The main theme of the play is first represented in this conversation between Brutus and Cassius. Cassius, a deceitful and distasteful man, uses his words to convince Brutus that Caesar is not fit to be the sole leader of Rome. His words are so powerful that Brutus, who once said that he “[loves Caesar] well” (1.2.88), is convinced to go along with plot to kill him.
The tone of Cassius’s speech is overall catty. He attacks Caesar on a personal level and calls him a girl at one point. The speech started off by stressing honor and dignity, two characteristics that we know Brutus values greatly. After Brutus is roped in by this, Cassius goes on to describe a few stories in which Caesar seems inferior and powerless. In these stories, Cassius utilizes …show more content…
The more people Cassius can convince, the more likely his plan will be successful.
It is now discernible that even the most powerful man in all of Rome is no match to the power of words. Decius’s spiel easily convinces Caesar to contradict his spouse and accept his crown.
The tone of this passage is both blunt and quite frightening to Caesar. Decius structures his speech accordingly - he builds Caesar up with the prospect of the crown, and then slowly generates doubt by claiming that the crown may be taken away from him. Decius knew that imagery of a derisive senate (“it were a mock apt to be render’d … ‘break up the Senate till another time, when Caesar’s wife shall meet with better dreams’”) would harm Caesar’s ego and sway him to visit Senate.
This passage is crucial to the rest of the play. Decius convinced Caesar to visit Senate and claim his crown, and he would later on be assassinated there. Had Decius not done this, Caesar would not have been killed in such a public place (or even at all), and Brutus, Cassius, and the rest of the conspirators would have had a wrench thrown in their plans. They would have had to rework their strategy and could have made his death much more …show more content…
He begins his oration by reinstating his own honorability, strengthening his statements with parallel structure (“hear me… believe me… censure me…”). He then makes it clear that his crime was committed with the well being of the public in mind by claiming that he “loved Caesar” and providing imagery of the docile lives everybody would be forced to live if Caesar was given enough power. He asks the rhetorical question “Who here is so base that would be a bondman” (3.2.28) to end his statement and make his claims appear to be obviously
The tone of Cassius’s speech is overall catty. He attacks Caesar on a personal level and calls him a girl at one point. The speech started off by stressing honor and dignity, two characteristics that we know Brutus values greatly. After Brutus is roped in by this, Cassius goes on to describe a few stories in which Caesar seems inferior and powerless. In these stories, Cassius utilizes …show more content…
The more people Cassius can convince, the more likely his plan will be successful.
It is now discernible that even the most powerful man in all of Rome is no match to the power of words. Decius’s spiel easily convinces Caesar to contradict his spouse and accept his crown.
The tone of this passage is both blunt and quite frightening to Caesar. Decius structures his speech accordingly - he builds Caesar up with the prospect of the crown, and then slowly generates doubt by claiming that the crown may be taken away from him. Decius knew that imagery of a derisive senate (“it were a mock apt to be render’d … ‘break up the Senate till another time, when Caesar’s wife shall meet with better dreams’”) would harm Caesar’s ego and sway him to visit Senate.
This passage is crucial to the rest of the play. Decius convinced Caesar to visit Senate and claim his crown, and he would later on be assassinated there. Had Decius not done this, Caesar would not have been killed in such a public place (or even at all), and Brutus, Cassius, and the rest of the conspirators would have had a wrench thrown in their plans. They would have had to rework their strategy and could have made his death much more …show more content…
He begins his oration by reinstating his own honorability, strengthening his statements with parallel structure (“hear me… believe me… censure me…”). He then makes it clear that his crime was committed with the well being of the public in mind by claiming that he “loved Caesar” and providing imagery of the docile lives everybody would be forced to live if Caesar was given enough power. He asks the rhetorical question “Who here is so base that would be a bondman” (3.2.28) to end his statement and make his claims appear to be obviously