Julius Caesar Lesson 9
Memorable (meh-mer-ra-ble)
"They would not have you to stir forth to-day.
Plucking the entrails of an offering forth,
They could not find a heart within the beast."
The gods are giving a sign to Caesar, telling him not to go to the Senate House
- the animal they offered to the gods has no heart
"danger knows full well
That Caesar is more dangerous than he:
We are two lions litter'd in one day,
And I the elder and more terrible;
And Caesar shall go forth."
Caesar is implying that he is brave and is not afraid of Danger. He puts himself and Danger on the same level and even says that he is far more dangerous than Danger himself.
"Most mighty Caesar, let me know some cause,
Lest I be laugh'd at when I tell them so."
Decius very cunningly tells Caesar that he will be laughed at if he does not come. Decius is also curious as to why Caesar did not wish to go to the Senate House so he phrases his sentence in a way to question Caesar.
"Never fear that: if he be so resolved,
I can o'ersway him, for he loves to hear
That unicorns may be betray'd with trees,
And bears with glasses, elephants with holes,
Lions 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 humor the true bent,
And I will bring him to the Capitol."
Decius plans to use flattery to persuade Caesar to go to the Senate House in order to carry out the assassination.
"Besides, it were a mock
Apt to be render'd, for someone to say
"Break up the Senate till another time,
When Caesar's wife shall meet with better dreams."
If Caesar hide himself, shall they not whisper
"I have, when you have heard 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. Besides, it were a mock
Apt to be render'd, for someone to say
"Break up the Senate till another time,
When Caesar's wife shall meet with better dreams."
If Caesar hide himself, shall they not whisper
"Lo, Caesar is afraid"?"
Decius is attacking his manly pride by implying that he is a coward who succumbs to the dreams of his wife, Calphurnia, saying that people will mock him if he does not go
"They would not have you to stir forth to-day.
Plucking the entrails of an offering forth,
They could not find a heart within the beast."
The gods are giving a sign to Caesar, telling him not to go to the Senate House
- the animal they offered to the gods has no heart
"danger knows full well
That Caesar is more dangerous than he:
We are two lions litter'd in one day,
And I the elder and more terrible;
And Caesar shall go forth."
Caesar is implying that he is brave and is not afraid of Danger. He puts himself and Danger on the same level and even says that he is far more dangerous than Danger himself.
"Most mighty Caesar, let me know some cause,
Lest I be laugh'd at when I tell them so."
Decius very cunningly tells Caesar that he will be laughed at if he does not come. Decius is also curious as to why Caesar did not wish to go to the Senate House so he phrases his sentence in a way to question Caesar.
"Never fear that: if he be so resolved,
I can o'ersway him, for he loves to hear
That unicorns may be betray'd with trees,
And bears with glasses, elephants with holes,
Lions 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 humor the true bent,
And I will bring him to the Capitol."
Decius plans to use flattery to persuade Caesar to go to the Senate House in order to carry out the assassination.
"Besides, it were a mock
Apt to be render'd, for someone to say
"Break up the Senate till another time,
When Caesar's wife shall meet with better dreams."
If Caesar hide himself, shall they not whisper
"I have, when you have heard 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. Besides, it were a mock
Apt to be render'd, for someone to say
"Break up the Senate till another time,
When Caesar's wife shall meet with better dreams."
If Caesar hide himself, shall they not whisper
"Lo, Caesar is afraid"?"
Decius is attacking his manly pride by implying that he is a coward who succumbs to the dreams of his wife, Calphurnia, saying that people will mock him if he does not go
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