Julius Caesar And Brutus Essay

Cassius and Brutus In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, which is a play centered around the death of the character Caesar. There are two main characters, Cassius and Brutus who have have many differences in the way they do things throughout the play. One of the first examples, found in the play, that Cassius and Brutus are different in the way they do things, is when the conspirators are getting ready to kill Caesar. A minor character, Decius, in the play when the conspirators are planning Caesar's death, says “Shall no one else be touch’d but only Caesar?” (563.) Cassius in the play says no, that Mark Antony shall die too, because he fears that Antony will try and seek revenge for Caesar's death (563.) Brutus, with the different ways of thinking than Cassius, says Mark Antony shall not die, because he thinks he is of no threat and all he can do is mourn …show more content…
After the decision not to kill Antony, the conspirators kill Caesar and before Brutus gives his reasonings to the people why he did it, him and Cassius have an argument, whether or not to let Mark Antony speak. Cassius tells Brutus, “You know not what you do. Do not consent that Antony speak in his funeral” (586.) Cassius says this, because he fears Antony will move the crowd to join him (586.) Brutus responds without fear saying, “Antony shall speak” because he believes that Antony will say what he tells him to and nothing more (586.) This example of the different ways of thinking between Cassius and Brutus will turn out to be a fatal flaw. Cassius and Brutus have many different ways of thinking, as shown above, in the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, which is shown through their arguments. Authors nowadays still use this same method of having characters with different ways of thinking to add more to the story and give it