12/15/2023 0 Comments Act 3 julius caesar quotes![]() He effectively uses the Either/Or fallacy here. (through the end of the first part of his speech) 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. This how Antony really feels about the death of Caesar. That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, These are the conditions Mark Antony is supposed to follow if he is to be allowed to speak in Caesar's funeral. ![]() You shall not in your funeral speech blame us,īut speak all good you can devise of Caesar, Mark Antony, here, take you Caesar’s body. Know you how much the people may be movedĬassius disagrees with Brutus' allowance that Antony should speak at Caesar's funeral. This is his request to speak in the funeral of Caesar. With his actions later in the play, we see he is flattering them then and will get revenge later. That one of two bad ways you must conceit me,Īntony stating clearly that he is either a coward or a flatterer. My credit now stands on such slippery ground Your voice shall be as strong as any man’sĬassius, after seeing how distraught Antony is at the death of Caesar, is offering to bribe him with power in the void left by Caesar Associating the assassination of Caesar with Peace, Freedom, and Liberty.positive concepts that are not necessarily the case. Let’s all cry, “Peace, freedom, and liberty!” ![]() Caesar did not fear death which makes their logic fallacious. So are we Caesar’s friends, that have abridgedĬassius and Brutus providing faulty logic about how they did Caesar a favor by killing him. Know, Caesar doth not wrong, nor without causeĬaesar had just finished chiding Metellus Cimber and finished his angry diatribe with this quote which pretty much shows Caesar's arrogance.Ĭaesar standing his ground on the banishment of Publius Cimber and it compares Caesar to the North Star.Ĭaesar's last line when he sees that Brutus too is in the conspiracy.Ĭassius: Why, he that cuts off twenty years of lifeīrutus: Grant that, and then is death a benefit. This exchange shows how Cassius flies off the handle while Brutus stays cool after Popillius had spoken to Cassius. Popillius' comment scares Cassius because Cassius believes Popillius is referring to the conspiracy against Caesar, something that Popillius was not part of.Ĭassius.-Brutus, what shall be done? If this be known, (to CASSIUS) I wish your enterprise today may thrive. The soothsayer reminds him in the next line that the Ides of March are not gone yet. (to the SOOTHSAYER) The ides of March are come.Ĭaesar is taunting the soothsayer. Read it, great Caesar.Ĭaesar: What touches us ourself shall be last served.Ĭaesar will not read the letter that could save his life because he thinks Artemidorus is flattering him. JCQuotationsAct IIIA Julius Caesar quotes from Act III QuestionĪrtimedorus: O Caesar, read mine first, for mine’s a suit
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