Julius Caesar
p JULIUS CAESAR
Caesar : Contemptible Despot or Benevolent Hero ? Shakespeare gives no direct answer , though he shows Caesar ’92s true spirit in the ’93orchard soliloquy ’94 as Brutus weighs his course
It must be by his death and form my part
I know no personal cause to spurn at him
But for the general . He would be crown ’92d
How that might change his nature , there ’92s the question
It is the bright day that bings forth the adder
And that craves wary walking . Crown him ? — that – ’96 [banner_entry_middle]
p And then I grant , we put a sting in him
That at his will he may do danger with
Th ’92 abuse of greatness is when it disjoins
Remorse from power and , to speak truth of Caesar
I have not known when his affections sway ’92d
More than his reason . But ` ’91tis a common proof
That lowliness is young ambition ’92s ladder
Whereto the climber-upward turns his face
But when he once attains the upmost round
He hen unto the ladder turns his back
Looks in the clouds , scorning the base degrees
By which he did ascend : So Caesar may
Then lest he may , prevent . And since the quarrel
Will bear no colour for the thing he is
Fashion it thus : that what he is , augmented
Would run to these and these extremities
And therefore think him as a serpent ’92s egg
Which , hatch ’92d , would , as his kind , grow mischievous
And kill him in the shell
II ,i , 10-34
’93Fashion it thus ’94 ? In this line , Brutus allows himself to invent an anxiety-driven fantasy , and then to believe it as an excuse for killing Caesar . Caesar is as he describes himself : constant
I could be well mov ’92d , if I were as you
If I could pray to move , prayers would move me
But I am constant as the northern star
Of whose true-fix ’92d and resting quality
There is no fellow in the firmament
The skies are panted with unnumber ’92d sparks
They are all fire , and every one doth shine
But there ’92s but one in all doth hold his place
So in the world : ` ’91tis furnish ’92d well with men
And men are flesh and blood , and apprehensive
Julius Caesar Page Yet in he number I do know but one
That unassailable holds on his rank
Unskak ’92d of motion and that I am he
Let me a littel show it , even in this
That I was constant Cimber should be banish ’92d
And constant do remain to keep him so
II ,i ,58-73
Wanting an excuse for murdering Caesar , Brutus will believe that Caesar will become the monstrous tyrant . And allowing himself to believe this he has an excuse for killing Caesar
Caesar is arrogant and self-idealizing to the point of self-deification , but truthful . Caesar gies his speech in the Senate addressing the senators . Yet all he does is to refuse to let an exile return . He is certainly not tyrannous . After… [banner_entry_footer]
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