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CASSIUS | The root of Cassius and Brutus' argument comes out: Brutus has condemned a man, Lucius Pella, for taking bribes from the Sardians. Cassius wrote a letter saying Pella shouldn't be punished, but Brutus ignored it. |
BRUTUS CASSIUS BRUTUS | Brutus accuses Cassius of being dishonorable and greedy for suggesting they let bribery slide. |
CASSIUS I an itching palm? BRUTUS CASSIUS Chastisem*nt? BRUTUS | Cassius resents being called greedy, but Brutus gets to the heart of the matter:theyall killed Caesar for justice's sake, but when they start getting involved in petty robbery, it compromises their honor and calls into question their noble motives for killing Caesar. |
CASSIUS Brutus, bait not me.30 BRUTUS Go to! You are not, Cassius.35 CASSIUS I am. BRUTUS I say you are not. CASSIUS BRUTUS Away, slight man!40 CASSIUS BRUTUS Hear me, for I will speak. CASSIUS BRUTUS CASSIUS Is it come to this?55 BRUTUS CASSIUS BRUTUS If you did, I care not. CASSIUS BRUTUS CASSIUS I durst not? BRUTUS No. CASSIUS BRUTUS For your life you durst70 CASSIUS | Cassius and Brutus then argue, and Brutus is all "I don't even know who you are anymore." Brutus tells Cassius to get out of his sight, which doesn't go over well, and the two start threatening each other. |
BRUTUS | Brutus brings up an old problem: he had asked Cassius to send gold to pay his soldiers, but Cassius denied him, which was not cool. |
CASSIUS I denied you not. BRUTUS You did. CASSIUS BRUTUS CASSIUS BRUTUS I do not like your faults.100 CASSIUS BRUTUS | Cassius claims he didn't deny Brutus; it must've been some bad messenger's fault. Still, Brutus should be a good friend, Cassius says, and ignore his faults. That's what friends do. |
CASSIUS Offering his dagger to Brutus. And here my naked breast; within, a heart | Things come to a headwhenCassiusoffers Brutus his blade and naked chest. Cassius points out that Brutus stabbed Caesar out of love, which is more than Cassius is getting from Brutus right now. |
BRUTUS Sheathe your120 CASSIUS Hath Cassius lived BRUTUS CASSIUS BRUTUS CASSIUS O Brutus! BRUTUS What’s the matter?135 CASSIUS BRUTUS Yes, Cassius, and from | With the offer of murder on the table, they both realize they're being a bit moody and melodramatic. They agree that Cassius is showing his mother's temper again. (Poor moms. They get blamed for everything.) From now on Brutus and Cassius will be friends and not get angry at each other. |
Enter a Poet followed by Lucilius, Titinius, and Lucius. POET LUCILIUS You shall not come to them. POET Nothing but death shall stay me. CASSIUS How now, what’s the matter? POET CASSIUS BRUTUS CASSIUS BRUTUS CASSIUS Away, away, be gone!Poet exits. BRUTUS CASSIUS BRUTUS Lucius, a bowl of wine.Lucius exits. | As they step out of the tent, they find a poet waiting to tell them they should be friends. It's really nice of the poet to be so concerned. They laugh at him and send him off, then they direct Lucilius and Titinius to get their armies ready to lodge for the night. |
CASSIUS BRUTUS CASSIUS BRUTUS CASSIUS Ha? Portia? BRUTUS She is dead.170 CASSIUS BRUTUS Impatient of my absence, CASSIUS And died so?180 BRUTUS Even so. CASSIUS O you immortal gods! | Then the big news about what put Brutus in such a bad mood comes out. Portia, Brutus's loving wife, was driven to grief by his flight from Rome and by Antony and Octavius's growing strength. Long story short, she has killed herself by swallowing hot coals. (Ouch.) |
Enter Lucius with wine and tapers. BRUTUS CASSIUS | After he tells all this to Cassius, Brutus gets some wine and aims to drink the pain away,sayingthey should speak no more of his dead wife. |
Enter Titinius and Messala. BRUTUS CASSIUS BRUTUS No more, I pray you.— MESSALA BRUTUS With what addition? MESSALA | Messala and Titinius come in, and though Cassius would like to dwell on Portia's death a bit, Brutus is all business. He's learned that Octavius and Antonyare now on their way to Philippi. Messala says he's heard that, too, and that they've already had a hundred Roman senators killed. |
