’ speech to Brutus is introduced with Cassius appealing to Brutus’ sense of responsibility towards Rome. Cassius tells Brutus that he has, “Heard where many of the best respect in Rome, except immortal Caesar, speaking of Brutus and groaning underneath this age’s yoke, have wished that noble Brutus had his eyes” (I.ii.64-68). Cassius tells Brutus that he is admired by Rome, appealing to Brutus’ value of putting Rome ahead of himself. Cassius uses knowledge of this value to his advantage in his speech, insisting that killing Caesar will be for the good of Rome. Cassius also introduces his speech by persuading Brutus that he is honorable and can be trusted. Cassius tells Brutus that, “Honor is the subject of my story”(I.ii.99). This appeals to the speaker Cassius’ credibility and has an ethical appeal on Brutus, or ethos. This appeal is effective because it connects with something that Brutus values, honor. In Cassius’ speech to Brutus, he uses a comparison comparing Caesar to a Colossus saying, “Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus, and we petty men walk under his huge legs and peep about to find ourselves dishonorable graves”(I.ii.142-144). Cassius is using an analogy comparing Caesar to Colossus, which was a large statue. Cassius again uses Brutus’ value of honor to persuade when he tells Brutus that if Caesar is in power, he and Brutus will die dishonorable deaths. During the time period, an honorable death was very important to noble Romans, especially Brutus. When Cassius is comparing the two names Brutus and Caesar, he uses the strategy of asking rhetorical questions. “Brutus and Caesar: what should be in that ‘Caesar?’ Why should that name be sounded more than yours?(I.ii.149-151).” Cassius also asks, “Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed that he

To start off, the character Brutus alienates from his indecisive, good hearted nature into a more powerful corrupted character who easily makes decisions that may not always be based off morality. For example, in the beginning of the play Brutus shows his good-hearted character when he states, "Nor construe any further [his] neglect than that poor Brutus with himself at war forgets the show of love to other men"(Shakespeare, 1.2.45-48). Clearly, before Brutus gained power he was unsure of himself, and still wasn’t against Caesar because his heart still pushed for moral choices. Furthermore, without power Brutus did not appear to be corrupted in anyway, and rather seems to want to do everything he can for the good of Rome. While it is true, that Brutus began as an innocent it is clear that further on in the play he began to be corrupted by power and this is seen when he states, "Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius, To cut the head off and then hack the limbs, Like wrath in death and envy afterwards; For Antony is but a limb of Caesar" (Shakespeare, 2.1.162-165). Obviously, Brutus quickly becomes more confident and decisive in his decisions, and is even willing to tell the other conspirators what courses of action they must take. Therefore, further proving that as Brutus gains power his arrogance, and sense of control also increase.

The final part of Freud’s Division of the Mind is the superego. The superego is defined as a right or wrong compass that satisfies the id. For the superego, David Stevenson states that Freud believed a person’s “conscience tells what is right and wrong, and forces the ego to inhibit the id in pursuit of morally acceptable, not pleasurable or even realistic, goals.” The

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:

“Character may almost be called the effective means of persuasion.” This was a quote written by Aristotle who also came up with the rhetorical principles. The rhetorical principles, also known as ethos, pathos, logos, is used as the key in effective persuasion. In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Cassius persuades Brutus original view on Caesar by using ethos, pathos, logos.

Tricking him into doing “what's good for the people” . The next way they try to manipulate Brutus is by flattering him. In the play Brutus is a very self conscious character. He might be the same as Caesar but he doesn't see this. “I have heard Where many of the best respect in Rome, Except Immortal Caesar speaking of Brutus and groaning underneath his age’s yoke Have wish'd that noble Brutus had his eyes” (I.ii.60). Cassius is convincing Brutus into believing he really is a brave and noble man. By doing this Brutus will be more offended by Caesar's remarks and want to join the conspiracy. To wrap up, Brutus is in fact manipulated into killing Caesar.

