In ancient Rome, a man named Julius Caesar is rising to power. Cassius, a conspirator against Caesar, does not believe this will happen. In the story “Julius Caesar” written by William Shakespeare, Cassius in act one, scene two, Cassius is attempting to persuade Brutus that Caesar is a weak man who is no better than Brutus. Cassius describes Caesar using ethics and dark ethics so he can access Brutus' pride and make Brutus feel that he is a great man and that Caesar does not deserve this power. Cassius is trying to create Caesar's downfall. He is trying to persuade Brutus because he is Caesar's best friend as well as Cassus. Therefore, since he trusts Cassius, he can probably convince Brutus to understand his point of view. Also, since Brutus is a close friend of Caesar, he can get close to Caesar. In lines 57-78, Cassius makes Brutus feel that he is a great man and that if he saw his inner qualities he would believe it too. Joseph J Romm in his book “Language Intelligence” states: “Getting noticed and getting in” have been the dual tasks of rhetoric for over two thousand years” (1). Cassius is slowly coming in and making himself noticed by building up Brutus so that he can feel that he is a great person and later that Caesar is not. Cassius later attempts to appear trustworthy by saying "If I were a common laugh, or used / To stale with common oaths my love for every new protester...then count me dangerous" (I.ii.72-74 and 78) . He acts like he's not a deceiving person, basically saying that if you don't believe that I don't deceive people, then let it be that way. In this way, it seems that he is surrendering to Brutus, so it seems that Cassius doesn't care what... half of the paper... about it and that he doesn't like these conditions either. Intelligent men using their language of linguistic intelligence are capable of causing good people to do bad things. In the story "Julius Caesar" written by William Shakespeare Cassius uses ethics and ethical errors to persuade Brutus to help him defeat Caesar. Cassius works hard to get Brutus on his side by tapping into Brutus' pride and convincing him that Caesar doesn't deserve to be king. Eventually Cassio makes progress but doesn't get there yet. Brutus is still thinking about what Cassius said and asks to talk about the rest later. Works Cited Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar McDougal Little. 2009. Print.Romm, Joseph J. Language Intelligence: Lessons on Persuasion from Jesus, Shakespeare, Lincoln, and Lady Gaga. North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2012. Print.