Brutus – The Educator Online

Act 5, Scene 5 of Julius Caesar Line-by-Line Explanation

BRUTUSCome, poor remains of friends, rest on this rock. CLITUSStatilius showed the torchlight, but, my lord,He came not back. He

BRUTUS:“Yet, countrymen, O, yet hold up your heads!”Brutus is urging his men to stay strong despite their defeat. The exclamation

CASSIUS O, look, Titinius, look, the villains fly! Myself have to mine own turned enemy. This ensign here of mine

“Alarum. Enter Brutus and Messala.” “BRUTUS: Ride, ride, Messala, ride, and give these bills Unto the legions on the other

OCTAVIUS: “Now, Antony, our hopes are answerèd. You said the enemy would not come down But keep the hills and

CASSIUS: “That you have wronged me doth appear in this:You have condemned and noted Lucius PellaFor taking bribes here of

BRUTUS:Stand ho! LUCILIUS:Give the word, ho, and stand! BRUTUS:What now, Lucilius, is Cassius near? LUCILIUS:He is at hand, and Pindarus

Enter Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus. ANTONYThese many, then, shall die; their names are pricked. OCTAVIUSYour brother too must die. Consent

Thunder and lightning. Enter Julius Caesar in his nightgown.The scene opens with stormy weather, setting a tense and ominous mood.