Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 9 (ralph, blastfield, bully, abram, rees, signiour…). Matches are highlighted.
Shall no man else be touched, but only Caesar? Never fear that: If he be so resolved, I can oversway him: For he loves to hear, That Unicorns may be betrayed with Trees, And Bears with Glasses, Elephants with Holes, Lyons with Toils, and men with Flatterers. But, when I tell him, he hates Flatterers, He says, he does; being then
Full speech
Here lies the East: does not the Day break here? Shall no man else be touched, but only Caesar? Never fear that: If he be so resolved, I can oversway him: For he loves to hear, That Unicorns may be betrayed with Trees, And Bears with Glasses, Elephants with Holes, Lyons with Toils, and men with Flatterers. But, when I tell him, he hates Flatterers, He says, he does; being then most flattered. Let me work: For I can give his humour the true bent; And I will bring him to the Capitol. Great Caesar. Caesar, all hail: Good morrow worthy Caesar, I come to fetch you to the Senate house. Most mighty Caesar let me know some cause, Lest I be laughed at when I tell them so. This Dream is all amiss interpreted, It was a vision, fair and fortunate: Your Statue spouting blood in many pipes, In which so many smiling Roman bathed, Signifies, that from you great Room shall suck Reviving blood, and that great men shall press For Tinctures, Stains, Relics, and Cognisance. This by Calphurnia is Dream is signified. I have, when you have herd what I can say: And know it now, the Senate have concluded To give this day, a Crown to mighty Caesar. If you shall send them word you will not come, Their minds may change. Beside, it were a mock Apt to be rendered, for some one to say, Break up the Senate, till another time: When Caesars wife shall meet with better Dreams. If Caesar hide himself, shall they not whisper Lo Caesar is afraid? Pardon me Caesar, for my deer deer love To your proceeding, bids me tell you this: And reason to my love is liable. Trebonius does desire you to overread (At your best leisure) this his humble suit. Where is Metellus Cimber, let him go, And presently prefer his suit to Caesar. And Cassius too. What, shall we forth?
Plot summary
Plot — Julius Caesar
Caesar returns to Rome triumphant over Pompey. He is warned to beware the Ides of March, and later offered the crown, which he refuses. Meanwhile Cassius sounds out Brutus’ attitude to Caesar’s ambition, and determines to screw him up to conspiracy. Supernatural portents disturb the night before the Ides of March. Brutus convinces himself that Caesar must be assassinated to prevent him establishing himself as a monarch. The conspirators meet at his house, and Brutus insists on limiting the scope of the plot. Cicero is not to be taken into their confidence, Mark Antony is to be spared, and only Caesar murdered. After the conspirators have left, Portia forces Brutus to take her into his confidence. The portents and Calpurnia’s anxiety persuade Caesar to stay at home, but Decius convinces him to go to the Senate as arranged. Artemidorus tries to give him a letter warning against the conspirators, but he refuses to read it. He is stabbed to death, and confusion ensues. Against Cassius’ wishes, Brutus agrees that Antony may speak at Caesar’s funeral. Brutus’ speech justifying the assassination temporarily convinces the mob, but Antony’s rhetoric, and a bequest in Caesar’s will, turns them against the conspirators. Brutus and Cassius flee Rome. In the riots that follow, the conspirators’ houses are burned and Cinna the poet killed, mistaken for the conspirator of the same name. Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus seize power, draw up a death list, and make preparations for war with Brutus and Cassius. Portia commits suicide. Brutus and Cassius quarrel, but reconcile themselves as friends. They determine to give battle at Philippi rather than waiting for Antony and Octavius to come to them at Sardis. Brutus is visited by Caesar’s ghost, which tells him that they will meet again at Philippi. The two armies face off at Philippi, and Cassius, mistakenly thinking that his side is beaten, commits suicide. Once the day really is lost, Brutus has difficulty in finding a friend willing to help him do the same; finally Strato holds his sword while he runs on it and dies. Antony and Octavius, victorious, pay him tribute and promise him an honourable burial.