Cassius Domino Effect

Cassius Domino Effect The overlord lightning that rules our lives has always made us both the protagonist and the victim. In William Shakespeares tragedy, Julius Caesar, he focuses on the actions and results in the play that occur in a domino effect, with characters that set forth fifty-fiftyts that lead to great suffering. In Julius Caesar, Cassius is the tragical figure who contributes to the hatful of the conspirators as a whole, but through the reverent lighting, matters could not be helped.Cassiuss personality leads to his, and galore(postnominal) others, fatal downfall. Cassiuss is seen as the leader of the conspirators, the manipulative master behind the cruel plan. He, with many a(prenominal) others, disdain Caesar for his arrogance, yet Cassius encompasses the same exact trait. His arrogance is shown in make I, when he and Brutus are talking, and Cassius notices the unease in Brutus eyes when they believe Caesar is crowned. He says, I was born as free as Caesar, (1. 2, 104).In this speech Cassius is seek to convey the idea that Brutus is as good as Caesar so that Brutus testament be more inclined to join the conspiracy, but Cassius uses the first equivalence of Caesar to explain that Caesar is no unwrap than he. His cunning, manipulative nature bleeds through in his very first speech, his arrogance is clearly shown and his motives laid down. Cassius jealousy leads to his incompatibility of Caesar. Only Caesars death being the answer to Cassius insecurities. The cunning economic consumption Cassius practices affects everybody in the play.Cassius manipulation so purely spoken by Brutus when he proclaims, What dangers would you lead me, Cassius/That you would have me seek into myself/ For that which is not in me? (1. 2, 69-71). Brutus jealousy of Caesar had not yet progressed to the level of malevolence, but as Brutus said Cassius spurns him on egotistically to mold him into what bene adjoins him the around. Brutus is troubled at first, uns ure what to do, and his odd behavior aggravates Portia, do her to grieve because of the knowledge she does not know.Once the conspiracy is revealed to her she becomes edgy, and the arrival of Octavius sends her into a fit of stress which ends with her swallowing fire. Caesars death is the main source of suffering, but Caesars curse is not because of his death. His suffering is revealed in the moments before he dies, he utters the close memorable line in history, he cries, Et tu Brute? (3. 1, 85). This is the cause of Caesars complete death, the death of not just his body but of his trust.Caesar could grasp the betrayal of the other senators, because that is politics, but the betrayal of someone he viewed as a friend, someone he loved, destroyed him. Antonys speech, causing the most wide spread wave of despair, leads the Romans to exclaim, O noble Caesar / O piteous day . . . We will be r eveged, (3. 2, 211-214). Their anger then leads to the suffering of many, unconstipated the innocent, as is exampled with the Poet Cinnas death. The pristine control Cassius prides himself with, slips and turns Cassius into anything but the victor in this war of superiority.After Caesars death Brutus becomes the leading face of the conspirators, leaving Cassius without even the pride of that small feat. Brutus becomes the leading face of the conspirators so now Cassius provokenot even pride himself with that. When Cassius and Brutus fight, thinking the other has deceived them, Cassius falters, Cassius is aweary of the world/ Hated by the ones he loves, braved by his brother/ . . . / Strike as thou didst at Caesar, for I know/ When thou didst hate him worst, thou I lovedst him better/ Than ever thou lovedst Cassius, (4. , 106-119). Cassius jealousy still remains, despite Caesars death. The tonicity of unworthiness still runs deep, he feels like he still cant compare to Caesar and it is tearing him apart. In the end though, through another(prenominal) misunderstanding, Cassius believes that the battle has been lost and his close friend, Titinius has been captured, he exclaims, O coward that I am to live so long/ To see my beat out friend taen before my face (5. 3, 36-37). Ironically as Caesar has lost his best friend so has Cassius, which leads to his conflicted death.In the end Cassius is the conductor of his own suffering. It was Frye who wisely entitle that the tragic heroes seem the inevitable conductors of power, yet they become the both the prick and victim of the divine lighting. Cassius is seen as the leader of the conspirators leading him to contribute to the vision of the conspirators as a whole, but through his choices he causes the suffering of many including himself. Revenge is bittersweet.