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.
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.
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.
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.
BBecause Cassius talks too much and is too eager to please.
Cassius had not sent any gold to pay Brutus' soldiers.
He's skinny. He has a lean and hungry look. In Caesar's books, that makes him dangerous.
She Doesn't want him to be ruler of Rome because she thinks Brutus will be ruler of Rome
Caesar's assassination by brutus + Cassius and a group of jealous senators
The dialogue shows that Cassius was on Caesar's radar as a possible threat.
Cassius wants to kill Caesar
Cassius compared the storm to Caesar because they were both powerful. It was the belief of Cassius that, like a storm, Caesar would wreak havoc on the state of Rome.
Cassius is envious of Caesar. because Cassius didn't want to be ruler my anyone. Cassius felt that Caesar had too much power and was bad for Rome.
He was envious and jealous of Caesar.
Insightful, jealous of Caesar, resentful of authority
Caesar's assassination by brutus + Cassius and a group of jealous senators
He is jealous of Caesar's power, both in terms of his power as a dictator and his power as a demagogue.
Cassius was not Caesar. Cassius wanted to kill Caesar for jealousy and some other issues.
The dialogue shows that Cassius was on Caesar's radar as a possible threat.
Cassius wants to kill Caesar
Caesar got influenced very easily by Cassius and the other conspirators. Moreover, some people thought that Caesar was very ambitious and was a threat to democracy. Cassius and the other conspirators were jealous of Caesar and didn't like Caesar as he was very brave, was a great warrior in battles and was the appropriate candidate for the throne of Rome.
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."
what weaknessess did cassius see in caesar
Cassius compared the storm to Caesar because they were both powerful. It was the belief of Cassius that, like a storm, Caesar would wreak havoc on the state of Rome.
Cassius tells Brutus that he should be ruler not Caesar. Cassius says that Brutus would make a better ruler than to be second to Caesar.