No Fear Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 5, Scene 5
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Enter BRUTUS,
DARDANIUS, CLITUS,
STRATO, and VOLUMNIUS
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BRUTUS, DARDANIUS,
CLITUS, STRATO, and
VOLUMNIUS enter. | |
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BRUTUS
Come, poor remains of friends, rest on this rock.
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BRUTUS
Come, last of my friends, rest on this rock.
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CLITUS
Statilius showed the torchlight but, my lord,
He came not back. He is or ta'en or slain.
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CLITUS
Statilius waved the torchlight at us, but he hasn’t come
back. He’s been captured or killed.
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BRUTUS
Sit thee down, Clitus. Slaying is the word.
It is a deed in fashion. Hark thee, Clitus.
(whispers to
CLITUS)
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BRUTUS
Sit down, Clitus. Killed, most likely—it’s
become a trend. Listen, Clitus.
(he whispers to
CLITUS)
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CLITUS
What, I, my lord? No, not for all the world.
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CLITUS
Who, me, my lord? No, not for all the world.
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BRUTUS
Peace then! No words.
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BRUTUS
Silence, then! Don’t give it away.
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CLITUS
I’ll
rather kill myself.
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CLITUS
I’d rather kill myself.
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BRUTUS
Hark thee, Dardanius.
(whispers to
DARDANIUS)
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BRUTUS
Listen, Dardanius. (he whispers to
DARDANIUS)
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DARDANIUS
Shall I do
such a deed?
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DARDANIUS
Would I dare do something like that?
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CLITUS
O Dardanius!
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CLITUS
Oh Dardanius!
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DARDANIUS
O Clitus!
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DARDANIUS
Oh Clitus!
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CLITUS
(aside to
DARDANIUS)
What ill request did Brutus make to thee?
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CLITUS
(speaking so that only DARDANIUS
can hear) What awful thing did Brutus
ask of you?
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DARDANIUS
(aside to
CLITUS)
To kill him, Clitus. Look, he meditates.
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DARDANIUS
(speaking so that only CLITUS
can hear) To kill him, Clitus. Look,
he’s meditating on what to do.
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