5/17/2023 0 Comments Brutus pressured collatinusBrutus's honorable and humble ways have left him an easy target for Cassius to manipulate. “I am glad that my weak words have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus” (I.ii.177) With this line, Cassius is using humility to get Brutus on his side.Since Brutus really is an honorable man in the beginning, he does fall for these letters because of his love for Rome. Once Cassius has planted the seed, he begins to water it with these fake letters about how horribly Caesar is. The audience is given an idea of how Brutus’s character will change when Cassius says the lines “I will this night, in several hands, in at his windows throw, as if they came from several citizens, writings all tending to the great opinion that Rome holds of his name” (I.ii.315).This could mean that Brutus does want the power for himself, or he just truly believes that Caesar is not fit to rule. Although Brutus is honorable, he is human and does begin to fall for this idea of Caesar not being in power. Cassius knows that every man enjoy flattery, so he flatters Brutus with the idea of being just as powerful and Caesar. “Brutus and Caesar-what should be in that “Caesar”? Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together, yours is as fair a name” (I.ii.145) This is the beginning of Cassius manipulating Brutus.Without him feeding Brutus with doubt and courage, Brutus would not have had his transformation. Cassius is the man who planted the seed of change in Brutus's mind. The picture above is of Brutus and Cassius speaking.
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