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Foils Of Brutus And Cassius In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

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In this play Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, the two main characters that are foils to on another. Brutus and Cassius are the two leading conspirators who plan an assassination of the Roman figure Julius Caesar. Although they do succeed in the murder of Caesar and the victory in the battle that ensues there is diffraction because of the way they are conflicting because of attitudes when evident in their personality traits. In the beginning Brutus was unsure to follow through with this plan on the other hand Cassius was sure. They came to the understanding that if they killed Caesar then they would be doing the people of Rome good and be protecting them. Cassius is an ambitious man, he will do anything to get what he wishes
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