Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar , act 1, scene 2. BRUTUS: Ay, Casca. Tell us what hath chanced today, That Caesar looks so sad. (225) CASCA: Why, you were with him, were you not? BRUTUS: I should not then ask Casca what had chanced. CASCA: Why, there was a crown offered him: and being offered him, he put it by with the back of his hand, thus; and then the people fell a-shouting. (230) What does the symbol of a crown represent in this excerpt?