Who Is Coriolanus

"I will, my lord." Shows how loyal Lucius is to Brutus. 1) Cassius 2) Cassius and his followers plot against Caesar. 3) "Remember what you’ve said and prove yourselves true Romans."

Brutus tells them people then he had done no more to Caesar than they will do to him.

Cassius contrasts Brutus by being power hungry. It shows just how trustworthy Brutus is. The text states, “You yourself are much condemned to have an itching palm to sell and mart your offices for gold to under servers.” This shows how Cassius was taking bribes. The text also states, “That struck the foremost man of all this world but for supporting robbers.” This shows how Brutus is upset with Cassius taking bribes.

To a certain degree the characteristics of his youth, despite his own affirmation of ‘breaking and training’, beneficially prevail to adulthood. The roman biographer Cornelius Nepos ascertains that ‘The vices of his early youth were compensated by great virtues’. These same vices, his impulsive attitude in the public life, were responsible for the very virtuous achievements he is referring to. In fact these character traits foreshadow the decisions he would make years later in the Persian Wars. Comparatively, his impulsiveness matured into a cunning and uncontrollable determination in the face of authority. He was cleverly deceitful in the construction of a fleet of triremes, he was uncompromising against the Spartan commander Eurybiades at the first gathering at Corinth in 480 BC, and he was determined to get his own way in vital battles such as Salamis and Artemisium whether that required deceiving those authorities above him or not. Plutarch, Nepos, and Themistocles himself all refer to a degree of uncontrollable yet cunning determination that serves a great purpose in Greece’s victory over Persia.

He also believes this will bring him power. His downfall is shown in this quote because it shows what he’s going to do to no longer feel this way. It is also shown because the plot is based on his jealousy of Caesar.

Brutus then talks about how what they had done to Caesar he will do to himself if the time should ever come up. This shows another theme: Ethos. He then says how Caesar's

As the play goes on, the conspirators go to war. Cassius and Brutus have an argument before and say their proper goodbyes to each other in case any of them get killed in the battle. Cassius told Pindarus to stab him with the sword he killed Caesar with. Titinius then sees Cassius is dead and kills himself because he didn’t want to live without his best friend. After these two important deaths, Brutus then sees the Ghost of Caesar on the battlefield and is told that it is time for him to die. As he is sitting with the few remaining men who survived the battle, Brutus asks his men to hold his sword so he can run into it and die. As the play ends, Brutus dies as dishonorable, gullible, and unloyal. He is a dishonorable man who deserved to die after he killed his best friend Julius

ii. 82-83). Shakespeare meant in this quote that people don't be afraid. He has taken care of the problem. Caesar won't be the downfall of Rome anymore. That he will do anything for the “good” of Rome. Or so he thought it was for the good. Until Brutus finds out what Caesar was really like. And how he acted. How he was the true king of Rome. Brutus will do anything to get the love and support that he thinks he needs. Or that the people think he needs, but when really, he did not need any of it. He just needed the family and friends he had.

possibilities of being slaves. The extreme exaggeration of the word slave gives off an intense tone, so the citizens do not speak up. Brutus repeats the phrase "who is here so" followed by words like "vile" and "rude" multiple times (Shakespeare 3.2.25-28). He also repeats the sentence, "If any, speak, for him have I offended" (Shakespeare 3.2.26-29). The repetition of phrases throughout the speech illustrates the rhetorical device anaphora. When Brutus repeats these phrases, he challenges the opinions of the citizens disagreeing with him. Knowing the negative connotations of the words vile and rude, Brutus uses a manipulative tone to persuade the citizens that Caesar's murder was justified.."As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was

When the play opens, the people of the town are asking Oedipus for help. A curse has been cast upon the city and the only way to remove it, is to find the murderer of the last king, Laios.

The first sign of attempted manipulation in this play takes place in the first scene of the first act. The Romans are gathering during a holiday to celebrate Caesar's victory over Pompey in a civil war, and they gather at a traditional race in celebration. While the crowds are at their peak capacity, two Pompey supporting government officials are

Brutus speaks to the citizens of Rome to tell them why he killed Caesar, so that they will not turn on him. He talks about how he killed Caesar, not for his personal wants, but for the good of Rome. He tells the people that allowing Caesar to rule and fulfill his

Having been faced with the “plea of the people”, Brutus ultimately sacrifices his friendship for his honor when convincing himself to kill Caesar during his monologue in act 2 scene 1. He structures his argument with declarative logical fallacies when starting his case with the proclamation that “it must be by [Caesar's] death” that Rome can continue its state of peace, having already made up his mind to join the conspiracy. He questions how Ceaser might “change his nature” when coming into power in line 14, and uses metaphors to compare him to a poisonous snake who would prey on power, to excuse his decision. He continues this metaphor when alluding Caesar to the demon from the Garden of Eden and declaring Caesar must be stopped before he

I am now going to discuss Cassius. I would say that Cassius was a very

At the start of the timelessly classic play, Julius Caesar was in the final stages of parlaying his military prowess and growing cult of personality into enthronement as the long absent autocrat of Rome. His brother-in-arms, Marcus Brutus, after fighting at Caesar’s side for so long, was forced to weigh his loyalty to Caesar against his loyalty to Rome, setting the stage for the troubling events to come. As Caesar’s divine right to rule and infallibility were trumpeted throughout Rome, others were not so convinced of his purity and worthiness. Cassius, a dissident Senator, opened Brutus’ eyes to the circumstances unfolding before them and to what could be lost should Caesar take the throne. Cassius voiced his opposition strongly, saying: