While attempting to strike fear in Catiline Cicero repeatedly stated to the Consul his own fear of Catiline. Cicero could only lay his fears and anxiety to rest once Catiline had left, imprisonment or execution would not do for a new fear would merely arise. By stating his fear to the Consul, Cicero, the man brave enough to speak against the terrifying Catiline, is not only frighting the Consul members but portraying his bravery as well. "Cicero needed to demonize Catiline in such a way because his opinion that the frustrated politician was also a dangerous criminal was a contested one." (Langerwerf 156) Cicero had to warp the Consuls image of Catiline because as Langerwerf stated not everyone believed Catiline was so bad, in a sense we could
