Question

Which lines from the play best support the interpretation that caesar will be killed not because of actual action , but because of what others fear he may do in the future ?

Answer 1

"...scorning the base degrees

By which he did ascend. So Caesar may.

Then, lest he may, prevent..."

"And therefore think him as a serpent's egg

Which, hatch'd, would, as his kind, grow mischievous,

And kill him in the shell."

Step-by-step explanation:

In these lines from Act 3, Scene I of "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Brutus is stating that most rulers when they become too powerful they turn into tyrants forgetting the ones who helped them. Therefore, to prevent this Brutus argues that before this happens, Caesar has to be killed. Not because of actual action, but because of what others fear he may do in the future.

Answer 2

The lines that best support the interpretation that caesar will be killed not because of his action because of what others fear he may do in the future is :

and therefore think him as a serpent's egg

Common people killed serpent the moment it hatched from the eggs, before the serpents grow big and become dangerous

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