What the section above basically says is:
<em>They offered him a crown, but he pushed it away with his hand, and then his people started shouting.</em>
These lines are from Julius Caesar, a tragedy written by Shakespeare. It retells the historical events of Julius Caesar's life, politics, and ultimately his death, having been betrayed and murdered by one of his closest friends, Brutus. Casca, who says these words, is one of the people who actually killed Caesar.
The statue of liberty was a gift from france to america, they intentionally made the statue of liberty out of copper so the statue would turn green eventually. hope this helps a little.
Do you have the context to this? This phrase could have several meaning without it.
