Mrs. Vandiver's Class NGHS discussion

In your opinion, what is one interesting line that Cassius says in Act 1? What does the line reveal about his character? You can use google for help!

He presents his best argument to convince Brutus, to conspire with him to assassinate Caesar.

Cassius talks about Caesar and how he dosent like all of this uproar. It revelas that he does not like change.

"That you have no such mirrors as will turn
Your hidden worthiness into your eye", lines 144-145 Cassius in Julius Casear
Cassius in this portion of the play is trying to appeal to Brutus so that Brutus will not guess his intentions quickly.Brutus will trust Cassius more after Cassius shows how much he admires Brutus.

"I am glad that my weak words
Have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus." This line reveals that Cassius is dishonest to Caesar by trying to further convince Brutus to join the conspiracy against him. Cassius wants Brutus to join his side.

Cassius talks about how he has saved Caesar's life more than once. This shows that he does not care about other's feelings, that he is just in it for his benefit.

I think his best line would be trying to convince Brutus to go against his best friend Julius.

When Casssius talks about the events that made Caesar a weak character. He is very convinving in his argument about how this made Caesar weak.

I find it interseting when Cassius talks about how he had to save Caesar`s life more then once. The people love Caeser and think that he is a god, but would they if they knew he had to be saved twice?

Cassius conspiriting about killing Caesar and getting Brutus on his side. This shows that Cassius is not loyal to Caesar.

I think that the line "Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings". - (Quote Act I, Scene II). I think that this quote is very motivational by saying that WE make who we are, nobody else.

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings."
The line reveals that Cassius believes that it is not desiny that put them below Caesar, it is their own actions that resulted in Caesar becoming superior to them.

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."
This quote shows that Cassius believes that men are masters of their own fate. This could show how Cassius will try to kill Caesar.

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in oursleves, that we are underlings." This line reveals that Cassius belives he is the one at fault for the reason he is below Caesar.

"I am glad that my weak words have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus."
This quote is interesting because it shows how Cassius is pleased about how well he was able to persuade Brutus with his argument to kill Caesar. This shows that Cassius believed that Brutus would be harder to persuade, and that he overestimated Brutus' bond to Caesar.

When Cassius talks about when Caesar almost drowned in a river, and Cassius had to save him. This shows how weak of a character Cassius thinks Ceasar is.

When Cassius says "I am glad that my weak words
Have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus" it shows that he is very clever and knows how to maipulateothers.

he makes up a whole plan to make brutus think the citizens are worried about caesar to get brutus in on the scheme. This shows that he is decietful.

"I am glad that my weak words
Have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus"
This shows that Cassius knows how to get into peoples heads and manipulate them.

"I am glad That my weak words have struck but thus much show Of fire from Brutus," because this shows Cassius knows his words did not go in vain

When Cassius talks about ho whe has saved caesar twice and the people are acting like he is a god. This show the anger that Cassius shows toward Caesar and that he doesnt want ceasar to be king.

Ay, do you fear it? 170
Then must I think you would not have it so.
This shows that Brutus already agrees with Cassius before Cassius has to convince him to much.

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."
This is shows Cassius's mood towards Caesar and seems to be a bit of a foreshadow since he talks about his rank falling underneath Casear's and his attitude towards Caesar may show his future plans for revenge.

I like how Cassius says he will be Brutus' mirror. he is trying to make Brutus try and join his side. He then starts to compliment Brutus so Brutus likes him more.

I think the line when Cassius begins to tell Brutus what he should see and what Brutus can't see because it begins to show Cassius's manipulative and cunning personality. To me, I think these few lines start the rebellion against Caesar.

"I am glad that my weak words
Have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus." This shows that Brutus is not loyal to Caesaer even though he clams to be close to him and look up to him. This proves that Cassius is manipulative and has a plan to end Caesars rein if he gets the support of the people.

I think that when Cassius says "I was born free as Caesar; so were you:
We both have fed as well, and we can both
Endure the winter's cold as well as he." he is beginning to convince others that Caesar should not be a god. This quote proves that Cassius believes that he and all others are an equal to Caesar.

