Act 3
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SECOND PLEBEIAN Give him a statue with his ancestors!
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SECOND PLEBEIAN Let’s build a statue of him, near those of his
ancestors!
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THIRD PLEBEIAN Let him be Caesar!
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THIRD PLEBEIAN Let him become Caesar!
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FOURTH PLEBEIAN Caesar’s
better parts
Shall be crowned in Brutus!
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FOURTH PLEBEIAN Caesar’s better qualities exist in Brutus, and we will
crown him.
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FIRST PLEBEIAN
50We’ll bring him to his house with shouts and
clamors.
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FIRST PLEBEIAN We’ll bring him to his house with shouts and
celebration!
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BRUTUS My countrymen—
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BRUTUS My countrymen—
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SECOND PLEBEIAN Peace,
silence! Brutus speaks.
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SECOND PLEBEIAN Silence! Brutus speaks.
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FIRST PLEBEIAN Peace, ho!
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FIRST PLEBEIAN Quiet there!
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BRUTUS Good countrymen, let me depart alone.
And, for my sake, stay here with Antony.
55Do grace to Caesar’s corpse, and grace his speech
Tending to Caesar’s glories, which Mark Antony
By our permission is allowed to make.
I do entreat you, not a man depart,
Save I alone, till Antony have spoke.
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BRUTUS Good countrymen, let me leave alone. I want you to stay here with
Antony to pay respects to Caesar’s corpse and listen to
Antony’s speech about Caesar’s glories, which he
gives with our permission. I ask that none of you leave, except
myself, until Antony has finished.
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Exit BRUTUS
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BRUTUS exits.
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FIRST PLEBEIAN
60Stay, ho! And let us hear Mark Antony.
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FIRST PLEBEIAN Let’s stay and hear Mark Antony.
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THIRD PLEBEIAN Let him go up into the public chair.
We’ll hear him.—Noble Antony, go up.
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THIRD PLEBEIAN Let him mount the pulpit. We’ll listen to him. Noble
Antony, mount the podium.
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ANTONY For Brutus' sake, I am beholding to you.
(ascends the pulpit)
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ANTONY For Brutus’s sake, I am indebted to you.
(he steps up into the pulpit)
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