Throughout act one of the play, Julius Caesar, we see a lot of conspiracy between Cassius and Brutus about Julius Caesar. Cassius is a twisted, mean person who enjoys hurting other people’s feelings. Brutus on the other hand, is a well-respected, judicial magistrate of Rome who is persuaded by Cassius to join the conspiracy against Caesar.
At the beginning of act one we observe that Brutus is hiding something but will not tell Cassius what it is that is bothering him. Cassius tries to get it out of Brutus and finally he does. “I do fear the people/ Choose Caesar for their king”. Brutus fears that if Caesar takes the crown of Rome, he will turn into a tyrant and enslave the people. From then on goes on at Brutus saying how he should be there instead of Caesar. “Why should that name be sounded more than yo
In conclusion, throughout act one Cassius always seems to get his way in that he can easily manipulate anybody into thinking what he thinks and feels. This shows that Cassius is a very malevolence person who enjoys others misfortunes.
Soon enough Cassius gets what he wanted; Brutus is entirely against Caesar which contradicts what he said earlier, that he loved Caesar. This is what effect Cassius’ manipulation has on people- they begin to forget there own thoughts and feelings and believe whatever Cassius tells them. This is all Cassius’ fault of course, he was able to manipulate Brutus into thinking that Caesar is a bad man and no one should trust him. To take this even further Cassius plans to put up posters and send letters to Brutus pretending to be the Roman citizens and telling Brutus how much they w
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