Caesar Sammich

Act I: Provide your opinion on Cassius at this point in the play. Do you think he has good intentions? Why or why not?

While I do not know if Cassius realizes the political shock wave his actions may ripple across the Rome, at this point I think Cassius is acting in a matter that he feels is best for the people of Rome. One such dialogue reveals this, "What should be in that 'Caesar'? Why should that name be sounded more than yours?...yours is as fair a name...Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed that he is grown so great? (36)" Because we know little about Cassius' intents outside of his conversations with Brutus, the audience must assume that his noble persuasion pitch of social equality models his true desires.


Act II: If you had to give advice to Brutus to join the conspiracy, what would you tell him? Provide support from the story with your reasoning.

If I could advise Brutus in this situation, it would be to not kill his trusted leader. This is because the reasons Brutus is given to kill Caesar are flawed; Caesar will without doubt become corrupt; that as of now he is like a "serpent's egg" (50). Judging from Brutus' conversations with the future assassins, we know that Brutus has a certain amount of trust for Caesar. Therefore I believe it is completely irrational to not even give Caesar the chance to hold power for some time; if anything they could kill him if he proves to be irresponsible. One may argue, however, that once Caesar has attained that certain amount of power that he will be nearly untouchable; but I think this point is moot. I do believe that the security Caesar could obtain couldn't prevent a poisoned meal much less a full blown revolution.