Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar Art and Culture Quotes Quote #1Qs and Ts If the tag-rag people did not clap him and whoosh him, according as he pleased and displeased them, as they use to do the players in the theatre, I am no true(p) man. [...] Marry, before he fell down, when he perceived the general herd was glad he refused the crown, he plucked me ope his doublet and offered them his throat to cut. An I had been a man of any occupation, if I would not have interpreted him at a word, I would I might go to hell among the rogues. And so he fell. When he came to himself again, he said, If he had do or said any thing amiss, he desired their worships to say it was his infirmity. (1.2.11)| Here Casca divulges Caesars theatrical behavior in front of the affectionate crowd.  After refusing Antonys offer of the crown three times, Caesar faints dramatic everyy, and the crowd loves him all the more for it.  Casca suggests that when Caesar appears before his followers, he presents himself as an actor of politics, and the tag-rag [common, or poor] people respond to his theatrics like an enthusiastic audience at a playhouse.

  Quote #2And then he offered it the third time; he put it the third time by: and still as he refused it, the rabblement hooted and clapped their chapped hands and threw up their sweaty night-caps and uttered such a deal of stinking breath because Caesar refused the crown that it had almost choked Caesar; for he swounded and fell down at it: and for mine own part, I durst not laugh, for fear of opening my lips and receiving the bad air. (1.2.9)| In the remainder passage, we pointed out how Casca knows that Caesars dramatic refusal of the crown and fainting spell are dear cheap tricks used to curry favor with the hoot[ing] and clap[ing] crowd.  Here Casca continues to describe Caesars adoring crowd as though they were an audience reflection a performance in an Elizabethan playhouse.  In this passage, Shakespeare in addition seems to be making an inside joke... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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