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  1. Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony, who, though he had no part in killing Caesar, will benefit from his death—full citizenship in the commonwealth. And which of you won't benefit from that?

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  2. On the acquittal of Dolabella Caesar determined to withdraw to Rhodes, to escape from the ill-will which he had incurred, and at the same time to rest and have leisure to study under Apollonius Molo, the most eminent teacher of oratory of that time.

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    Interrèd: refers to placing a corpse in a grave. The word also implies that funeral rites of some kind are performed. Here, the “good” that someone commits goes to the grave with them while the evi...
    Oft: this is the shortened form of “often.” Here, Shakespeare is saying that the “good is often interréd with their bones.” It’s another example of how certain words are shortened, due to linguisti...

    Shakespeare uses this quote in Act III, Scene 2 of Julius Caesar. Mark Antony speaks these words at Julius Caesar’s funeral. Here is the quote in context: Antony begins by telling those listening, his countrymen, that he has come to “bury Caesar, not to praise him.” He suggests that he will not spend his speech giving Caesar more compliments than h...

    Shakespeare used this quote to allude to the nature of legacies, particularly as it comes to Julius Caesar and Brutus. The speaker, Mark Antony, fills his speech with allusions to Brutus’ assassination of Caesar that readers will be well aware of. This is also an example of Antony being ironic. He suggests that the words apply to Julius Caesar when...

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  3. Suetonius on the death of Caesar. Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c.71-c.135): Roman scholar and official, best-known as the author of the Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Julius Caesar. On 15 March 44 BCE, the Roman dictator Julius Caesar was murdered. There are several accounts of this incident, but the most famous and probably most accurate is the ...

  4. This significant difference in translation, of importance for the Catholic sacrament of penance and the theological notion of satisfaction for sins, occurs numerous times in the Rheims New Testament and nineteen times in Shakespeare's plays.

  5. This famous quote from Julius Caesar says that those who are cowardly are going to die many times before they actually pass away. This suggests that every time they do not face their fears, back out of a confrontation, or let something pass they should’ve stood up against, they are dying.

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  7. Jun 26, 2005 · . . . Iacta alea est. The die is cast. The enduring belief that Caesar uttered these words before crossing the Rubicon has its source in The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, written by the Roman...