" Like a Colossus - Cassius from Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare (poetry reading)

[beaulieu4008]

Each man has the responsibility of doing what is right by his fellow man, to be so easily persuaded is a crying shame, when a much lesser man would taken compensation. It is a testament to Shakespeare's writing that such characters imitate life as exactly. So which character do you play in life? - Brutus, Cassius, or Caesar?

I have met all 3 such characters in my life and have played the parts myself, at times, unknowingly.

[z3bigmonst3r]

At line 155, is it "her wide walks" or "her wide walls"? You said it as walls, but in my book it says walks. Online it varies. Why is this?

[SpokenVerse]

Walls is more likely. If not, what does he mean?

[OhioYankee1862]

You have wonderful voice.

You broke up the verse a bit, but it was quite a pleasure to hear you read.

Thank you very much for this treat.

[donpearson61]

Thanks, yet again.

There is a small but significant omission from your note of Caesar's words about Cassius.

Caesar said, "Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: Such men are dangerous."

[SpokenVerse]

Thanks, you're right, it was an important omission. I've modified the notes to include whole of Caesar's speech which relates to Cassius.

[berlinerdom]

wonderful