In Act III scene i William Shakespeare writes “CASCA and the other conspirators stab CAESAR. BRUTUS stabs him last.” This is when Brutus’s fate begins because he starts listening to the wrong people such as, when Cassius uses his power and authority to convince Brutus that he loves ...
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 ironically said to Brutus “You bear too stubborn and too strange a hand over your friend that loves you.” (1.2.35-36) and in Act 4 scene 3 when questioning Brutus he says “Have you not love enough to bear w/ me when that rash humor which my mother gave me makes me forg...
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...
He states that Brutus is just as noble and worthy as Caesar. (Act 1, scene ii). He says that Brutus cannot see what everyone else does and recognize his worthiness. Cassius and the other senators do not want Caesar to be king because they would lose all their power. Cassius is slowly...
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...
He states that Brutus is just as noble and worthy as Caesar. (Act 1, scene ii). He says that Brutus cannot see what everyone else does and recognize his worthiness. Cassius and the other senators do not want Caesar to be king because they would lose all their power. Cassius is slowly...
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...
He is manipulated by Cassius and the other conspirators into assassinating Caesar, a life-long friend of Brutus. “The ultimate factor in persuading Brutus to join the conspiracy is his belief, a belief based on the the letters cast in at his window or conspicuously left for him in public ...
Because of this love for Rome, Brutus uses rhetoric to persuade these plebeians to approve of him 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...