julius caesar Flashcards
“you blocks you stones, you worse than senseless things”
marcullus
this is explained by having to values and being useless
“and since you know you cannot see yourself so by reflection, i, your glass”
cassius
no one can actually see yourself without a mirror and people don’t see how they act to others and what they look like and who they are from a outside perspective
“set honor in one eye and death in the other”
brutus
he is saying he is not scared of death and he will always do the right thing
“the fault, dear brutus is not in our stars, but in ourselves”
cassius
this portraying that we make our future, and we have control of our fate
“yond cassius has a lean and hungry look. he thinks to much. such men are dangerous”
caesar
people who are fatter are looked at as more intimidating than skinny people
“that lowliness is young ambitious matter”
brutus
afraid caesar is going to forget about the “little people” who got him to power”
“here lies the east, do th it the day broken here”
decius
they are trying to see where the sun rises and show the conspirators don’t really know what they are saying
“no, not an oath”
brutus
implies they are “bastards of rome” because they are swearing to keep secrets about something bad
“to cut off the head and then hack the limbs”
brutus
caesar is like the head of the body, antony will then just be a “limb” of the body
“that unicorns may be betrayed with trees”
decius
unicorns are representing that every animal has a weakness and unicorns can be fancy and please caesar
“cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once”
caesar
cowards that fear die all the time, strong brave people only die once knowing they were brave and did not care about the outcome
“but i am constant as the northern star”
caesar
he does not change his mind, he is constant when everyone else is moving, but he’s about to die
“et tu bruté. then fall caesar!”
caesar
when he sees his friend killed him, that’s when he knows he will die
“cry ‘havoc’ and let slip the dogs of war”
antony
he is going to get violent for revenge and want to kill like everyone
“friends, romans, countrymen, lend me your ears, i come to bury caesar, not to praise him”
antony
speaking for caesar, but not wanting anyone to say anything good about caesar
