Oscar Wilde once said that “a thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.” This statement proved to be true in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Caesar was well loved by the people of Rome until, one day when, Cassius and Brutus decided he would be dangerous to Rome and killed him. In the play, we see a struggle between Brutus as he stands in the middle of the cross fire undecided of killing Caesar or not. We also see Cassius trying to convince Brutus to take action against Caesar later leading to Brutus trying to convince himself Caesar must die. While both Cassius and Brutus use diction and figurative language, Cassius uses repetition to compare and Brutus uses figurative language to compare. Cassius uses these style elements to convince Brutus to take action against Caesar and Brutus uses them to convince himself Caesar must die. While diction is used in …show more content…
In Cassius speech, he is trying to show Brutus he is equal to Caesar while Brutus is trying to convince himself killing Caesar is the right thing to do. To do this, Cassius uses repetition of certain words like “both” and “as well” to emphasize how Caesar and Brutus are the same. Where as, Brutus uses a metaphor stating “think him as a serpent’s egg which would grow mischievous” to emphasize how Caesar is not yet dangerous but can become very dangerous. The messages are similar because each is trying to convince someone that Caesar needs to die, but the style element that’s used to reach the audience is different because Cassius used repetition and Brutus used figurative language to prove their point. In conclusion, we see both Cassius and Brutus use diction and figurative language to show how dangerous Caesar is. But, Cassius used repetition to compare while Brutus used figurative language to compare. However, both speeches were meant to make Brutus take action against and ultimately kill