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Comparing Brutus And Cassius In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Brutus and Cassius
In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, a group of people killed Caesar, a man who was to become King, because they felt he was to weak. Brutus and Cassius were leaders of this group. They have a few similarities and differenes. How they read people, who they trust, and how making decisions is how they are different and how they feel about Caesar becoming king is how they are similar.
In the play, Brutus and Cassius are differernt in many ways. After Caesar was murdered, Antony tells Brutus that he is on his side but wanted to speak at Caesar’s funeral. Brutus says he can speak as long as he doesn’t blame the conspiators in his speech. “You shall not in your funeral speech blame us, but speak all good you can devise of Caesar and say you do’t by our permission; else shall
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He wants to make them chase after them, maybe give up, or them get tired and not be expecting Cassius and Brutus. He knows this is right because he’s good at reading people while Brutus isn’t. But after all, Cassius still goes along with Brutus. This is another way they are different.
One way Cassius and Brutus are similar is because they both didn’t want Caesar to become king. Cassius didn’t think Caesar was fit or strong enough to rule Rome and Brutus killed him “for the good of Rome”(588). They both killed Caesar in the end even though they had totally different reasons for it, but they both wanted him dead and did not seem to grieve over his death.This is a way Brutus and Cassius are similar.
In the end, Cassius and Brutus have many differences but not a lot of similarities. They both wanted Caesar dead because they felt he was not fit for ruling, but both were different because one trusted more than they should and the other was good at reading people. This is how Brutus and Cassius similar and

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