No Fear Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 5, Scene 1, Page 2
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OCTAVIUS
I do not cross you. But I will do so.
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OCTAVIUS
I’m not defying you, but it’s what I’m
going to do.
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March. Drum. Enter BRUTUS,
CASSIUS, and their army, including
LUCILLIUS, TITINIUS, and
MESSALA
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The sound of soldiers marching, and a drum.
BRUTUS and CASSIUS enter with
their army, which includes LUCILLIUS,
TITINIUS, and
MESSALA. |
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BRUTUS
They stand and would have parley.
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BRUTUS
They’ve stopped. They want to talk.
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CASSIUS
Stand fast, Titinius. We must out and talk.
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CASSIUS
Stay here, Titinius. We have to go out and talk to them.
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OCTAVIUS
Mark Antony, shall we give sign of battle?
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OCTAVIUS
Mark Antony, should we give the signal to attack?
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ANTONY
No, Caesar, we will answer on their charge.
Make forth. The generals would have some words.
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ANTONY
No, Octavius Caesar, we’ll respond to their charge. Go
forward. The generals want to speak with us.
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OCTAVIUS
(to his army) Stir not until the
signal.
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OCTAVIUS
(to his army) Don’t move
until we give the signal.
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BRUTUS
Words before blows. Is it so, countrymen?
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BRUTUS
Words before fighting. Is that how it is, countrymen?
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OCTAVIUS
Not that we love words better, as you do.
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OCTAVIUS
Not that we love words more than fighting, like you do.
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BRUTUS
Good words are better than bad strokes, Octavius.
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BRUTUS
Good words are better than bad strokes, Octavius.
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ANTONY
In your bad strokes, Brutus, you give good words.
Witness the hole you made in Caesar’s heart,
Crying “Long live, hail, Caesar!”
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ANTONY
Brutus, you give a nice speech along with your evil strokes. Think
of the hole you made in Caesar’s heart when you cried,
“Long live Caesar! Hail Caesar!”
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CASSIUS
Antony,
The posture of your blows are yet unknown.
But for your words, they rob the Hybla bees
And leave them honeyless.
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CASSIUS
Antony, we don’t yet know what kind of blows you can
inflict. But your words are as sweet as
honey—you’ve stolen from the bees and left them
with nothing.
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