Cassius was one of the senators that Caesar forgave after the death of Pompey. Cassius saw this fault in Caesar, that was he wanted to be king. The best quote from Cassius was to Brutus in order to entice him into the conspiracy against Caesar was this one:
"... a Senate half filled with Caesar's appointees would pass the "measure to give kingship to Caesar" and in doing so all hopes for the restoration of the Republic would be lost."
Brutus thinks Cassius as his mirror , who takes his bad habits and reflects them into good habits. As we see in Act I , When Brutus cannot decide that should he join the Conspirators , Cassius tells him about Caesar's physical problems , his political views about Cassius. So , Brutus feels Cassius as his noble friend , who will always be his mirror to guide him through the darkness.
Cassius states that Caesar is no greater than he or Brutus (by birth), and is indeed a lesser man physically. So he feels it is wrong that he should be the one and only power in Rome, especially a Rome that was a Republic -- and therefore all Roman men share political equality (ideally). He also implies later that Caesar doesn't really like him and that upsets him: he isn't part of Caesar's inner circle.
Gaius Cassius Longinus, Marcus Junius Brutus, Servius Sulpicius Galba, Quintus Ligarius, Lucius Minucius Basilus, Publius Servilius Casca Longus, Gaius Servilius Casca, Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, Lucius Tillius Cimber, Gaius Trebonius, Lucius Cassius Longinus, Gaius Cassius Parmensis, Caecilius, Bucolianus, Rubrius Ruga, Marcus Spurius, Publius Sextius Naso, Lucius Pontius Aquila, Petronius, Decimus Turullius, Pacuvius Antistius Labeo. All of whom were Roman senators angered by Caesars policies. Marcus Tullius Cicero was uninformed of the plot, but commented on it with favor. he did however have criticisms, especially on their failure to assassinate Mark Antony as well.
Julius Caesar was killed by a group of senators who wanted to remove him from office and could see no other way to usurp him.
Cassius means that Brutus is unable to see what everyone else does, namely, that Brutus is widely respected. Cassius offers to serve as a human mirror so that Brutus may discover himself and conceive of himself in new ways. -
what weaknessess did cassius see in caesar
After sarcastically comparing Caesar to the Colossus of Rhodes, showing how Caesar thinks himself superior to the senators, his epilepsy makes him seem less than an average senator, in Cassius' mind.
In Shakespeare's play, Cassius is sounding Brutus out to see if he is sympathetic to the plot against Caesar.
Only if Caesar isn't good for the people
Cassius has a beef with Julius Caesar, the dictator of Rome, and he is trying to recruit like-minded souls like Brutus and Casca to his cause. The conflict we see in Act 1 is between Cassius and Caesar.
Brutus thinks Cassius as his mirror , who takes his bad habits and reflects them into good habits. As we see in Act I , When Brutus cannot decide that should he join the Conspirators , Cassius tells him about Caesar's physical problems , his political views about Cassius. So , Brutus feels Cassius as his noble friend , who will always be his mirror to guide him through the darkness.
Cassius states that Caesar is no greater than he or Brutus (by birth), and is indeed a lesser man physically. So he feels it is wrong that he should be the one and only power in Rome, especially a Rome that was a Republic -- and therefore all Roman men share political equality (ideally). He also implies later that Caesar doesn't really like him and that upsets him: he isn't part of Caesar's inner circle.
Cassius wrote them and Cinna delivered them. See the very end of Act I Scene 3.
There was no character named John in Julius Caesar. However three mysterious things you can see in Caesar include his bond with Cassius, friendship with Brutus both of whom conspired to assassinate him and finally his loyalty to his country amidst various challenges he faces.
This quote is from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Act I Scene 2. The scene begins with Caesar and his entourage preparing to greet the waiting crowd of Roman citizens. Cassius and Brutus are there, and early on, Caesar shows his shrewd political insight by identifying Cassius as dangerous man, and while Caesar stands before the cheering crowd Cassius very subtly reveals his political nature and strong distaste for Caesar to Brutus. Then Casca enters, reporting the news of Caesars and Antony's dramatics and tells how Antony offered Caesar the crown three times, each time Caesar rejecting it. When Casca exits, Brutus makes an off hand remark about the slow nature of Casca by saying: "What a blunt fellow is this grown to be. He was quick mettle when he went to school." Brutus is commenting on Casca's seeming slow nature which is contrary to how he was in the past and Cassius responds with a subtle rebuke of Brutus misjudgment of character by responding: "So is he now in execution. Of any bold or noble enterprise, however he puts on this tardy form. This rudeness is a sauce to his good wit, which give men stomach to digest his words with better appetite.." The irony of the remark made by Cassious is that he his advising Brutus to be less dismissive of others and consider the true nature of peoples seeming inferiority. It is Brutus who is the tragic hero of this story and all tragic heroes are felled by their own hubris. Brutus is afflicted with an air of superiority but he also holds strongly the ideal that people are basically good. He views both Casca and Cassius as good people and is most certainly unaware of Cassius' subtle designs to use Brutus in his conspiracy to kill Caesar. The irony is that while Cassius is advising Brutus to look past peoples facades, he is relying on the fact that Brutus will not see through his own.
There are many good things about Brutus. He is a genuine republican and has a sincere concern for the welfare of the state. His stoic philosophy and his unremitting honesty is impressive. Unfortunately he is too good for the political world in which he finds himself, and is committed to a model of government which is obsolete. Cassius is not cut from the same bolt. He is a practical politician. He is not so much committed to republicanism as an ideal but jealous and worried about the drift towards absolute monarchy that is happening with Caesar. Cassius doesn't trust Caesar and doesn't want to see him that powerful, because he knows that Caesar does not trust him and will shut him out. In general, Cassius is still better than either Antony or Octavian, who both want to ride Caesar's coattails to gain absolute power for themselves.
Brutus: A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March. Caesar: Set him before me; let me see his face. Cassius: Follow, come from the throng; look upon caesar. Soothsayer: Beware the ides of March. Caesar: He is a dreamer; let us leave him. Pass.