Cassius Essay

Brutus descends from the founder of the Roman Republic, Lucius Junius Brutus, and because of this Brutus tries his best to maintain democracy in Rome. When Caius Cassius approaches Brutus and explains to him that he believes Caesar is a threat to Roman democracy, Brutus, being a close friend to Caesar is unsure. However, when Cassius uses the line,” There was a Brutus once that would have brooked/ Th’ eternal devil to keep his state in Rome” (I.ii.159-160), Brutus is reminded of his ancestors and

the book Cassius is always showing jealousy and resentment towards Caesar, even though Caesar is not a bad man and treats his people

Caesar’s death against Brutus and the conspirators. Likewise, Cassius is also a very manipulative person in this play. Cassius manipulates Brutus into being a part of Caesar’s killing by telling him lies. “Speaking of Brutus and groaning underneath this age’s yolk, have wished that noble Brutus had his eyes,” (Act 1, Scene 2, Line 66-68). This quote by Cassius is saying that the people of Rome “say” that they love Brutus. Also, Cassius writes Brutus fake letters from the people of Rome trying to persuade

British Literature contains literary foils. Foils serve as a contrast to the characters. Foils are usually the antagonists and protagonists of stories. Literary foils are evident throughout British literature in the stories of Beowulf, Julius Caesar, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Foils exist in the epic Beowulf. Beowulf is written by an unknown author and is translated by Burton Raffel in the Anglo-Saxon era. There is a force, vitality, clearness and distinctiveness in the characters, not only in

may not think of it this way but you are actually characterizing them. Characterization, a word that is frequently used in literature, means the describing of a character’s nature or appearance. A good example of this is in the play, Julius Caesar. Cassius, Brutus, and Antony are characters within this play that are able to use their leadership abilities of intellect, respect, and persuasion to influence other characters, and to continue the plotline. Whether for good or bad, these characters are a

takes one more risk and that was taking Cassius’s and his own army to Philippi to battle Antony and Octavius. Act one, scene two, Brutus admits to Cassius how he fears Caesar to be king of them all (I,ii,78-79). Cassius now sees Brutus is worried about possible outcomes of Caesar ruling and is easy to manipulate to join the conspirators. As Cassius strikes onto Brutus’s susceptible mind, he now is debating to join their team to take down Caesar and his plans for Rome. When Brutus finally decides

opinion, I believe that the character Mark Antony is the most honourable while as the character Cassius is most corrupt. Underdogs have an important part in the making a play or the making of a Hollywood movie. They provide the excitement, along with the slight doubt, wondering if they can fulfill their ultimate goal. Stereotypically, the

Brutus- A high-ranking well known nobleman in Rome. He has gained all his power from Caesar and is loved by the citizens of rome. Brutus has a high sense of honor and because of that he is easy to fool. Brutus later gets tricked by Cassius into joining the conspiracy and he kills Caesar. Because of Caesar's death he causes a big riot in Rome and then he later dies. Caesar- Main character of the play by William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Caesar started as a citizen of Rome and wanted to get back

wouldn't have been good for them to let Caesar keep the power. So they killed him. They betrayed him and all took their turns stabbing him because they thought that it was going to be better for them. They were being selfish because most of them, like Cassius, wanted the power for themselves not for Caesar. As a result, they killed him and made excuses for their actions to make themselves believe it was actually a good thing to kill him. On the other hand, some of them, like Brutus, thought they were

Cassius meets him the river and forces Sam onto a beaver trap, which severs Sam’s foot. The story flashes forward three years with Sam leading an escape from the University Laboratory for scientific experiments. During this escape, a rough-handed man runs