"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."
The above quote from the Shakespearean play entitled, 'Julius Caesar'. The play was written as, and intended for, a tragedy, as many Shakespearean works were. As a general overview of Brutus' character in the play, he was a character who's hamartia was his resounding honor and ability to separate public dealings from private ones, as well as his extreme nationalist beliefs. This was even though Brutus was a 'friend' of Caesar, he was one of the people who partook in the killing of Caesar because he felt that it would be good for his nation to not have a man, who was treated as a god, who would dictate in his rule over them.
All this relates to the quote because when Cassius, a co-conspirator and friend of Brutus, says this to Brutus, it means that it isn't the fault of so-called destiny that Caesar was considered great while they were not, but it was theirs. Cassius was saying that they could create their own destiny; however, this would mean what would be the unfortunate death of Caesar.
The reason that I believe John Green change the quote to simply, "the fault in our stars" because the main character, Hazel Grace Lancaster, is a 16 year old cancer patient with little hope for the future (by this I mean surviving the cancer.) Hazel is someone who seemed to drifted through life with her diagnosed stage IV thyroid cancer.
All this relates to the quote because when Cassius, a co-conspirator and friend of Brutus, says this to Brutus, it means that it isn't the fault of so-called destiny that Caesar was considered great while they were not, but it was theirs. Cassius was saying that they could create their own destiny; however, this would mean what would be the unfortunate death of Caesar.
The reason that I believe John Green change the quote to simply, "the fault in our stars" because the main character, Hazel Grace Lancaster, is a 16 year old cancer patient with little hope for the future (by this I mean surviving the cancer.) Hazel is someone who seemed to drifted through life with her diagnosed stage IV thyroid cancer.
