...equal length and with similar word order. For example, his address begins with a call to order: . . . hear me for my cause, and be silent that you may hear. Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your...

...Caesar. CEAS AR falls and dies. Pandemonium ensues. CASSIUS Liberty, Freedom; Tyranny is dead! BRUTUS Romans, Countrymen, and Lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. If there be any in this Assembly, any dear Friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar,...

...Caesar. CE AS AR falls and dies. Pandemonium ensues. CASSIUS Liberty, Freedom; Tyranny is dead! BRUTUS Romans, Countrymen, and Lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. If there be any in this Assembly, any dear Friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar,...

...goes into the pulpit. THIRD CITIZEN. The noble Brutus is ascended: silence! Be patient till the last. ors that I had, Even now forsake me; his. If, then, that friend demand why Brutus rose against Czsar, this is my answer, — Not that I...

...Shakespeare's version of a speech to the plebeians in the Forum, Brutus famously defended his actions: "If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend...I say that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I lov'd...

...good demanded the murder. In the prologue to his oration, Brutus subjects himself to his audience: "Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge" (16-17). Brutus has throughout the play displayed a tin ear where popular politics is concerned, but...