Which of these lines from the play indicates that Brutus fears giving Caesar power will make him dangerous?

"think him as a serpents egg / Which, hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous"

"It must be by his death, and for my part/I know no personal cause to spurn at him"

"But is a common proof/That lowliness is young ambitions ladder,"

"And, to speak truth of Caesar/I have not known when his affections swayed/More than his reason."

Question

English

Jaycee Shaffer

5 September, 06:06

Which of these lines from the play indicates that Brutus fears giving Caesar power will make him dangerous?

"think him as a serpents egg / Which, hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous"

"It must be by his death, and for my part/I know no personal cause to spurn at him"

"But is a common proof/That lowliness is young ambitions ladder,"

"And, to speak truth of Caesar/I have not known when his affections swayed/More than his reason."

+5

Answers (1)

Know the Answer?

Aydan Buchanan · Answer 1

The correct answer among the choices provided is the option A. The lines from the play are "think of him as a serpent's egg / Which hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous". Hatched serpent's egg represents the acquisition of power by Caesar. Brutus also thinks that Caesar will become a corrupt leader.