Cassius

In Act I of William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar", the character Cassius is introduced as a manipulative, jealous Roman senator of Julius Caesar. His character in the play plans to overthrow Caesar from his place on the throne of Rome; he believes that Caesar has no right to be king. As mentioned in Act I Scene II, Cassius and Brutus are having a conversation about Caesar; this is when Cassius starts to explain to Brutus, Caesar's friend and Roman politician, that Caesar should not be king. He does this by saying that Caesar is not the god that everyone thinks he is and telling Brutus of times when Caesar showed that he was mortal. For example, on line 111 of Scene II, Caesar drowned, and on lines 119-128, Caesar was sick and Cassius then called him a "sick girl". The play shows that Cassius is very persuasive in Act I Scene III. Cassius convinces Casca that the great storm is a sign, telling Cassius that he must remove Caesar from his place in Rome. Cinna arrives at the scene and Caesar also influences him and has him deliver fake letters from the people of Rome, which were actually written by Cassius, to Brutus that says Caesar is not fit to have the throne.