Julius Caesar Clothing
November 14th, 2008
Question: Julius Caesar: Shakespeare?
I wanted to know two things:
1. In Julius Caesar, Caesar is said to be deaf in his left ear, is this true in REAL life???
2. There is a saying "a wolf in sheep's clothing." What is the derivation for the saying and also, did Shakespeare invent that saying in the play Julius Caesar.
Whoever answers both questions completely will get 10 points.
Answer: I have read the book myself as a sophomore for an English Honors Class.
1. In the play, Julius Caesar has various problems such as being deaf in the ear and having epileptic seizures. He is a flawed ruler, but yet the people offered him the crown to the Roman Empire three times.
2. A wolf's in sheep's clothing is a common fable, according to the fable, a hungry wolf came upon a sheep's fleece lying on the ground in a field. The wolf realized that if it wore the fleece, it would look like a sheep from a distance. That would enable the wolf to sneak up on a flock of sheep and steal a lamb for its supper, before the shepherd noticed his presence.
The wolf put on the fleece, and went off in search of a flock of sheep. It spied a flock of sheep just as the sun was setting, and approached the flock. Just as it was about to pounce on a lamb, a shepherd came by, looking for a sheep to slaughter for supper. Thinking the disguised wolf was a sheep, the shepherd quickly grabbed and killed the wolf.
An alternative version is, another wolf is sneaking around looking for a sheep for dinner, and pounces on the wolf in sheep's clothing, killing it and eating it for supper instead of a real sheep.
The intended lesson was, "Frauds and liars are always discovered, eventually, and pay for their actions accordingly." The moral is sometimes also told as "The evil doer often comes to harm through his own deceit".In English, "a wolf in sheep's clothing" has become a common metaphor for any hidden danger, or for any enemy putting on a false display of friendship.
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