READ STUDY GUIDE: Act III, scenes ii–iii |
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Act III, Scene iii:
The same. A street.
The same. A street.
| [Enter Cinna, the poet.] |
| CINNA: |
| I dreamt to-night that I did feast with Caesar, |
| And things unluckily charge my fantasy: |
| I have no will to wander forth of doors, |
| Yet something leads me forth. |
| [Enter Citizens.] |
| FIRST CITIZEN: |
| What is your name? |
| SECOND CITIZEN: |
| Whither are you going? |
| THIRD CITIZEN: |
| Where do you dwell? |
| FOURTH CITIZEN: |
| Are you a married man or a bachelor? |
| SECOND CITIZEN: |
| Answer every man directly. |
| FIRST CITIZEN: |
| Ay, and briefly. |
| FOURTH CITIZEN: |
| Ay, and wisely. |
| THIRD CITIZEN: |
| Ay, and truly; you were best. |
| CINNA: |
| What is my name? Whither am I going? Where do I dwell? Am I |
| a married man or a bachelor? Then, to answer every man directly |
| and briefly, wisely and truly. Wisely I say I am a bachelor. |
| SECOND CITIZEN: |
| That's as much as to say they are fools that marry; you'll bear |
| me a bang for that, I fear. Proceed; directly. |
| CINNA: |
| Directly, I am going to Caesar's funeral. |
| FIRST CITIZEN: |
| As a friend, or an enemy? |
| CINNA: |
| As a friend. |
| SECOND CITIZEN: |
| That matter is answered directly. |
| FOURTH CITIZEN: |
| For your dwelling,—briefly. |
| CINNA: |
| Briefly, I dwell by the Capitol. |
| THIRD CITIZEN: |
| Your name, sir, truly. |
| CINNA: |
| Truly, my name is Cinna. |
| FIRST CITIZEN: |
| Tear him to pieces! he's a conspirator. |
| CINNA: |
| I am Cinna the poet, I am Cinna the poet. |
| FOURTH CITIZEN: |
| Tear him for his bad verses, tear him for his bad verses. |
| CINNA: |
| I am not Cinna the conspirator. |
| FOURTH CITIZEN: |
| It is no matter, his name's Cinna; pluck but his |
| name out of his heart, and turn him going. |
| THIRD CITIZEN: |
| Tear him, tear him! Come; brands, ho! firebrands. To |
| Brutus', to Cassius'; burn all. Some to Decius' house, and some |
| to Casca's, some to Ligarius': away, go! |
| [Exeunt.] |
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