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 crow
ned. 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. Th’ abuse of greatness is when it disjoins Remorse from power. And to speak truth of Caesar I have not known when his affections swayed More than his reason. But ‘tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition’s ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may. Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no color for the thing he is, Fashion it thus: that when he is, augmented, Would run to these and these extremities; And therefore think him as a serpent’s egg. Which, hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous, And kill him in the shell. What is revealed about Brutus’ character and motivations in the moral dilemma presented in his act 2.1 soliloquy?
becoming invisible because most people are afraid of heights so that superpower will remain unused for eternity. another superpower I want is mind reading so I can always make myself perfect for other people.
