I think that Cassius is one of the smartest people Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. He plans many things out in his head to ensure that everything goes according to plan. Because of this, he is not the most straight forward person. I think that Cassius has had the biggest impact on the story because of how he persuades people like Brutus. Cassius is a really devious person and this is shown by him using Ethos in (II,1,48-49)"Brutus, thou sleep'st. Awake, and see thyself! Shall Rome, etc. Speak, strike, redress!".
Cassius made this letter to make it look like it was written by the people, giving Brutus a bigger impact by making him feel like the people want Caesar dead. Cassius uses the credibility of the people to get his persuasive through. This makes me believe that he is both very Smart but at the same time very devious.
I believe Antony is a great character, and for many reasons. He is a very loyal person and tries to respect others. But Antony can work on taking out his anger in other ways other than by threatening a curse upon all of Italy like he stated in the following lines of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (III,i,289-290) "A curse shall light upon the limbs of men; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;..." I believe that he is a very knowledgeable person because of his use of the persuasive appeal, Pathos. Antony uses emotion to persuade his audience greatly like in the following lines,(III,ii,115-117)" Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it comeback to me. *He weeps.*". Wether or not those tears were fake or real, it shows that he knows how to use Pathos to his advantage which in my opinion makes him seem like a more intellectual individual.
Although Brutus is not the smartest individual in my eyes i believe he has some sort of potential. I think he is dependent of others due to the fact that he doesn't make decisions for himself. He bases his decision on what other people want him to believe. in (I,ii,118) Brutus is slowly persuaded that Caesar is like an ordinary man and not worthy to be a king, "Help me, Cassius, or i sink!" this leads me to believe that he is not worthy to become a leader because he is so easily influenced. But in (III,ii,34) Brutus uses Pathos to sort of get it his way in his speech. "Who is here so vile that will not love his country?" Brutus says this after he has given his speech on Caesars assassination to get the people to not respond negatively towards his whole speech. He uses the peoples love for Rome to get them to not say anything against him. To me this shows that he has somewhat of a idea as to what he is doing.
Cristian Tafolla p8 3-13-14
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