Brutus vs Cassius
Brutus vs. Cassius “Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself Are much condemn'd to have an itching palm; To sell and mart your offices for gold To undeservers” (IV.iii.9-12). At the beginning of the story Cassius and Brutus both claim to be killing Caesar for the greater good of the state. But by the end only of them still goes by their word and is still honorable and the other is not proven to be an honorable man. At the end of the story in the tent scene it starts to shows who Brutus and Cassius really are and it reveals that Cassius is weak and shows that Brutus is the more honorable one in the situation.
Act IV scene iii Brutus and Cassius get into an argument. Several times Brutus calls Cassius out and shows how different he is from his former friend. Cassius is a liar. Brutus states, “Remember March, the ides of March remember. Did not great Julius bleed for justice' sake? What villain touched his body, that did stab, And not for justice? What, shall one of us That struck the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honors For so much trash as may be graspèd thus? I had rather be a dog and bay the moon Than such a Roman” (IV.iii.18-27). In that statement Brutus is basically saying, which one of them stabbed Caesar for any reason other than justice, which one of them struck down the most powerful man in the world to support robbers, and take bribes for their positions, and that he would rather be a dog than that kind of person. That statement shows that deep down Brutus is still an honorable man and also shows how low and dis-honorable a person Cassius is. Cassius replies to what Brutus states by threatening, “Brutus, bait not me. I’ll not endure it. You forget yourself To hedge me in. I am a soldier, I, Older in practice, abler than yourself To make conditions” (IV.iii.28-31). Cassius is trying to say that Brutus is provoking him and
Act IV scene iii Brutus and Cassius get into an argument. Several times Brutus calls Cassius out and shows how different he is from his former friend. Cassius is a liar. Brutus states, “Remember March, the ides of March remember. Did not great Julius bleed for justice' sake? What villain touched his body, that did stab, And not for justice? What, shall one of us That struck the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honors For so much trash as may be graspèd thus? I had rather be a dog and bay the moon Than such a Roman” (IV.iii.18-27). In that statement Brutus is basically saying, which one of them stabbed Caesar for any reason other than justice, which one of them struck down the most powerful man in the world to support robbers, and take bribes for their positions, and that he would rather be a dog than that kind of person. That statement shows that deep down Brutus is still an honorable man and also shows how low and dis-honorable a person Cassius is. Cassius replies to what Brutus states by threatening, “Brutus, bait not me. I’ll not endure it. You forget yourself To hedge me in. I am a soldier, I, Older in practice, abler than yourself To make conditions” (IV.iii.28-31). Cassius is trying to say that Brutus is provoking him and