Today’s Totally Random
Lines
Caesar:
and that, having in Sicily
Sextus
Pompeius spoil’d, we had not rated him
His
part of ‘the idls: then does he say he lent me
Some
shipping unrestored: lastly, he frets
That
Lepidus of the triumvirate
Should
be deposed; and, being, that we detain
All
his revenue.
Octavius Caesar
Antony and Cleopatra Act III, Scene vi, Line 25
Well, where should we go with this? I suppose a bit of context is in order.
Caesar
is talking with his flunkies about Marc Antony. Agrippa has just asked Caesar
who Antony is accusing, and today’s lines is Caesar’s answer. He remarks that Antony is accusing Caesar (him), and that Antony1. Wants more of the spoils of the victory over Pompius, 2. Claims he
lent Caesar some ships that were not paid back, and 3. Wants that they should
ditch Lepidus (the third member of the triumvirate) and share his wealth. None
of these three demands is making Caesar very happy.
Greed, it’s all about greed. I think greed might be the single most destructive human force; then, now, always.
1 comment:
Well I never would have gotten that from these lines.
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