![]() ![]() Occurring in Act III, scene II, it is one of the most famous lines in all of Shakespeare's works. Bear with me My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me. 'Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears' is the first line of a speech by Mark Antony in the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare. You all did love him once, not without cause: What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him? O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious And, sure, he is an honourable man. (Antony, Act 3 Scene 2) There is a tide in the affairs of men. (Antony, Act 3, Scene 2) This was the most unkindest cut of all. (Brutus, Act 3 Scene 2) Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. The good is oft interred with their bones. (Antony, Act 3 Scene 1) Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it. The evil that men do lives after them The good is oft interred with their bones So let it be with Caesar. He hath brought many captives home to Rome Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious And Brutus is an honourable man. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. ![]() He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious And Brutus is an honourable man. Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest– For Brutus is an honourable man So are they all, all honourable men– Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. The evil that men do lives after them The good is oft interred with their bones So let it be with Caesar. Give Sophie Nélisse all the Emmy Awards for this episode, because she delivers a beautiful and haunting peformance that we never ever want to watch again - or at least were skipping the last few minutes when we binge. 1 Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears and listen to this PowerPoint presentation on William Shakespeares Julius Caesar Grade 10 Elizabeth. 404 likes, 0 comments - Danna 'Nilla Wafer' Gentry (sexyredgemini) on Instagram: 'Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
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