Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The (Original) Ides of March

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.

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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

3 comments:

  1. IMPRESSIVE . . . . and oh so dramatic. Love it Ames. Thanks for the reminder. :))

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  2. After being stabbed, Caesar should have said, "Man! This stinks!" The dramatic moment would have taken FLIGHT!

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  3. When Caesar asked,"et tu, Brute?" Brutus said,"no, I ain't et nothin' yet."

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