"Beware the Ides of March"

The Life and Death of Julius Caesar -- mit.edu translation ^ | Circa 1600 | William Shakespeare

[Usagi_yo]

The Life and Death of Julius Caesar

...

Soothsayer: Ceasar!

CAESAR: Ha! who calls?

CASCA: Bid every noise be still: peace yet again!

CAESAR: Who is it in the press that calls on me? I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music,Cry 'Caesar!' Speak;

Caesar is turn'd to hear.

Soothsayer: Beware the ides of March.

CAESAR: What man is that?

BRUTUS: A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.

CAESAR: Set him before me; let me see his face.

CASSIUS: Fellow, come from the throng; look upon Caesar.

CAESAR: What say'st thou to me now? speak once again.

Soothsayer: Beware the ides of March.

CAESAR: He is a dreamer; let us leave him: pass.

[Hugin]

Et tu, Brutus?

[nascarnation]

Et tu, Baraq?

[PapaNew]

Hark, is not that day on yon tomorrow’s dawn?

[Hugin]

Et tu, Baraq?

"What a fall was there, my countrymen. Then you and I fell down, whilst bloody treason flourished o'er us!"

[fhayek]

Julius Caeser has a lot in common with Barack Obama. Not that Obama was a military genius or anything. Quite the contrary. Brutus was a hero. Do not draw any connection that was not intended to be drawn.

[nascarnation]

Actually I was visualizing Hillary saying it.

[fhayek]

Works for me.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Another take on it;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpZPqAwXWZ4

[bgill]

Remember when we had to memorize that back in high school English class?

[Beowulf9]

I was doing Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow...badly.

[UCANSEE2]

Remember when we had to memorize that back in high school English class?

Do they still teach English ?

[concernedcitizen76]

Et tu, Brute. (vocative case) :-)

[chajin]

No, Cassius, no: think not, thou noble Roman,
That ever Brutus will go bound to Rome;
He bears too great a mind. But this same day
Must end that work the ides of March begun;
And whether we shall meet again I know not.
Therefore our everlasting farewell take:
For ever, and for ever, farewell, Cassius!
If we do meet again, why, we shall smile;
If not, why then, this parting was well made.

[buffaloguy]

“Quite the contrary. Brutus was a hero.”

Zactlky. Julius was entraalizing all control of the empire in Rome and Rome ended up as a very large Imperial Empire.

Julius was not a good guy.

[fhayek]

Rome was a republic, then Julius Caesar usurped power. No one rose a finger to stop him. (well, they DID assassinate him), but his nephew Agustus stepped into the breach, cementing the role of emperor. For the next century, many Romans longed for a return to the Republic. History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes.

P.S. the role of Augustus tonight will be played by Hillary Rodham.

[OKSooner]

Understood. :)

[windcliff]

ping

[dfwgator]

This still was a great song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxJFjO4Skgo

[TBP]

A while back, I wrote a parody of Julius Caesar. I called it

Perhaps I'll post MY rendering of this scene.