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QUOTATIONS WORKSHEET
Act II
Julius Caesar Identify the speaker, paraphrase, and explain the significance of
each of the following quotations from Julius Caesar.
1.
The
abuse of greatness is when it disjoins Remorse from power (II.i,18-19)
2.
And
therefore think him as a serpent's egg Which hatched would as his kind grow
mischievous, And kill him in the shell. (II.i,32-34)
3.
No,
not an oath. (II.i,114)
4.
Let us
be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius. (II.i,166)
5.
Let's
kill him boldly, but not wrathfully. Let's carve him as a dish fit for the
gods, Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds. And let our hearts, as subtle
masters do, Stir up their servants to an act of rage And after seem to chide
'em. This shall make Our purpose necessary and not envious, Which so appearing
to the common eyes, We shall be called purgers, not murderers. And for Mark
Antony, think not of him.
6.
For
he can do no more than Caesar's arm When Caesar's head is cut off.
(II.i,172-183)
7.
O ye
gods. Render me worthy of this noble wife! (II.i,302-303)
8.
Thrice
hath Calpurnia in her sleep cried out, "Help, ho! They murder
Caesar!" (II.ii,2-3)
9.
It
seems to me most strange that men should fear, Seeing that death, a necessary
end, Will come when it will come. (II.ii,35-37)
10.
Alas,
my lord, Your wisdom is consumed in confidence. (II.ii,48-49)
11.
And
so near will I be That your best friends shall wish I had been further.
(II.ii,123-124)
12.
If
thou read this, O Caesar, thou mayst live; If not, the Fates with traitors do
contrive. (II.iii,15-16)