"Yon Cassius hath a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous.” ~said Cesar (Act1.2 lines 191-192). This quotation creates some tension and foreshadows what will occur further down the play. This quote also shows that Cassius is being seen as a threat to Caesar and that Cassius has this craving for power and that hunger is targeting a certain someone. With Cassius’s heart filled with jealousy and an ego full of a gluttonous lust for power and reputation, he plots to assassinate the weak Caesar from being king with the help of the Conspirators.
Jealousy is common in everyone, but for Cassius it was more of a disease. Cassius with his jealousy running through his veins watches as Caesar whom Cassius see’s as a weak old man and an unfit leader rise up in power and be offered a crown. With this disease that manifests Cassius, he tries to convince people that Caesar is unfit to be a leader. “And this man. Is now become a god, and Cassius is a wretched creature, and must bend his body if Caesar but carelessly but nod at him” ~said Cassius (Act 1.2 lines 115-118). This quote that Cassius said shows that Caesar has risen to the reputation of a god and that Cassius has the reputation of a mere wretched creature. Cassius filled with jealousy feels that he needs to even things out and make things fair and just, for him. This disease of jealousy has further evolved into Greed, which has created a lust for power deep within Cassius. Cassius is greedy with power because with Caesar rising to be the king of Rome, the Republic way would cease to exist taking away all the power that Cassius has as a Senator and leaving this one man to rule all of Rome. “Ye gods, it doth amaze me a man of such feeble temper should so get the start of the majestic world, and bear the palm alone.” ~said Cassius (Act 1.2 lines 127-129). This quote shows how Cassius thinks that Caesar should not be the only one with the power, and in this scene he does not care about the Plebeians but more for himself. This further motivate Cassius to kill Caesar because with all his power gone, Cassius is left powerless and this is not what he thinks to be fair and just to him. With Jealousy and Greed enveloping him and the thought of this weak man becoming leader of Rome and taking his power, Cassius plots to assassinate Caesar not for the people of Rome but for himself.
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s mind, the jealousy flowing through his veins, and the gluttonous greed that lust for power inside of him, Cassius behaves very sly and manipulative, speaking poorly of Caesar to find fellow members who share the same goal and to kill Caesar. Even though Cassius has thrust his blade into Caesar and achieving his goal, he still failed at getting his power. Cassius only got through half of his plan and this happened because he has done this assassination not for the people but for himself and this was not a very honorable act, that is why it did not fully appeal to the people of Rome even when Brutus, ‘the most Honorable Man in Rome,’ has given a speech about how noble there was no hiding the true meaning of this murderous and unworthy act.
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