Julius Caesar Persuasive Essay

At the beginning of the play, Cassius covertly convinces Brutus to join the conspiracy against Caesar; but even though Brutus agrees to the plot he still is wary about it. “I have not known when his affections swayed / More than his reason. But ‘tis a common proof / That lowliness is young ambition’s ladder” (Shakespeare. II. 1.

The beginning to Brutus’s inner thoughts reveal that he is questionable of his ambitions, meaning that he believes that Caesar’s plan for Rome and its people is wrong, but never knowing for sure. In the beginning of Brutus’s soliloquy (Act II, Scene i, Lines 10-15), Brutus states to the audience that he has no real reason to oppose Caesar, and that he is questioning what being crowned king will do to his ambition as a leader. Brutus fears that Caesar will become a rambunctious tyrant, doing only what is best for him and ignoring the needs of the people of Rome. At this point, Caesar had not even been crowned king of Rome by the Senate, and the conspiracy group is going off of pure speculation.

Before these events occur, Brutus decides to join the conspiracy, agreeing to kill Caesar. I trust that his decision will benefit Rome and leave him with no regrets. The safety of the people concerned Brutus the most when deciding to join the conspiracy. Having a conversation with himself,

At the same time Antony noticed the Romans emotions and values. Brutus is seen as a leader to all the conspirators, and he is respected by all of them. He tried to keep it together but instead he explains his motivations on why Caesar was killed. Antony's speech persuades the Romans to rise against the conspirators by having the plebeians’ express feelings of

Brutus also has a position in the government of Rome. He also had many tragic flaws like one which is trusting others. He trusted the conspirators and even Mark Antony. Another one is that Brutus is very idealistic meaning if would have known the consequences of murdering Caesar would be, then Antony would not have had to talk to at the funeral. For example,“ Now let it work.

Caesar is trying to manipulate the people of Rome. Caesar declines the crown 3 times in Act I, and is making it look like he is this genuinely good guy, but the people of Rome are to dumb to know good from bad so they all believe he will be a great leader, but Caesar in reality is going to destroy the republic and destroy Rome if he becomes king. Brutus now has this difficult task of picking between his dearest friend or the Republic. If someone is going to kill Caesar it needs to be Brutus because Caesar will never see it coming. Caesar thinks that Brutus is loyal to Caesar and also thinks that Brutus is just going to bow down to Caesar when and if he becomes king.

Cassius is a senator in Shakespeare 's “Julius Caesar.” He is jealous of Julius Caesar because of all the power and love he gets, as shown in the quote "Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about. " This quote basically states that cassius is tired of Julius being better and that he thinks they should not be beneath him. Cassius also seeks to get his own power. To achieve this he manipulates Brutus as shown by this quote, “Well, Brutus, thou art noble; yet, I see, Thy honourable metal may be wrought From that it is disposed: therefore it is meet That noble minds keep ever with their likes;

Brutus is very idealistic, and he puts his loyalty to the Romans and state over the loyalty to his friend, Julius Caesar. “The last of all the Romans, fare thee well! It is impossible that ever Rome should breed thy fellow” (Act 5 scene 5 L122). Contrary to popular belief that Brutus made this conclusion by himself; one can see that he began listening to the wrong people influencing his decisions. This lead to him caring too much about what people would think of him after he kills Caesar.

Brutus has to chose following his head or his heart. The conspirators just know that they must follow Brutus and Cassius and that will be the best decision. Doing what is right and what one thinks is right are two different things; Brutus and Cassius will make a decision that will ultimately lead to they deaths. When making decisions people tend to lean to the decision that helps them the most, even people from ancient times. For example, Cassius had the decision to kill Caesar, which was not a tough decision when Cassius had so much to gain.

Unfortunately, Cassius uses Brutus’ altruistic characteristic and devout loyalty against him by sending fake letters with concerns regarding the crowning of Caesar for Brutus to read and be persuaded to join the conspirators. Cassius’ manipulation of Brutus serves as an example of how Shakespeare

Joyce Maynard once said, “ a person who deserves my loyalty receives it”. Maynard explains that a person shall earn loyalty from another individual by expressing their actions and commitment. In act one, Brutus has a choice on whether he wants to join the conspiracy or tell Caesar about the evil plan that’s bestowed upon him. In act two, he finally commits to the group and the members begin to design their strategy to assassinate Julius. Brutus did the right thing in joining the conspiracy because he’s loyal to the people of Rome, he believes that Julius will become corrupt and forget about the people, and he believes that Caesar is arrogant towards others.

He is persuaded to do this by the fake letters Cassius sent him that Caesar is too powerful. This misled Brutus which then led to the killing of Caesar. But this did not work in Brutus’ favor because after the attack at the Senate on the Ides of March, Mark Antony escapes and pretends to befriend the murderers. He then asks Brutus if he can speak at Caesar’s funeral. Instead of speaking about Caesar, Mark Antony says “friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears,” and then he proceeds to turn the citizens against Brutus and Cassius.

All he wanted was in Rome to be safe and leave it at that. Caesar on the other hand, wanted recognition for every little thing he did. Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep a-nights. Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much.

Caesar expresses his distrust and fear of Cassius to Antony. Caesar remarks that he fears Cassius because he thinks too much, lacks humor, and is not a good listener. Caesar says: “Yond Cassius has lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.” Caesar’s comment reveals his belief that Cassius is a threat to his power because he is intelligent and ambitious. Cassius is someone who can outthink him and makes him feel uneasy.

Brutus’s doesn't hold a grudge on Caesar and found him as friend. Brutus finds him as a threat to Rome because of Caesar’s growing power will enslave people and ruin the principles of the Roman government. Brutus feels more loyal to Rome then he does to Caesar. Brutus was one of the conspirators that helped kill Caesar.