Julius Ceasar Expository Essay

-intoduction Brutus and Cassius, is there a diffrence, or are they the same? In the drama Julius Caesar, Caesar is the ruler of Rome. A lot of the Romans do not like Caesar, but they respect him as ruler, except for a a hand full who are planning to kill Caesar. This group of people are called the conspirasors -Comparison Both Brutus and Cassius greatly love Rome and care deeply for the Republic.

Cassius`s love of Rome stems more from a love of what his country has to offer him personally, but he is deeply patriotic and genuinely upset that “these wide walls encompass but one man. ” After all, Cassius is describes as Titinius as “the last of all the Romans. ” Both Brutus and Cassius, alternate between a belief in fate and a conviction that they possess free will. Cassius says “the fault… lies not in our stars but in ourselves that we are underlings. ” Later, however, he rejects this claim saying that he no longer “holds Epicurus strong. Brutus says “There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to victory,” but his encounter with Caesar’s ghost makes him doubt this belief. -Differences Brutus is actually friends with Caesar and highly respects him and what he does. Brutus is honorable and is pretty much friends with everyone. Cassius is good at manipulating people, and he is not fond of Caesar. He does not want Caesar to have all the power that he has now. He will do whatever he has to in order to make Caesar to stand down.