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And why should Caesar be a tyrant then?

And why should Caesar be a tyrant then?
Poor man, I know he would not be a wolf,
But that he sees the Romans are but sheep;
He were no lion, were not Romans hinds.
Those that with haste will make a mighty fire
Begin it with weak straws.Metaphors
What trash is Rome?
What rubbish and what offal?Pysma and Anaphora
When it serves
For the base matter to illuminate
So vile a thing as Caesar!  But, O grief,
Where hast thou led me?Apostrophe
I, perhaps, speak this
Before a willing bondman; then I know
My answer must be made. But I am arm'd,
And dangers are to me indifferent.Hyperbaton

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Act 1
Scene 3
Line 107

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