 | Laurie Maguire - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 260 pages
...(repetition of a word to debase it, as in "honorable" man); of antistoichon (balanced opposition of ideas): "I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, / But here I am to speak what I do know" (3.2.100—1, here joined with polyptoton, parison, and contrast); of hyperbaton (reversal of word... | |
 | James Zager, William Shakespeare - 2005 - 61 pages
...did thrice refuse. Was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And sure he is an honorable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But...then to mourn for him? 0 judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. (The REPORTERS fire more questions at MARK ANTONY)... | |
 | Stephen Linstead, Alison Linstead - Psychology - 2005 - 260 pages
...Lupercal I thrice presented him with a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And sure he is an...man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But I am here to speak what I do know. . . . . . .O masters, if I were disposed to stir Your hearts and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2005 - 239 pages
...did thrice refuse. Was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And sure he is an honorable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. 1 10 You all did love him once, not without cause. What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him?... | |
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