Cassius: Fellow, come from the throng: Look upon Caesar.
Caesar: What say'st thou to me now? Speak once again.
Soothsayer: Beware the ides of March.
Caesar: He is a dreamer; let us leave him; pass.
...
Cinna: O Caesar -
Caesar: Hence! Wilt thou lift up Olympus?
Decius Brutus: Great Caesar -
Caesar: Doth not Brutus bootless kneel?
Casca: Speak, hands, for me!
CASCA stabs CAESAR in the neck. CAESAR catches hold of his arm. He is then stabbed by several other Conspirators and at last by MARCUS BRUTUS.
Caesar: Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar.
Dies. The Senators and People retire in confusion.
Cinna: Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead! Run hence, proclaim, cry it about the streets.
Cassius: Some to the common pulpits, and cry out Liberty, freedom and enfranchisement!
Brutus: People, and senators! be not affrighted; Fly not; stand still: -ambition's debt is paid.
-From William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Acts I and III
2 days ago
IMPRESSIVE . . . . and oh so dramatic. Love it Ames. Thanks for the reminder. :))
ReplyDeleteAfter being stabbed, Caesar should have said, "Man! This stinks!" The dramatic moment would have taken FLIGHT!
ReplyDeleteWhen Caesar asked,"et tu, Brute?" Brutus said,"no, I ain't et nothin' yet."
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