Why would Cassius be jealous of Caesar?

Answer 1

In the context of Shakespeare's play, "Julius Caesar", Cassius opposes Caesar initially out of fear that, should Caesar become king, he will rule Rome as a dictator. Soon, however, other motivations arise: personal enmity and jealousy.

Answer 2

Cassius did not want an emperor of the Roman Republic because it was a democracy at that time. Many other senators also did not like this idea but almost everyone who lived there, as the population, like Ceasar and wanted him to become emperor even though he himself refused. Also Cassius was a friend of Pompey whom Caesar killed in his wars.

Answer 3

Many have analyzed Shakespeare's interpretation of the Caesar/Cassius thing, but when you boil the issue down it appears that Cassius is simply playing the role of generic stock villain. Shakespeare's generic villains are always motivated by envy or ambition or pride or whatever crap he uses when he can't be bothered with a historically accurate backstory.

He'll then in about half his work have the stock villain come to some sort of moral realisation and commit suicide, which is then used as a device to off two, three, sometimes four additional characters for the same reason. By JC he had done this already half a dozen or so times. Can't we let the evil villain win for once? Next to the overreaching protagonist it's the sixteenth century equivalent of the laugh track, the only reason it's supposedly memorable is because it's put to almost impenetrable and very quickly tedious soliloqy. Seriously, Marlow was doing this crap first and it was boring when he did it too.

Answer 4

In contrast to Brutus, who loves Caesar, but destroys him for the good of Rome, Cassius is jealous of Caesar's power. Brutus is concerned by Caesar's ambition, but Cassius is no friend of Caesar and is jealous of him.

Answer 5

BBecause Cassius talks too much and is too eager to please.

Answer 6

Cassius had not sent any gold to pay Brutus' soldiers.

Answer 7

He's skinny. He has a lean and hungry look. In Caesar's books, that makes him dangerous.

Answer 8

She Doesn't want him to be ruler of Rome because she thinks Brutus will be ruler of Rome