Prologue/ Before
What happened at the beginning of the story is that Julius Caesar
came to Rome, and everyone started to welcome him, and they told
him to be aware from the ides of March. After that Cassius and
Brutus have a conversation about Caesar and how he is already
becoming too powerful that he can be the master if Rome. Then they
didn’t want him to be in Rome that then they all agreed to gather up
and kill him, so they did. When Julius died Mark Anthony wanted to
calm all the people down and he started talking and saying that he
came here to bury Caesar. When that happened Mark Anthony was
the next master of Rome.
So this is what was happening before Cassius and Brutus had the talk.
Sentences:
BRU: Go to; you are not, Cassius.
Cas: I am.
Bru: I say you are not
Cas: Urge me no more, I shall forget myself; Have mind upon your
health, tempt me no father.
Bru: Away, slight man!
Cas: Is’t possible?
Bru: Hear me, for I will speak. Must I give way and room to your rash
choler? Shall I be frightened when a madman stares?
Cas: O ye gods, ye gods! Must I endure all this?
Bru: All this! Ay, more: fret till your proud heart break; Go show your
slaves how choleric you are, and make your bondmen tremble. Must I
budge? Must I observe you? Must I crouch and stand under your testy
humour? By the gods, you shall digest the venom of your spleen,
though it do split you; for, from this day forth, I’ll use you for my
mirth, yea, for my laughter, when you are waspish.
Cas: Is it come to this?
Bru: You say you are a better solider: Let it appear so; make your
vaunting true, And it shall please me well: for mine own part, I shall
be glad to learn of noble men.
Cas: You wrong me every way; you wrong me Brutus; I said, an elder
solider, not a better: Did I say better?
Bru: If you did I care not.
Cas: When Caesar lived, he durst he durst not thus have moved me.
Bru: Peace, peace! You durst not so have tempted him.
Cas: I durst not.
Bru: No.
Cas: What, durst not to tempt him
Bru: For your life you durst not.
Cas: Do not presume too much upon your love; I may do that I shall be sorry for.
Bru: You have done that you should be sorry for.
There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats,
For I am armed so strong in honesty
That they pass by me as the idle wind,
Which I respect not. I did send to you
For certain sums of gold, which you denied me,
For I can raise no money by vile means.
By heaven, I had rather coin my heart
And drop my blood for drachmas than to wring
From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash
By any indirection. I did send
To you for gold to pay my legions,
Which you denied me. Was that done like Cassius?
Should I have answered Caius Cassius so?
When Marcus Brutus grows so covetous
To lock such rascal counters from his friends,
Be ready, gods, with all your thunderbolts.
Dash him to pieces!
Cas: I denied you not.
Bru: You did.
Cas: I did not. He was but a fool that brought
My answer back. Brutus hath rived my heart.
A friend should bear his friend’s infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
Modern English:
BRUTUS
Oh please! You are not, Cassius.
CASSIUS
I am.
BRUTUS
I already said that you’re not.
CASSIUS
Don’t produce me any further or I’ll forget to check on myself. If
you really care about your health, you won’t even try pushing me
any further
BRUTUS
Just leave you little guy.
CASSIUS
Is this even possible?
BRUTUS
Listen to me, for I have something to tell you. Am I required to
indulge your rash anger? Does a madman scare me when he
stares at me?
CASSIUS
Oh god, oh god! Must I go through all this?
BRUTUS
I guess so, and much more. Go ahead—temper till your heart
breaks into pieces. Show your slaves how mad you really are, and
make your servants tremble. But me—am I going to shrink at you
and your moods? You’ll have to drink your own poison by yourself
until it makes you blow before I respond from now on, I’ll make you
my jokes whenever you get sharp with me.
CASSIUS
Has it come to this?
BRUTUS
You said that you’re a better solider and you said that your self. If
you are then show it!! Make it come true, and I’ll be thrilled and
surprised. I’m always happy to hear about men that are brave.
CASSIUS
You wrong me in every way. You wrong me, Brutus. I said an older
soldier; I never said a better one. Did I say “better”?
BRUTUS
If you did, I don’t care.
CASSIUS
When Caesar was alive, he wont even dare to make me angry as I
am now.
BRUTUS
Oh, be quiet. You wouldn’t dare to make him mad too.
CASSIUS
I wouldn’t have dared!
BRUTUS
No.
CASSIUS
What? Not dared to tempt him?
BRUTUS
You wouldn’t have dared, no matter what happens in your life.
CASSIUS
Don’t take my love for granted. I might do something I’ll be sorry
for.
BRUTUS
You’ve already done something you should be sorry for. Your risks
that you do don’t scare me, Cassius, because I’m so protected in
my honesty and integrity that they pass me by like a weak breeze.
I asked you for a equal amount of gold, which you wouldn’t even
try giving it to me. I myself can’t raise money by unfair means. I
wouldn’t mind turning my heart into money and each and every
blood drop turns into coins than using crooked tricks to earn cash
from the hardworking that peasants do. I kept trying to ask you for
gold that I will need for paying my soldiers. Was this the cause
Cassius? And have I ever done this to you?! If I ever get so greedy
that I store such good cash from my friends, may the gods turn me
into pieces with their thunderbolts!
CASSIUS
I didn’t refuse you.
BRUTUS
You did.
CASSIUS
I already told you that didn’t! That guy that brought you the
message was a fool. You have broken my heart. A true friend
should cheer up the other friend’s weaknesses but instead you
didn’t.
Mariam: Brutus
Amani: Cassius
Epilogue/ After:
Cassius and Brutus, created an army, so they can all be against Mark
Antony and then Mark Antony defeated Cassius and Brutus
And that’s what has been happening after Brutus and Cassius had the
talk.