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Mar 25, 2017 · Partially reinforced by these takes on Caesar’s assassination in popular culture, many people mistakenly believe that Julius Caesar’s last words were, “ Et tu, Brute?” which means, “And you, Brutus?” in Latin—allegedly an expression of shock and horror at Marcus Junius Brutus’s betrayal.
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Et tu, Brute? The Shakespearean macaronic line "Et Tu Brutè?" in the First Folio from 1623. This 1888 painting by William Holmes Sullivan is named Et tu Brute and is located in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Brutus compares Caesar to the egg of a serpent “which, hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous”; thus, he determines to “kill him in the shell” (II.i. 33–34). Brutus’s servant enters with a letter that he has discovered near the window.
Julius Caesar is set upon by senators on the ides of March, prompting the famous line ‘Et tu Brute’. Although Latin, 'Et tu Brute' is one of the most famous quotes in English literature, uttered by Caesar as he is betrayed and killed by a group of senators.
Jun 15, 2023 · However, the sources that the better sources reject say that he did address something to Brutus. When Brutus pulled out his dagger, he said something in Greek. And what he said was “Kaì sú, téknon” (You too, child). So what's that all about? There are three possibilities.
- Rachel Dinning
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Scene 1. It is a little after nine o'clock in the morning of the ides of March. The outcome of the conspiracy is approaching, and with it the first great climax of the tragedy. Flourish. Notice that here, as in Act I, a flourish or notes on a trumpet, precedes the entrance of Caesar and a formal procession of nobles.
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Mar 15, 2019 · On on 15 March 43BC, Brutus and Cassius Longinus stabbed Julius Caesar, dictator of Rome, to death in the Roman Senate House in the hope of winning back Rome for the people. Before he died, Caesar uttered the immortalised final words of, ‘Et tu, Brute.’.
