Act two Scene one, Lines 10~34
It must be by his death: and for my part,
I know no personal cause to spurn at him,
But for the general. He would be crown'd:
How that might change his nature, there's the question.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder;
And that craves wary walking. Crown him?--that;--
And then, I grant, we put a sting in him,
That at his will he may do danger with.
The abuse of greatness is, when it disjoins
Remorse from power: and, to speak truth of Caesar,
I have not known when his affections sway'd
More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof,
That lowliness is young ambition's ladder,
Whereto the climber-upward turns his face;
But when he once attains the upmost round.
He then 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's egg
Which, hatch'd, would, as his kind, grow mischievous,
And kill him in the shell.
After talking to Cassius, Brutus is talking to himself about why Caesar must be killed. The reason Brutus tries to convince himself that Caesar must be killed is because he believes that it the right thing to do, and yet he has great affections for Casesar, making him hesitent to join the conspiracy.
In his soliloquy, Brutus claims that Caesar must be killed for the general good, for the affect his crowing would bring could leave a severe scar on the freedom of the Romans, or, rid them of it. In order to establish a firm belief, Brutus suggested how dangerous Caesar could be, by using an imagery of a serpant's egg. In addition, Brutus , by comparing Caesar's rise in power with climbing a ladder, suggested that Caesar would not look after or restect the people who helped him to fulfill his ambitions. This soliloquy of Brutus is an essential element of the play, Julius Caesar, since this is the part when the conspiracy against Caesar truely begins, with Caesar's most trusted frient turning against him.
It must be by his death: and for my part,
I know no personal cause to spurn at him,
But for the general. He would be crown'd:
How that might change his nature, there's the question.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder;
And that craves wary walking. Crown him?--that;--
And then, I grant, we put a sting in him,
That at his will he may do danger with.
The abuse of greatness is, when it disjoins
Remorse from power: and, to speak truth of Caesar,
I have not known when his affections sway'd
More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof,
That lowliness is young ambition's ladder,
Whereto the climber-upward turns his face;
But when he once attains the upmost round.
He then 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's egg
Which, hatch'd, would, as his kind, grow mischievous,
And kill him in the shell.
After talking to Cassius, Brutus is talking to himself about why Caesar must be killed. The reason Brutus tries to convince himself that Caesar must be killed is because he believes that it the right thing to do, and yet he has great affections for Casesar, making him hesitent to join the conspiracy.
In his soliloquy, Brutus claims that Caesar must be killed for the general good, for the affect his crowing would bring could leave a severe scar on the freedom of the Romans, or, rid them of it. In order to establish a firm belief, Brutus suggested how dangerous Caesar could be, by using an imagery of a serpant's egg. In addition, Brutus , by comparing Caesar's rise in power with climbing a ladder, suggested that Caesar would not look after or restect the people who helped him to fulfill his ambitions. This soliloquy of Brutus is an essential element of the play, Julius Caesar, since this is the part when the conspiracy against Caesar truely begins, with Caesar's most trusted frient turning against him.
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