ate Rome therefore, Caesarshould be stopped before he grows stronger and become tyrannical like many others who weregiven a total dictatorship. Brutus also draws his heart toward joining the conspiracy because hefears that if the nobles of Rome give Caesar so much potential power for evil that he will nolonger 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 thepublic’s justification and respect for their assassination. (He has already stirred his friends againstCaesar: 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 mentionsCaesar’s desire to rule with a god like authority and that with the increased power he will becomeeven more tyrannical. However, it was still hard for Brutus to reach a conclusion becausealthough 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 accidentallyspeaks 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 outthat Caesar is being treated as if he were a superhuman. He recalls two instances when Caesarshowed weakness, but Cassius speaks as though the weakness were moral, and not merelyphysical. Here we can see Cassius’ mean spirit, but Brutus does not notice this because the shoutfrom the crowd distracted him.) (Roma, P. 4 - 15) Though Brutus was unable to fault Cae...
