"My Fellow Romans"

The following passage Satoko and I will be reciting to our humanities class is the moment at which Brutus and Cassius meet up in the midst of a loosing battle with Anthony and his men. Cassius instantly spills his fury to Brutus, after the two men have been struggling to keep their lives and Cassius' political choices failing to be seen as usefull to Brutus. Resulting in the two conflicting instantly, while playing strongly on Brutus' self control and Cassius' fustration. This passages signifigance lies within how the two characters have survived the war in Rome and how either men have had conflicting troubles, political choices to make and character flaws of which play a huge role in the following events the two Roman conspirators will face.

Act 4, Scene 3, Lines: 9-38
Brutus: Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself
Are much condemn'd to have an itching palm,
To sell and mart your officers for gold
To undeservers.
Cassius: I an itching palm!
You know that you are Brutus that speaks this,
Or, by the gods, this speech will be your last.
Brutus: The name of Cassius honours this corruption,
And chastisement doth therefore hide his head.
Cassius: Chastisement!
Brutus: Remember March, the ides of March remember.
Did not great Julius bleed for justice' sake?
What villian touch'd his body, that did stab,
And not for justice? What, shall one of us,
That struck the foremost man of all this world
But for supporting robbers, shall we now
Contaminate our fingers with base bribes,
And sell the mighty space of our large honours
For so much trash as may be grasped thus?
I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon,
Than such a Roman
Cassius: Brutus, bait not me;
I'll not endure it. You forget yourself,
To hedge me in. I am a soldier, I,
Older in practice, abler than yourself
To make conditions.
Brutus: Go to! you are not, Cassius.
Cassius: I am
Brutus: I say you are not.
Cassius: Urge me no more, I shall forget myself;
Have mind upon your health; tempt me no farther.
Brutus: Away, slight man!
Cassius: Is't possible?