Julius Caesar

4. Those that conspire against Caesar are cautioned no to do so "openly." Copy the stanza where Shakespeare explains how they will get close enough to Caesar to murder him: (Use the Shakespearean text)

Julius Caesar: Act II Sc. I

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And in the spirit of men there is no blood:
O, that we then could come by Caesar's spirit,
And not dismember Caesar! But, alas,
Caesar must bleed for it! And, gentle friends,
Let's kill him boldly, but not wrathfully;
Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods,
Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds:
And let our hearts, as subtle masters do,
Stir up their servants to an act of rage,
And after seem to chide 'em. This shall make
Our purpose necessary and not envious:
Which so appearing to the common eyes,
We shall be call'd purgers, not murderers.

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