Question

cassius: 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.
men at some time are masters of their fates:
the fault, dear brutus, is not in our stars,
but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
brutus and caesar—what should be in that caesar?
why should that name be sounded more than yours?
write them together, yours is as fair a name;
sound them, it doth become the mouth as well;
weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with em,
brutus will start a spirit as soon as caesar.
now in the names of all the gods at once,
upon what meat doth this our caesar feed,
that he is grown so great? age, thou art shamed!
rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods!
when went there by an age, since the great flood,
but it was famed with more than with one man?
when could they say till now, that talked of rome,
that her wide walks encompassed but one man?
now is it rome indeed, and room enough,
when there is in it but one man.
oh, you and i have heard our fathers say,
there was a brutus once that would have brooked
th eternal devil to keep his state in rome
as easily as a king.

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read the excerpt from julius caesar by william shakespeare. which statement best expresses how cassius advances the plot in this excerpt?
cassius expresses that he would be a better ruler to support him as ruler instead of caesar that he would make a better leader for rome that the people of rome prefer brutus to caesar to eventually plot against caesar

Explanation:

Cassius is trying to convince Brutus that he (Brutus) would be a better ruler than Caesar. He questions why Brutus's name (which should be as great as Caesar's) is not more prominent. He also implies that Brutus has the qualities to be a leader, contrasting him with Caesar. The text is from a literary work (Julius Caesar by Shakespeare), and the analysis is based on understanding the character's motives and the dialogue's intent.

Answer:

that he would be a better ruler, to convince Brutus