Cassius appeals to pathos where he targeted Brutus' emotions and values it which led to Brutus betraying Caesar. Cassius knew Brutus is self-inflicted because Brutus does not approve Caesar as a ruler but still considers Caesar as a friend so he decides to praise Brutus by saying:

Cassius manipulating Brutus is the start of tragedy for Brutus due to Cassius being the catalyst of Brutus’ death. Cassius shows this by influencing Brutus to join him and the other conspirators in killing Caesar. “And it is very much lamented, Brutus,/That you have no such mirrors as will turn/Your hidden worthiness into your eye,/That you might see your shadow. I have heard/Where many of the best respect in Rome” (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar I.ii.54-60). Cassius attempts to manipulate Brutus into killing Caesar with him by saying the people of Rome need him to. Cassius is fueling Brutus’ ego. Brutus takes the bait because of his aspiration to be the hero of Rome and his love for his country. Brutus does not realize he is being manipulated, which is what makes Cassius succeed at controlling him. Brutus does not realize he is being manipulated because he is oblivious to the outside world. He can only see and hear what Cassiuse is telling him about. This is what inevitably causes Brutus’ demise. Brutus’ death was impacted by his inability to see that Cassius was manipulated him. He is too blindsided by Cassius telling him he’ll be a hero to pay attention to the hidden meaning of his words. Cassius’ hunger for power leads him

Cassius manipulates Brutus by appealing to his honor and his love of the people, and Tartuffe appeals to how gullible and naive Orgon is. Cassius appeals to Brutus’ honor and love for Rome, and crafts elaborate plans to swing Brutus to his side. Cassius reminds Brutus that “there was a Brutus once that would have brooked th’ eternal devil to keep his state in Rome as easily as a king” (Shakespeare I.ii.159-161). Cassius is reminding Brutus that his ancestor helped found the Republic and appeals to how honorable Brutus’ family is, persuading Brutus that Caesar is no better than he is. Cassius tells Brutus that Caesar “fell down in the market place, and foamed at mouth, and was speechless” (Shakespeare I.ii.250-251).

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.

By doing this, Cassius is showing the audience that he is also self absorbed. The only reason that he is convincing Brutus to kill Caesar is so that Cassius could get to some power and take credit for

It doesn’t follow, but this is Cassius` clever manipulative technique; he has got Brutus into conversation and will want him to reveal that he wants to assassinate Caesar. He is keeping him unbalanced to manipulate him. Brutus’s` response is merely that of he cannot see his face and Cassius pounces on this opportunity, “Tis just”, Cassius is now deliberately inflating Brutus pride and now he is enticing him in and he is pumping up his pride deliberately to burst him. Cassius continues and is being very flattering towards Brutus by saying he is very noble but then suddenly “Except immortal Caesar” this would have destroyed Brutus’s sense of pride and would have enraged Brutus; he has relatively degraded him and belittled him in front of Caesar and is now weighing him down. He is doing this to serve his own ends so now Brutus who is enraged can reveal what he exactly feels. On the other hand Brutus’s` response is that which catches Cassius off hand, “into what dangers would you lead me Cassius”, this would suggest that Brutus knows Cassius is manipulating him. However, as he is playing with Brutus’s heap of pride, he cannot resist. The audience will begin to learn that there is tension beneath the surface between these two senators. Furthermore, Cassius has gone a bit too far and goes back to what he was doing before and he readopts the manipulative procedure he was displaying. What’s more, he is trying to appease Brutus by claiming how wonderful

Psychoanalytic criticism originated in the work of Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, who pioneered the technique of psychoanalysis. Freud developed a language that described, a model that explained, and a theory that encompassed human psychology. His theories are directly and indirectly concerned with the nature of the unconscious mind. Through his multiple case studies, Freud managed to find convincing evidence that most of our actions are motivated by psychological forces over which we have very limited control (Guerin 127). One of Freud’s most important contributions to the study of the psyche is his theory of repression: the unconscious mind is a repository of repressed desires,