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Act II begins in Brutus’ garden. It begins with him asking Lucius to light a candle in his study, and after Lucius leads, Brutus thinks out loud about whether or not to kill Caesar. He acknowledges that Caesar will become emperor, and proceeds to ask himself whether power will corrupt him or not. In the end of his speech to himself, he decides even though power has had no effect on Caesar in the past, he is certain that once Caesar receives this much power, he will become corrupted. Lucius returns from lighting Brutus’ candle with a letter that he has found. The letter basically finalizes Brutus’ decision to kill Caesar. Next, Cassius comes to Brutus with the other conspirators (Casca, Cinna, Decius, Trebonius, and Metellus) to discuss the plans to kill Caesar. Brutus is first introduced to everyone, and then is pulled aside by Cassius. Cassius suggests that they