Act 1 Quotation

Quote:
Well, Brutus, thou art noble; yet I see
Thy honorable mettle may be wrought
From that it is disposed;

Translation:
In this quote, Cassius is saying: "Well Brutus, you are noble and honorable, but I think that I can use your honor against you." In other words, Cassius thinks he can persuade Brutus against his better nature to join the conspirators.

So far, Cassius has been trying to secretly convince Brutus that he is just as important as Caesar; that he can rule Rome instead of Caesar; that he is supreme over Caesar. However, so far, Brutus has not joined in with the conspirators and he has stayed honorable to the new ruler of Rome. But I have noticed that Brutus just kind of sits there and listens to Cassius's degrading of Caesar...He hasn't really argued the stories. So I do think that he might be able to be persuaded.

But in the back of my head, I can't sit here and think that Cassius is doing all of this for Brutus. I think that he is going to benefit from his conspiracy plan in the end somehow. Or at least, he thinks he will. In Cassius's stories, he constantly points out how he was an honorable and loyal friend by saving Caesar multiple times, and yet got no reward for it. He complains that after all the things he did for him, he now has to obey him since he is the ruler of Rome. He has to basically become his servant and live in the dark while Caesar becomes famous.

-Sloth