Brutus vs. Cassius In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is the story of Julius Caesar’s death that took place 1500 years ago. Caesar, during the time, was escalading in power and was to become emperor. The public was mostly pleased with having Julius Caesar as their emperor but there were people who were outraged and were determined to stop this from happening. The conspirators, as they were called, were a group made up of senators and men of high status in Rome. The two most important men were Marcus Brutus and Cassius. These two men planned and killed Julius Caesar and later led a civil war against Octavious Caesar, Marc Antony and Marcus Lepidus. Although both Brutus and Cassius had their hearts set on the same goal they show distinct contrast between their traits and their moral fiber. Brutus is a character of fierce loyalty and nobility towards Rome. He is a man honored and admired by everyone. He gets too preoccupied with his political life and doesn’t give enough attention or love to his wife. Brutus is also a man of strong pride and self confidence which led to the fate of this tragic hero. Brutus’ honor is displayed during his speech at Caesar’s funeral, “Who is here is so rude that would not be a Roman? If any speak, for him I have offended”(3.2.29-32). Although Brutus has strong honor, he is also over confident. This is shown to us when he tries to befriend Antony. “O Antony, beg not your death of us! Though now we must appear bloody and cruel, as by our hands and this our present act you see we do, yet see you but our hands. And this bleeding business they have done”(3.1.177-181). Brutus is clouded by his exaggerated poise and can not realize that Antony will be livid and will not listen. Brutus could not see the harm being caused, instead he was a man thinking for the good of Rome. Cassius is a character far less great then that of Brutus. Cassius is an envious and corrupt man who is also politically astute and thinks inward instead of out like Brutus. Cassius’ motive for killing Julius Caesar is because he is jealous of Caesar’s political position and for him to obtain more power.
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In The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, the leader Caesar is killed by a group of men who are close to him. He was killed because the group of men thought he was not fit to be the ruler of Rome. Brutus, a close friend of Caesar, was a part of the group. Even though Brutus betrayed Caesar, it shows he cares about others more than himself. This proves Brutus is a better leader for Rome and its people.
The two plays, Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, have many differences and similarities. Obviously since they were both written by William Shakespeare, then they will have some similarities because a majority of writers have similar traits in how they write each play, novel, movie, etcetera… Romeo from Romeo and Juliet and Brutus from Julius Caesar have an abundant amount of similarities and differences throughout both plays. A majority of the characters had similarities and difference as well, but Romeo and Brutus’s stood out the most to the readers. Romeo and Brutus both did something detrimental that ended up being the cause of their lovers suicide, but it was for different reasons. Then the way that Romeo did not
Brutus is a good man who is easily turned evil by men filled with abhorrence and jealousy. In the play, Julius Caesar, Brutus is a Roman who is easily manipulated, decisive, and proud. These contradicting traits of Brutus show us why the reader does not want to believe that Brutus is an antagonist in the story.
William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a tragic drama, set in Ancient Rome about the horrendous death of Julius Caesar. Brutus, leader of the conspiracy against Caesar, begins as Caesar’s friend. Cassius, instigator of the conspirator, manipulates Brutus into killing Caesar. Brutus agrees to this plan because of his plans for Rome. The bond between these two connects when Brutus agrees to Cassius about killing Caesar for the best of Rome. Cassius, very power hungry, comes up with a plan that will succeed in both of them killing Caesar. They both rely on each other because they want the power that Caesar has been requested to make the best of Rome. This dream of making Rome better was manipulated by Cassius to Brutus. However,
The tragedy “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare should be renamed “Brutus” because Caesar is not the tragic hero. He is only in a small portion of the play and does not possess a major tragic flaw; however Marcus Brutus fits the description of tragic hero much better than Julius Caesar. Typically, tragedies are named after the tragic hero, which Aristotle describes as: a person of noble birth with a tragic flaw that leads to his or her downfall because of that flaw. Brutus exhibits all of these qualities, therefore rightfully naming him a tragic hero.
Jealousy, power, and fear are factors leading to wretched manipulation being dealt by Cassius and Caesar. Cassius is a powerful figure in Rome unliked by many. Caesar is a very powerful public figure in Rome and loved by the people. The tactic of manipulation is very effective and used by both characters. It could be said that manipulation is the only thing that happens in the first act.
Brutus’ tragic flaws are part of what makes him a tragic hero. In Julius Caesar, Brutus is a great example of a tragic hero. His tragic flaws are honor, poor judgement, and idealism (Bedell). In Shakespeare’s plays, the tragic hero and his flaws cause the downfall of the play (Tragic Flaws).
In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Brutus uses a combination of logic and reasoning in his approach to ensure that the crowd understands why Julius Caesar had to be killed. Firstly, Brutus tells the audience that he was a close friend of Caesar and along with that, being a respected figure enticed the people into listening and hear him out before making a decision. He then goes along to say, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men” (III.ii.11-14). In this statement it is prevalent that from the beginning Brutus’s motivation is to assure that the crowd is aware that he had no evil intentions for murdering Caesar
Although the conspirators believe that enlisting Brutus in the conspiracy will ensure their success, Brutus’s tragic flaws of naiveté and pride cause him to make a number of errors in judgment that ultimately doom their “noble enterprise” to failure. For example, Brutus shows his naiveté by not making an oath with the other conspirators. Cassius and Casca believe that all the conspirators should make an oath together because they know that it is going to get severe and very hard not to crack under pressure when the crowd finds out they killed Caesar. Cassius wants to “swear our revolution” to make sure that nobody collapses when times get tough. Brutus, on the other hand, thinks the conspirators should not do an oath. He believes that if the conspirators feel so strongly as how they say they do about Caesar, then they do not need the oath to motivate them or keep them together.
It is the year of 44 BC. This story starts in Rome with a man that was misunderstood. This man’s name was Cassius. Cassius always had good ideas, but since he had a poor attitude, then was hard headed and he was jealous then no one would ever listen to him. Because people did not listen to him, things turned out badly. He ended up dead, but there should have been a different outcome.
Both Cassius and Brutus play major roles in the play Julius Caesar. 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 other hand, Brutus believes that in killing Caesar he is preserving peace for the Romans’ future years. Throughout the play, Shakespeare uses different techniques to create biased characterizations of the two men so that readers and viewers develop identical attitudes towards each of them. In Julius Caesar, Cassius is portrayed as a greedy villain while Brutus is depicted as an honorable hero.
“Someone should just stab caesar!”- Gretchen Weiners. And that is what cassius and brutus set out to do. The two men didn’t have much in common but they had a common goal, to kill julius caesar. Their similarities and their differences are what made their plan possible. Brutus being gullible and easy going made it easy for the cunning and persuasive cassius to persuade brutus that killing caesar was the right thing to do.
Brutus and Cassius take place in a play called The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by Shakespeare”. There are many similarities and differences between Brutus and Cassius. During this play, we see their similarities when they both interact or agree with each other. In other parts of the play we see their differences when they fight or make arguments. They both share the most dramatic scenes in the play and are mostly the cause of Caesar’s death, which sums up their similarities and their differences.