Julius Caesar 3.2: Cutting Text Model

 

The Original: 3.1.159-162 (33 words)

 

BRUTUS

I know that we shall have him well to friend.

CASSIUS

I wish we may; but yet have I a mind
That fears him much, and my misgiving still
Falls shrewdly to the purpose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cut in Half (15-18 words)

 

BRUTUS

We shall have him to friend.

CASSIUS

We may: yet have I a mind that fears him much.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Main Ideas

 

* Brutus is optimistic and thinks Antony will be on the conspirators’ side.

* Cassius is pessimistic and fears Antony.