The line "And since you know you cannot see yourself
So well as by reflection, I, your glass,
Will modestly discover to yourself
That of yourself which you yet know not of." reveals that Cassius is, in a way, a suck up towards Brutus. He is showering him in compliments in order to later manipulate him.

"I was born free as Caesar; so were you. I think this shows that he feels it is unfair that someone that was born as an equal should be better than him now.

I think an interesting line in the book is 'the fault, dear Brutus is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings' because they aren't blaming the fact that Caesar became the ruler of Rome on the gods but on themselves because they have the ability to make sure it doesn't happen.

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings." This quote represents Cassius saying that Brutus and him are under Julius and that they put themselves there, it was not fate or the way it is supposed to be, Brutus and/or Cassius should be "Caesar" not Julius.

That reveals that Cassius is a very sneaky and manipulative person.

I think an interesting line in the book is 'the fault, dear Brutus is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings' because they aren't blaming the fact that Caesar became the ruler of Rome on the gods but on themselves because they have the ability to make sure it doesn't happen.

"Our fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves we are underlings" This line is insightful and awesome because it shows that you can make your own fate and that our actions control our fate. This shows that Cassius is going to do anything he is willing to do to get what he wants.

"There was once a Brutus that would have brook'd the eternal devil to keep his state in Rome as easily as a king." This phrase reveals that Cassius and Brutus would do anything to be king of Rome. Cassius is a risk taker. He's willing to risk all his life just to try to become king.

Cassius is manipulating Brutus to betray Ceasar although Brutus doesn't mind Ceasar. Cassius obviously isn't loyal to Ceasar and is not being an honest senator. Brutus sadly is falling into Cassius' trap.

"And this man is now become a god, and Cassius is
a wretched creature and must bend his body
if Caesar carelessly but nod on him." This proves that Cassius despises how Caesar has become the loved one of the citizens. Cassius does not feel he should treat Caesar like a king.

"Our fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves we are underlings" is an important line because Cassius is trying to convince Brutus that Caesar was not picked by the gods to be ruler of Rome. The way a man lives and work decides what he will become. Cassius is devious and manipulative and believes that he can get Brutus to remove Caesar.

Crystal wrote: "In your opinion, what is one interesting line that Cassius says in Act 1? What does the line reveal about his character? You can use google for help!"

"I was born free as Caesar; so were you" is an interesting quote because even though they were born free together now Cassius has to bow to Caesar

The line: "I was born free as Ceasar; so were you" shows that even though they were born equal everyone like Cassius now must bow down to him. It shows that people think that Caesar is better even though they were all born equal.

"And this man is now become a god." This shows that he does not like the way that others are treating him and he is more pathetic than Cassius.

One line that Cassius said in Act one is that he does not not like all the attention that is being brought upon therefore it shows he does not like change.

"I am glad that my weak words
Have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus."
This quote reveals that Cassius is very sly and manipulative when he wants his way. Especially when he uses strong words that go well with persuading.

"I know this quality in you, Brutus—it’s as familiar to me as your face. Indeed, honor is what I want to talk to you about. I don’t know what you and other men think of this life, but as for me, I’d rather not live at all than live to worship a man as ordinary as myself. I was born as free as Caesar. So were you."
This quote shows how ambitious and smooth Cassius is with his words. He chooses his words wisely, so he doesn't come off so straight forward but he hints of his hate towards Caesar to see what kind of a reaction he would get from Brutus. Judging on Brutus' reaction, he determines whether or not he should spend his time convincing Brutus to rebel against Caesar. Given this, you see how determined Cassius' character is.

"I am glad that my weak words
Have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus"
This shows that Cassius is clever and sneaky and he knows what he's doing when trying to manipulate others while trying to convince them Caeser is not meant to be the ruler of Rome.

I think an interesting line that Cassius says is "I am glad that my weak words
Have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus" This line reveals that he is clever and trying to praise Brutus to get on his good side so that he will agree to assassinate Caesar.

The quote "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings." I found this Quote to be interesting, because it shows that cassius thinks it could also be their own fault that they have to bow down to Julius. This shows that cassius can be nice and not try to blame one person and that he can own up to some actions he didn't take.

It is interesting that Caesar dismisses the warning to "beware of the idea of march" so easily and it shows that he is arrogant to think that he does not need to listen to predictions that are trying to help him.