Monologue

Cassius Monologue from Julius Caesar

From Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

male · anguished · 1:02 min

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Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius, For Cassius is a-weary of the world: Hated by one he loves; brav’d by his brother; Check’d like a bondman; all his faults observ’d, Set in a note-book, learn’d and conn’d by rote, To cast into my teeth. O, I could weep My spirit from mine eyes! There is my dagger, And here my naked breast; within, a heart Dearer than Plutus’ mine, richer than gold: If that thou be’st a Roman, take it forth. I, that denied thee gold, will give my heart: Strike as thou didst at Caesar; for I know, When thou didst hate him worst, thou lovedst him better Than ever thou lovedst Cassius.

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Cassius expresses his deep emotional turmoil and weariness with life, feeling betrayed by those he loves and contemplating his own demise as he confronts Antony and Octavius.

30s · despair · betrayal · revenge · isolation · love

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