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    types of human nature are displayed. Some peoples darker sides are exposed for everyone to see. Such as ambition, deceitfulness, desire for revenge, jealousy, and arrogance. Some characters that show these characteristics are Caesar, Brutus, Antony, Cassius, Casca, and Decius. Ambition, deceitfulness, and jealousy are all characteristics that are portrayed in the book, Caesars ambition, Cassius’s jealousy, Antony’s deceitfulness, they all lead to bad outcomes. Ambition is an important trait that is

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    Why does Cassius plant the letters? To plant the idea that Brutus is liked and Caesar is not. What unusual events occur during the storm? There are bad omens such as “ghastly” women. What meaning does Cassius interpret from the storm? That it is a sign for them to go on with their plot against caesar. What meaning does Casca interpret? Casca interpreta that the storm means that their time is coming and everyone should take action. On whom does Cassius blame Caesar’s power? What is the significance

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    compare humans you are simply comparing ideas. Thoughts, experiences and philosophies that all combine together to create individuals. Two experiences and two people who see the same scenario with different perspectives. Such is the way with Brutus and Cassius. This pair of Roman senators shows us the difficulty of having a realist and an idealist work together, yet the pair manages to overcome their different views on the world to work together and assassinate “the foremost man of all this world.” Though

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    The Most despicable character in Julius Caesar Cassius in the play of Julius Caesar, to me is the most despicable character in the play because he manipulates a lot of people and basically lies and cheats his way to get the things he wants, and he does even more things to show that he’s the most despicable character. One of the reasons that Cassius is a despicable characters is that he manipulated Brutus. It took time to manipulate him because in the play Brutus is a stoic, and a stoic is a person

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    Introduction: This essay's focus is on how Cleopatra and the threat she posed to Rome are described by contrasting and comparing the writings of historian Cassius Dio and poet Horace. The passages centre on the hostilities between Cleopatra and Rome, Octavian and Cleopatra's suicide. Subsequently written many years after the events, therefore their validity cannot be verified as true and accurate. Commentary will be on how both extracts bolster and support, for the most part, the contemporary unfavourable

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    exact same methods. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, the characters are racing to fix what they believe is a government corruption. Cassius uses major pathos along with ethos and logos to convince his friend to join him in the conspiracy to turn against Caesar, for the good of Rome. While many examples of both logos and ethos are demonstrated, Cassius predominantly uses pathos. He repeatedly appeals to Brutus’ anger and ego, making Caesar out to be a power hungry maniac. In one of his speeches

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    you to kill Caesar, your friend? A: Stabbing Caesar was the hardest moment in my lifetime but I knew I was doing it for Rome and that is all that matters Q: What are your thoughts about Cassius? A: He was a friend and he convinced me that Caesar needed to die and I agreed with him. Q: What do you think were Cassius’ motives to kill Caesar? A: I believe his motives were the same as mine, to get rid of a treat for the better of Rome

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    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

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    Cassius, full name Gaius Cassius Longinus, was recalled as a good soldier with a terrible temper and in politics, irrational and drowned by vanity. In his time he was a Roman senator, also known by his part-taking in the assassination of Julius Caesar. In his early years, he studied philosophy under Archelaus, and was fluent in Greek. His wife, Junia Tertia was the half-sister of co-conspirator Brutus. Cassius served under Crassus, He took part in saving Remnants of the Roman army against the

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    2014 Thesis: Caius Cassius and Marcus Brutus are both strong characters in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar; but Marcus Brutus is the only character in the Shakespearean drama that changes, towards the end of the drama making him the dynamic character in the drama. Marcus Brutus and Caius Cassius are both strong characters in this Shakespearean drama because they both impacted this drama in numerous ways and those impacts were massive, here is how they impacted the drama. Cassius is a strong character

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