Explain with reference to the context. '' let us be a sacrificer but not butcher'' caius
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Please help me explain the following quotation from William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, Act II, including the name of the speaker and what is being discussed: "Let’s all be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius.” For Act II in Julius Caesar, I need some help in analyzing and explaining quotations: Tell who the speaker is, whom he is talking and about what. TY(: Clarify what the quotation reveals about the character or the themes. 1-Let’s all be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius.”
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WILLIAM DELANEY eNotes educator | CERTIFIED EDUCATOR
The following exchange between Cassius and Brutus answers your question. Brutus addresses Cassius both as Caius Cassius and Caius to fit the iambic pentameter meter. The are discussing a matter of the greatest historical importance. Cassius wants Mark Antony to be killed along with Caesar, but Brutus overrules him. It turns out that Cassius was right about his assessment of Antony and about wanting to eliminate him. Antony manages to turn the Roman citizens against Brutus, Cassius and the other conspirators. Without their base in Rome, Brutus and Cassius are at an extreme disadvantage. Antony and Octavius Caesar hold the center of power, where they can easily raise troops, money, and supplies. Antony proves himself to be "a shrewd contriver," as Cassius calls him. Antony is in a very bad spot with the death of Caesar, yet he single-handedly outsmarts Brutus and turns the whole city against him. Antony has his faults, but he is a marvel of courage and intelligence.