Julius Caesar Brutus Speech Analysis

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Cassius was a bitter man who wanted power over Julius Caesar. He resented Caesar for being in power and wanted him dead. Cassius knew he couldn't be alone in trying to take him down, he would have to enlist in help from others. The first person Cassius went to was brutus, his brother in law and a praetor. Brutus was a nobleman, Cassius was going to need a legitimate reason for wanting to kill Caesar. He goes through the entire speech trying to display how the abundance of power was going to corrupt Caesar. Cassius uses claim of policy in his speech, it is given with the intention of persuading Brutus to help him remove Caesars power. He uses Brutus’s concern for the greater good to make him believe caesar is becoming a tyrant.

Cassius uses an immense amount of support in his speech, he knows it won't be easy to convince Brutus. He compares Brutus and Cassius, he says they are the same. He makes Brutus start to think about his own power and then how much power Caesar
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He does not mention this fact at all but is very crucial to the story line. If it wasn't already clear, the audience and even Brutus would be completely unaware of the reason Cassius wants to overthrow Julius. In a place that the warrant was misconstrued was the fact that brutus did have power, and a great deal of it, this was briefly touched in the beginning but when Cassius is explaining his plan it would be important to put into perspective of the power that Brutus has, and how this could possibly of affected his position on the matter and why Cassius was comparing him so heavily to …show more content…
Cassius made good use of the toulmin model to create a strong argument. His support was somewhat inefficient but hit home a little too hard, and his warrant was good and his claim was bulletproof. In the end his plan

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