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Julius Caesar Compare And Contrast Essay

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Compare and contrast In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is about a man named Cassius who is jealous that Caesar gets all of the power and he gets together with a man named Brutus and they make a group and then they kill Caesar and Caesar’s friend Mark Antony fights for Caesar. I will be comparing the characters Cassius and Caesar the characters are different on the ways they want Rome to be Ruled but the characters are alike in their love for Rome, their want for power, and how they are both overly confident. Cassius and Caesar are alike for their love for Rome. Cassius believes by killing Caesar he is saving Rome from having a weak leader. “Help me Cassius, or I sink””Give me some drink, Titinius”. In this quote Cassius shows that Caesar cannot do things on his own that most people can. In Caesar's will he give the people of Rome 75 drachmas each and left the people of rome his paths, private gardens, and newly planted orchards. “ To every several man, seventy-five drachmas””he hath left you his walks, his private arbors, and newly planted orchards”. In this quote Caesar shows that he love Rome by giving away all of these things in his …show more content…

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.Cassius shows that if they take down Caesar he will take the crown. When Caesar denies the crown he returns the crown each time slower.”Why, there was a crown offered him; and, being offered him, he put it by with the back of his hand, thus; and then the people fella-shouting”. ”Yes, indeed, it was, and he pushed it away three times, each time more gently than the last; and at each refusal my countrymen shouted”. Caesar shows that when he returns the crown slower each time he is regretting not taking it. Cassius and Caesar both show that they want power over the Roman

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