Act+IV,+Scene+iii+(to+line+142)

Alessandro Eppacher & Elliott Hirsch

Characters: Brutus and Cassius

Summary: Cassius accuses Brutus that he has wronged him because Brutus condemned a man for taking bribes even though he was Cassius's friend and Cassius asked Brutus to look the other way. Brutus then implies that Cassius himself has taken bribes at times. The men start arguing amongst themselves insulting each other at times. Brutus tells Cassius that he is too honorable to raise money by dishonorable ways and when he asked Cassius for money, Cassius denied him said money. Cassius said he didn't withhold money, he blamed it on a messenger that got the facts wrong. They fight further and Cassius threatens Brutus saying that he is a more experienced soldier and he will fight Brutus if tempted. Brutus says that he will gladly fight him. During the arguing Cassius tells Brutus he does not love him anymore and he hopes that Octavius and Antony will soon kill him because he has lost his greatest ally, Brutus, and he has nothing to live for. He pulls out his dagger and tells Brutus to kill him. Brutus waves the dagger away and says that they are simply ill-tempered. They forgive each other and embrace.

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