Which summary of the passage is the best?
Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 2, scene 1
BRUTUS. It must be by his death: and for my part
I know no personal cause to spurn at him
But for the general. He would be crowned:
How that might change his nature, there's the question
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, *
And that craves wary walking. Crown him that,
And then I grant we put a sting in him
That at his will he may do danger with
*An adder is a snake
O Brutus says he has no personal reason to kill
Caesar, but wants to anyway
O Brutus decides that, for the good of the people,
Caesar must be killed. If they crowned Caesar, they
would be giving him power, with which he could do
damage
Brutus compare Caesar to a snake and says that
they need to treat carefully around him.
O Brutus declares that Caesar must die, though he
has nothing personal against him. He worries about
how Caesar would change if he were crowned and
explains that evil comes from good-much like
dangerous snakes can come out on sunny days,
when everyone needs to watch where they step. He
says that Caesar may do damage if he is crowned.