Julius Caesar Quotes Shakespeare
September 17th, 2009
Question: Can someone tell me the significance of this quote from Julius Caesar, by shakespeare?
Brutus says this to himself:
Between the action of a dreadufl thing and the first motion all the interim is like a phantasma or a hideous dream.Also need help with
Why man he doth destride the narrow world lik a Colossus - said by Cassius to Brutus
Answer: The quote from Brutus is from just before he betrayed and stabbed Julius Caeser. It means that the time just before the act of murdering his friend was as if a horrible dream, moving in slow motion, being replayed in his head.
The 2nd passage talks of a colossus, or a giant, taking huge strides or steps across the earth as if it is nothing, meaning that humans rush through life too quickly and do not fully appreciate what life is and has to offer
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