BRUTUS CASSIUS MESSALA Cicero is dead, BRUTUS No, Messala. MESSALA BRUTUSNothing, Messala. MESSALA That methinks is strange. BRUTUS MESSALA No, my lord. BRUTUS MESSALA | Brutus says he's only heard the names of seventy senators, and that Cicero is one of them. Messala then pipes upthat Cicero is dead, and tries to skirt around theissueof Portia's death with Brutus. |
BRUTUS MESSALA CASSIUS | Brutus is less hurt than anyone expected him to be. He says Portia had to die only once, and he can bear that death. |
BRUTUS CASSIUS I do not think it good. BRUTUS Your reason? CASSIUS This it is: | The talk then turns to beating their enemies at Philippi. Cassius thinks it's better for them to sit tight until Antony and Octavius wear out their own armies with travel. That way Brutus and Cassius' army will still be fresh to fight. |
BRUTUS CASSIUS Hear me, good brother— BRUTUS CASSIUS Then, with your will, go on; | Brutus points out, though, that the enemy army might gather strength as it goes. Because more and more men between Rome and Philippi don't support Brutus and Cassius, they might be willing to join Antony and Octavius' forces. Brutus thinks his and Cassius' army is at its peak right now. They'll only get weaker, so it's better to act right away. After a little discussion, they all agree to go to Philippi and meet Antony and Octavius' army. |
BRUTUS CASSIUS No more. Good night. BRUTUS Enter Lucius. My gown.Lucius exits. 265 CASSIUS O my dear brother, Enter Lucius with the gown. BRUTUS Everything is well. CASSIUS Good night, my lord. BRUTUS Good night, good brother.275 TITINIUS/MESSALA BRUTUS Farewell, everyone. All but Brutus and Lucius exit. Give me the gown. Where is thy instrument? LUCIUS BRUTUS What, thou speak’st drowsily?280 LUCIUS Varro and Claudius. Enter Varro and Claudius. VARRO Calls my lord?285 BRUTUS VARRO BRUTUS LUCIUS | Everyone decides to get a little sleep. They all say their "goodnights" to one another, and Brutus has Lucius call in some soldiers to sleep in his tent just in case he needs them to take messages to Cassius in the night. |
BRUTUS LUCIUS BRUTUS It does, my boy.300 LUCIUS It is my duty, sir. BRUTUS LUCIUS I have slept, my lord, already.305 | Brutus is apparently pretty keyed up. He asks Lucius to play him a tune on his instrument, even though Lucius is sleepy. |
BRUTUS Music and a song. Lucius then falls asleep. This is a sleepy tune. O murd’rous slumber, Enter the Ghost of Caesar. Ha, who comes here?— | Brutus is apparently pretty keyed up. He asks Lucius to play him a tune on his instrument, even though Lucius is sleepy. Lucius plays, but falls asleep mid-song. With everyone else asleep, Brutus picks uphisbook to read. Just then Caesar's ghost shows up, and Brutus demands to know who or what he is. |
GHOST BRUTUS Why com’st thou? GHOST BRUTUS Well, then I shall see thee again? GHOST Ay, at Philippi. BRUTUS | Caesar's ghost says he is Brutus's evil spirit. Brutus asks him why he's come and the ghost says he wanted Brutus to know that he'll see him again at Philippi. Brutus wants to know why, but the ghost disappears before he can get more information out of him. Somewhat shaken, Brutus calls for everyone else to wake up. |
LUCIUS The strings, my lord, are false.335 BRUTUS LUCIUS My lord? BRUTUS LUCIUS BRUTUS LUCIUS Nothing, my lord. BRUTUS VARRO My lord?345 CLAUDIUS My lord? BRUTUS BOTH BRUTUS Ay. Saw you anything? VARRO No, my lord, I saw nothing.350 CLAUDIUS Nor I, my lord. BRUTUS BOTH It shall be done, my lord.355 They exit. | Brutus checks in with the others, but of course no one saw the ghost but him. Brutus has one of the men tell Cassius to send his army off early in the morning; Brutus' army will follow. It seems Caesar's ghost has only cemented Brutus' willingness to meet his fate, whatever it be. |
Julius Caesar: Act 4, Scene 3 Translation (2024)
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