


The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes ≼alpurnia tries to persuade Caesar to give credence to the omens and stay away from the Senate on the ides of March.Ĭowards die many times before their deaths When beggars die, there are no comets seen Think you I am no stronger than my sex . . . ? Portia assures Brutus that she can be trusted with his secrets. Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds ≻rutus, explaining why Antony need not be killed, too, expresses his unrealistic idealism. Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods, Let's kill him boldly, but not wrathfully O, that we then could come by Caesar's spirit,Ĭaesar must bleed for it! And, gentle friends, We all stand up against the spirit of Caesar Īnd in the spirit of men there is no blood: Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius. Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream Having decided that Caesar must die, Brutus reflects on how difficult it is to put his decision into action. It was Greek to me ≼asca's sarcastic comment about a speech by Cicero. Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look ≼aesar's suspicious comment. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,īut in ourselves, that we are underlings ≼assius tells Brutus that rise of Caesar is their fault, because they are not doing anything to stop it. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world / Like a Colossus ≼assius bitterly comments to Brutus about Caesar's growing power and influence.
