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....
But this happens to everybody, he has so much stress on his back from commanding his army and he is pretty sure at this point that the majority of the people he truly cares about are dead. Also after the argument they realize it was just a mistake and Brutus and Cassius both take a...
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 ...
He wanted the crowd to turn away from Brutus and Cassius. In Antony’s Eulogy speech, Mark Antony attempts to undermine the conspirators by persuading the citizens of Rome to join his side by showing that Caesar was not ambitious but a great leader through the use of rhetorical appeals like...
selfishness in his self pride as he refuses to accept the accusations thrown toward him. After this argument, Cassius and Brutus find their relationship strained. Each character would eventually see their demise at the battle in Phillippi. They both die with grief and without one another due to...
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...
Brutus soon believed Cassius, and they and the conspirators made a plan to kill Caesar. After Caesar’s death, Brutus planned to justify his actions of killing Caesar at his funeral in his speech to the people. After Brutus’s speech, the citizens of Rome were all in agreement that Brutus...
and his cause. When Cassius warns Brutus about “how much the people will be moved / By that which [Marc Antony] will utter[!]” (III.i.252-253), Brutus tells Cassius that letting Marc Antony speak “shall advantage us more than do us wrong” (III.i.261). In these cases, Brutus...
Many of the characters in Julius Caesar have a selfish goal to gain more power and wealth. For instance, Julius Caesar was a great general, but he only cared about ruling Rome. Cassius was a smart and wise man, but he wanted Caesar’s death out of envy and jealousy. Many of the ...
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...