Monologue

Cassius Monologue from Julius Caesar

From Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

male · defiant · 55 sec

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And why should Caesar be a tyrant then? Poor man! I know he would not be a wolf, But that he sees the Romans are but sheep: He were no lion, were not Romans hinds. Those that with haste will make a mighty fire Begin it with weak straws. What trash is Rome, What rubbish, and what offal, when it serves For the base matter to illuminate So vile a thing as Caesar! But, O grief, Where hast thou led me? I, perhaps, speak this Before a willing bondman: then I know My answer must be made; but I am arm’d, And dangers are to me indifferent.

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Cassius expresses his frustration and anger towards Caesar's perceived tyranny, questioning the nature of power and the cowardice of the Romans.

30s · anger · power · betrayal · freedom · ambition

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