Read the two excerpts from act 3, scene 2, of Julius Caesar.
[BRUTUS.] If then that friend demand
why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer:
not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved
Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living, and
die all s
The speaker uses repetition and parallelism.
The speaker uses imagery.
The speaker appeals to emotions.
Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.
ANTONY. Post back with speed, and tell him [Octavius] what hath chanced.
Here is a mourning Rome, a dangerous Rome,
No Rome of safety for Octavius yet.
Hie hence and tell him so.�Yet stay awhile.
Tho
Antony tells Octavius's servant to tell Octavius what has happened and to say that Rome is not safe for Octavius yet. Antony tells him to hurry, but then tells him to wait until after he takes Caesar's body to the marketplace to see how the people react t
Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.
ANTONY. O mighty Caesar! Dost thou lie so low?
Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils,
Shrunk to this little measure? Fare thee well.�
I know not, gentlemen, what you intend�
Who else must
If I myself, there is no hour so fit / As Caesar's death hour, nor no instrument / Of half that worth as those your swords"
"Live a thousand years, / I shall not find myself so apt to die."
"No place will please me so, no mean of death, / As here by Caes
Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.
[ANTONY.] First, Marcus Brutus, will I shake with you�
Next, Caius Cassius, do I take your hand�
Now, Decius Brutus, yours;�now yours, Metellus;�
Yours, Cinna;�and my valiant Casca, yours;�
Though la
Antony shakes the hands of all the conspirators and says he knows that his love for Caesar puts him in an unstable position. Then he imagines that it would break Caesar's heart to see Antony making peace with his assassins.
Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.
SERVANT. Thus, Brutus, did my master bid me kneel.
Thus did Mark Antony bid me fall down,
And, being prostrate, thus he bade me say.
"Brutus is noble, wise, valiant, and honest.
Caesar was mighty, bo
Antony sends his servant to respectfully tell Brutus that Antony loves and honors him, as he did Caesar. Then the servant says that if Antony can safely come and inquire about Caesar's death, then Antony will be loyal to Brutus.
Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.
CAESAR. I must prevent thee, Cimber.
These couchings and these lowly courtesies
Might fire the blood of ordinary men,
And turn preordinance and first decree
Into the law of children. Be not fond
To t
Caesar will not reverse the exile of Cimber's brother in response to begging and flattery.
Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.
[CAESAR.] So in the world: 'tis furnished well with men,
And men are flesh and blood, and apprehensive;
Yet in the number I do know but one
That unassailable holds on his rank,
Unshaked of motion; an
Caesar refuses to reverse Cimber's banishment. He says that, although the world is full of reasonable men, he is the only one who stands firm, and he will stick by his sentence to prove it.
What is a monologue?
a long address given by a character in a story, movie, or play
Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.
ANTONY. O pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever liv�d in the tide of times.
Woe to the hand that shed
Antony wants Caesar to forgive him for being nice to his conspirators.
Antony predicts that the land will be bloodied by men fighting men.
Antony expects Caesar's ghost to seek retribution for the wrongs done.
Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 2, of Julius Caesar.
[BRUTUS.] Hear me for my
cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me
for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that
you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and
awake your senses,
Brutus uses simple language and logic, whereas Antony uses imagery and emotional language.