Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 2.[CASSIUS.] And this manIs now become a god, and Cassius isA wretched creature, and must bend his bodyIf Caesar carelessly but nod on him.125He had a fever when he was in Spain,And when the fit was on him, I did markHow he did shake. 'Tis true, this god did shake.His coward lips did from their colour fly,And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world130Did lose his lustre. I did hear him groan:Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the RomansMark him and write his speeches in their books,"Alas,” it cried "Give me some drink, Titinius,”As a sick girl. Ye gods, it doth amaze me60135A man of such a feeble temper shouldSo get the start of the majestic world,And bear the palm alone.
Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 2.BRUTUS. Cassius,Be not deceived. If I have veiled my look,I turn the trouble of my countenanceMerely upon myself. Vexèd I amOf late with passions of some difference,45Conceptions only proper to myself,Which give some soil, perhaps, to my behaviours.But let not therefore my good friends be grieved—Among which number, Cassius, be you one—Nor construe any further my neglect50Than that poor Brutus, with himself at war,Forgets the shows of love to other men.
Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 1.MARULLUS. Wherefore rejoice? What conquest bringshe home?What tributaries follow him to RomeTo grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels?You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless35things!O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome,Knew you not Pompey? Many a time and oftHave you climbed up to walls and battlements,To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops,Your infants in your arms, and there have sat40The livelong day, with patient expectation,To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome.
Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 1.[FLAVIUS.] See whether their basest metal be not moved.60They vanish tongue-tied in their guiltiness.Go you down that way towards the Capitol;This way will I. Disrobe the images,If you do find them decked with ceremonies.MARULLUS. May we do so?65You know it is the feast of Lupercal.FLAVIUS. It is no matter; let no imagesBe hung with Caesar’s trophies. I’ll about,And drive away the vulgar from the streets:So do you too, where you perceive them thick.
Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 2.BRUTUS. Into what dangers would you lead me, Cassius,That you would have me seek into myselfFor that which is not in me?70CASSIUS. Therefore, good Brutus, be prepared to hear.And since you know you cannot see yourselfSo well as by reflection, I, your glass,Will modestly discover to yourselfThat of yourself which you yet know not of.75And be not jealous on me, gentle Brutus.Were I a common laugher, or did useTo stale with ordinary oaths my loveTo every new protester; if you knowThat I do fawn on men and hug them hard80And after scandal them: or if you knowThat I profess myself in banquetingTo all the rout: then hold me dangerous.
Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 2.CASSIUS. Ay, do you fear it?Then must I think you would not have it so.BRUTUS. I would not, Cassius; yet I love him well.But wherefore do you hold me here so long?90What is it that you would impart to me?If it be aught toward the general good,Set honour in one eye and death i’th’ other,And I will look on both indifferently;For let the gods so speed me as I love95The name of honour more than I fear death.
In acts 1 and 2 of Julius Caesar, with whom is Brutus most in conflict?
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Who is Brutus’s foil in Julius Caesar?
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