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Question: JULIUS CAESAR - Brutus's soliliquoy?

I'm supposed to paraphrase Brutus's soliliquoy in Act II Scene I of Julius Caesar. It starts at the bottom of pg 18 with "It must be by his death.." and ends with "And kill him in the shell"
but I really don't get what hes saying! Can anyone help me out?

Answer: Brutus says that he doesn't have any personal reason to rise against Caesar but for the general good of rome. The question is how power could change his nature . It's the bright day on which the snake becomes dangerous and needs careful walking. similarly,if we crown Caesar, then we are giving him power, which he may use against us. Greatness is abused when pity is separated from power but i don't know when Caesar's actions were not guided by reasons. But it's a common thing that humbleness is an ambitious person's ladder : the climber looks up at the ladder while climbing it but, once he reaches the top of the ladder, he turns his back on it ,looks up to the clouds,forgetting the path through which he came through . So,Caesar may do the same thing which we may be able to prevent . Since our present action (of rising against Caesar) will not be according to Caesars present condition ,but, based on the extremes of tyranny into which he would run into if he is given power , therefore ,he should be considered as a serpent's egg which when hatched , would become dangerous,and should be killed in it's shell

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