Question

Which detail best demonstrates how Shakespeare uses dialogue to add a dramatic element to Plutarch’s original account of Julius Caesar’s death? CINNA: (kneeling) O Caesar— CAESAR: Hence! Wilt thou lift up Olympus? DECIUS: (kneeling) Great Caesar— CAESAR: Doth not Brutus bootless kneel? CASCA: Speak, hands, for me! (CASCA and the other conspirators stab CAESAR, BRUTUS last) CAESAR: Et tu, Bruté?—Then fall, Caesar. (dies) CINNA: Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead! Run hence, proclaim, cry it about the streets. CASSIUS: Some to the common pulpits, and cry out, “Liberty, freedom, and enfranchisement!” (Confusion. Exeunt some plebeians and senators) BRUTUS: People and senators, be not affrighted. Fly not. Stand still. Ambition’s debt is paid.

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Answer:

"Et tu, Bruté?—Then fall, Caesar."

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