Persuasive words can be used as a strong weapon and have the ability to be the cause of damage within people and their morals. In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare portrays a trend that friends will lie and go against each other, and the need for power will turn into a war. Firstly, in the early parts of the play, Cassius persuades Brutus into killing Caesar, he does so by convincing Brutus that killing him is for the good of Rome. Cassius says to Brutus, "The fault, dear Brutus is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings" (1.2.146). Cassius uses his words to get inside Brutus’s head and make him feel less so he will want to rise against his friend, Caesar. Secondly, even the actual murder of Caesar needs
