Monologue

Cassius Monologue from Julius Caesar

From Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

male · dark · 1:10 min

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Messala, This is my birth-day; as this very day Was Cassius born. Give me thy hand, Messala: Be thou my witness that against my will As Pompey was, am I compell’d to set Upon one battle all our liberties. You know that I held Epicurus strong, And his opinion. Now I change my mind, And partly credit things that do presage. Coming from Sardis, on our former ensign Two mighty eagles fell, and there they perch’d, Gorging and feeding from our soldiers’ hands, Who to Philippi here consorted us. This morning are they fled away and gone, And in their steads do ravens, crows, and kites Fly o’er our heads, and downward look on us, As we were sickly prey: their shadows seem A canopy most fatal, under which Our army lies, ready to give up the ghost.

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Cassius reflects on the ominous signs that foreshadow their impending battle, revealing his internal conflict and fear for the future of their liberties.

40s · fear · fate · death · liberty · betrayal

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