ome tyrannical like many others who were given a total dictatorship. Brutus also draws his heart toward joining the conspiracy because he fears that if the nobles of Rome give Caesar so much potential power for evil that he will no longer be able to resist the temptation to suppress the rights of Roman citizens.) (Mowant, P. 215 - 216)When Brutus' heart was moving toward the conspiracy, Cassius, with his eloquent tong, persuades Brutus even more. Cassius wants Brutus to be the chief of the conspirators to gain the public's justification and respect for their assassination. (He has already stirred his friends against Caesar: they all agreed and promised to take part with him.) (Daniell, P.335) (In Cassius' passionate argument in act one, scene two, he blames Caesar for the power he has accumulated, and the weak willed nobilities of Rome for letting Caesar have all the power. He also mentions Caesar's desire to rule with a god like authority and that with the increased power he will become even more tyrannical. However, it was still hard for Brutus to reach a conclusion because although Julius Caesar was ambitious, he has never shown any signs of becoming a totalitarian. Suddenly, a shout from the crowds attending Caesar, offstage, startles Brutus, and he accidentally speaks his thoughts aloud: "I do fear the people choose Caesar for their king." (Shakespear 1.2. 79) The word fear' encourages Cassius to proceed with an attack on Caesar. Cassius points out that Caesar is being treated as if he were a superhuman. He recalls two instances when Caesar showed weakness, but Cassius speaks as though the weakness were moral, and not merely physical. Here we can see Cassius' mean spirit, but Brutus does not notice this because the shout from the crowd distracted him.) (Roma, P. 4 - 15) Though Brutus was unable to fault Caesar, he resorts to a generalization, a "common proof," which says that ambitious men, at the height of their pow...
