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Cassius Speech To Brutus Essay

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In Cassius' speech to Brutus during Act 1, scene 2 of the play Julius Caesar, Cassius points out that Caesar is not physically capable of ruling over Rome. He uses the fallacy of personal attack when he tells Brutus, after mentioning that he and Caesar jumped in a river, "But ere we could arrive the point proposed, Caesar cried 'Help me, Cassius, or I sink!'"(Act 1, scene 2). Cassius exhibits to Brutus that Caesar is physically unfit to rule Rome because he is not capable to swim. He does this to convince Brutus to help conspire against Caesar. However, rather than ridding Caesar for the sake of Rome, Cassius appears to want to get rid of Caesar simply for the sake of his dislike for Caesar. Furthermore, Cassius' extreme displeasure towards
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