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“A man no mightier than thyself, or me, in personal action, yet prodigious grown, And Fearful, as there strange eruptions are”- Cassius Act 1 scene 3 line 76-78. In Julius Caesar many of the characters are filled with greed and jealously for power.

One in particular man on the rise to have more power was Cassius. He is one of the lead conspirators against Julius Caesar.

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Greed for power, jealously and the need to build his reputation were the motivations that caused Cassius to conspire to kill Caesar and build his reputation among the Romans.

For years Cassius felt unequal to Caesar. Caesars rise to his power made Cassius greedy and hungry for the same things.

This was recalled early when in Act 1 Scene 2 “ Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus, and we petty men walk under his huge legs, and peep about. To find ourselves dishonorable graves.”Caesar had viewed himself as a god like figure, high, and esteemed above everyone else.

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