Caesar invites them in for wine before they go. Julius Caesar’s tragedy is so closely bound up with that of his friend-turned-assassin Brutus that perhaps William Shakespeare should have titled this play Caesar and Brutus. Marc Antony Welcome to the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Brutus 4.3.9-10 Words before blows: is it so, countrymen Brutus 5.1.27 Friends, romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. Caesar agrees to go to the Capitol, and several conspirators, along with Mark Antony, arrive to accompany him. You yourself are much condemned to have an itching palm. Shakespeare: Macbeth Ambition When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. But Decius warns that the senators will mock Caesar, and offers a more favorable interpretation of Calpurnia’s dream. Ambition Vaulting ambition, which oerleaps itself And falls on the other side. CAESAR: Let me have men about me that are fat Sleek-headed men and such as sleep o'nights: Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look He thinks too much: such. Still, Calpurnia insists he stay home, and Caesar agrees, sending Mark Antony to explain to the senate that he is unwell.ĭecius Brutus arrives and Caesar instructs him to announce to the rest of the senators that he will not come that day, simply because he doesn't want to. The priests report that they found no heart in the sacrificed animal, which Caesar interprets as the gods rebuking any potential cowardice. Calpurnia enters and begs Caesar not to go to the senate that day, as she has a strong feeling he will be in danger because of a bad dream. He asks the priests to do an animal sacrifice to see what the future holds for him. Caesar remarks on the stormy night and his wife’s bad dreams. 3 For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir mens blood.
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