Compare and Contrast Brutus and Cassius
...lowing Marc Anthony to speak at Caesar’s funeral was the first philosophical mistake made; this decision is not from the mind of a political or military strategist but an honorable man. Cassius makes his decisions as a strategist, like advising Brutus not to allow Anthony to speak and his battle plan for Philippi which was based on proven military strategy Cassius is able to easily manipulate Brutus to join the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar. Still Brutus asks Cassius, “Into what dangers would you lead me?” which clearly proves beyond doubt that Brutus knew of the fermenting in Cassius. Again after comparing the facts you can clearly see that honor in Brutus and the hatred in Cassius. Although they were all involved in the same crime, Brutus was the only person who committed it for the overall good of Rome. Cassius and the rest of the conspirators did so because they were jealous of the amount of power that Caesar was gaining, even though Brutus might have thought they did it for the same reason he did. Brutus was a very naïve person. He always saw the good in everyone, which was the main reason Cassius was able to manipulate him into joining the conspiracy. Cassius, on the other hand, was sly and knew how to convince people into doing things by targeting their emotions. An example for this was when he convinced Casca to join the conspiracy. Brutus tends to see the good qualities in a person, and therefore is blind when it comes to paying attention to what people around h...