Thunder And Lightning In Julius Caesar

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7. All throughout Scene 3, there is thunder and lightning, or as Cicero says, “This disturbed sky/ Is not to walk in” (Shakespeare 772). This becomes especially significant when you consider that the people of Rome treat the weather as acts of the gods. Like Casca says, “…the world too saucy with the gods,/ Incenses them to send destruction” (Shakespeare 772). The king of Roman deities, Zeus himself, is the god of lightning. Casca says, “…never till tonight, never till now,/ Did I go through a tempest dropping fire” (Shakespeare 771). The fire is presumably the lightning mentioned in the stage direction for the scene, the very lightning that Zeus, who also happens to be the god of justice and balance, has power to send. That makes a quick connection …show more content…
Brutus has a strong love for Rome, saying of himself, “Brutus had rather be a villager/ Than to repute himself a son of Rome” (Shakespeare 767). Brutus shows loyalty that the readers has thus far not seen of many of the characters. However, Brutus is different. He is a man driven by honor and his love of Rome. After all, Brutus says, “I love/ The name of honor more than I fear death” (Shakespeare 764). While Cassius is willing to die so as not to live in a world where Caesar is king, Brutus’ loyalties to the country are more secure. His honor is rooted in his ancestor’s accomplishments in Rome: “There was a Brutus once that would have brooked/ Th’eternal devil to keep his stature in Rome/ As easily as a king” (Shakespeare 765-766). Brutus is shown as strong in the first act; he has secure family roots, loyalty to Rome, and his honor to protect. However, Cassius does manage to gain “three parts of him” (Shakespeare 777), something attributes to the fact that “Who so firm that cannot be seduced?” (Shakespeare 771).
12. Cassius claims that he would kill and die to keep Caesar from the throne, while Brutus says he would do those things for honor. There’s one clear difference right away. Brutus is far better with the people: “…that which would appear offense in us,/ His countenance, like richest alchemy,/ Will change to virtue and to worthiness” (Shakespeare 777). Brutus is a man of noble “countenance,” while Cassius is described as “lean and hungry” (Shakespeare 767). Essentially, Cassius is always plotting and planning to achieve the things that would be best for him, while Brutus’ focus is on what he thinks is best for
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