He takes a prominent role in the conspiracy against Caesar, his close friend. ... Caesar acquired a lot of fame and therefore much power in the Roman kingdom. ... Cassius tries to convince Brutus to join the conspiracy once again and learns about Brutus's fear of Caesar's power and uses it to persuade him. ... Then, he insists that Caesar ambition would have made him a tyrant and therefore, the Romans would have been his slaves. ... Cassius gets Brutus to join the conspiracy by pretending to be a loving friend of him. ...

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Cassius is manipulative because he is trying to find traits in Caesar that Brutus dislikes to get him to join his conspiracy to kill Caesar. ... The final evidence of Brutus and Cassius being foils of each other is when Cassius is trying to give Brutus the final "nudge" that he needs to join the conspiracy. ... However, Cassius is neither as noble nor honorable as Brutus is because he cares only for himself and craves only power. ... Had you rather Caesar were living , and die all slaves, than that Caesar was dead to live all freeman? ... Here, Brutus is telling the people of Rome that he t...

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• Grade Level: High School