No Fear Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 3, Scene 3, Page 2
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FIRST PLEBEIAN
As a friend or an enemy?
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FIRST PLEBEIAN
As a friend or an enemy?
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CINNA THE POET
As a friend.
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CINNA THE POET
As a friend.
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SECOND PLEBEIAN
That matter is answered directly.
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SECOND PLEBEIAN
He answered that question straight.
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FOURTH PLEBEIAN
For your dwelling—briefly.
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FOURTH PLEBEIAN
As for where you live, tell us quickly—get to the
point.
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CINNA THE POET
Briefly, I dwell by the Capitol.
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CINNA THE POET
Getting right to the point, I live near the Capitol.
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THIRD PLEBEIAN
Your name, sir, truly.
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THIRD PLEBEIAN
Tell us your name, sir, truthfully.
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CINNA THE POET
Truly, my name is Cinna.
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CINNA THE POET
Truthfully, my name is Cinna.
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FIRST PLEBEIAN
Tear him to pieces. He’s a conspirator.
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FIRST PLEBEIAN
Tear him to pieces. He’s a conspirator.
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CINNA THE POET
I am Cinna the poet. I am Cinna the poet.
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CINNA THE POET
I am Cinna the poet, I am Cinna the poet!
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FOURTH PLEBEIAN
Tear him for his bad verses! Tear him for his bad verses!
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FOURTH PLEBEIAN
Tear him apart for his bad verses, tear him up!
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CINNA THE POET
I am not Cinna the conspirator.
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CINNA THE POET
I’m not Cinna the conspirator.
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FOURTH PLEBEIAN
It is no matter. His name’s Cinna. Pluck but his name out
of his heart and turn him going.
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FOURTH PLEBEIAN
It doesn’t matter. His name’s Cinna. Pull only
his name out of his heart and let him go.
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THIRD PLEBEIAN
Tear him, tear him!
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THIRD PLEBEIAN
Tear him apart, tear him up!
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PLEBEIANS attack CINNA THE
POET
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The PLEBEIANS attack CINNA THE
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ALL
Come, brands, ho, firebrands. To Brutus', to
Cassius',
burn all. Some to Decius' house and some to
Casca’s. Some
to Ligarius'. Away, go!
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ALL
Come, firebrands, over here! To Brutus’s, to
Cassius’s, let’s burn them all. Some of you go to
Decius’s house and some to Casca’s. Some to
Ligarius’s. Go!
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Exeunt PLEBEIANS dragging
CINNA THE POET
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The PLEBEIANS exit, dragging
CINNA THE POET. |
