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“And since the quarrel/Will hear no colour for the thing he is,/Fashion it thus…”
Julius Caesar Act Two By Dennis Abrams ————————– Act Two: Brutus privately concludes that Caesar’s ambition means he must die. Joined by Cassius and other conspirators, he agrees to kill Caesar, but Brutus vetoes the suggestion that Antony should also … Continue reading
“Indeed, it is a strange-disposed time:/But men may construe things after their fashion,/Clean from the purpose of the things themselves.”
Julius Caesar Act One, Part Two By Dennis Abrams ———————————- I’m struck by a couple of things: 1. The number of well-known lines and phrases, even just from Act One: “Beware the ides of March,” “Men at some time are … Continue reading
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