Pat Hamer

Period 6

11/22/04

Pg 242 #6 a-d

6a. The following expressions are used appropriate to butchery; “hack the limbs,” “not dismember Caesar,” “Caesar must bleed for it,” “Lets carve him as a dish fit for the gods,” “hew him as a carcass fit for the hounds.”

6b. Caesar’s ghost says, ”Thy evil spirit, Brutus.” “To tell thee thou shalt see me at Philippi” and “Ay, at Philippi.” This is ironic because Caesar who at the time is a spirit or a ghost comes and tells Brutus that he a living man is a evil spirit. Its also ironic that the ghost says he will see him at Philippi because he is a spirit and is not able to be seen.

6c. Brutus chooses softer words rather than harsher ones so he can make his savage act seem more civilized. He chooses his words to accomplish this by saying he is a “sacrificer” rather than a murderer. Brutus also says that he doesn’t want to dimember him despite him wanting to kill him. Another piece of evidence is when he tried to say he was killing Caesar’s spirit even though he was really killing the physical state of Caesar. And lastly he says he shall carve him as a dish fit for the gods when in truth they are killing him.

6d. Brutus’ dismissal of Antony is consistent in the expression with his earlier imagery. This is consistent because he says he doesn’t want to shed any more blood even though he is already killing one man. He believes that it is honorable of him to let Antony live because he is just the arms of him and will lose power when Caesar dies.