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Caesar : | Let me have men about me that are fat, | | Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep a-nights. | | Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; | | He thinks too much: such men are dangerous. | Antony : | Fear him not, Caesar, he's not dangerous; | | He is a noble Roman, and well given. | Caesar : | Would he were fatter! But I fear him not; | | Yet if my name were liable to fear, | | I do not know the man I should avoid | | So soon as that spare Cassius. | |
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1. | (i) Explain the lines:- (a) 'Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep a-nights.' | | | | |
2. | (b) 'He is a noble Roman, and well given.' | | | | |
3. | (ii) Just before the extract, Brutus notices some changes in Caesar and his train as they return from the games. Mention any three changes seen by Brutus. | | | | |
4. | (iii) Immediately after the extract, Caesar states that Cassius is a man to be avoided. What reasons does Caesar give for feeling so? | | | | |
5. | (iv) At the end of the scene, Cassius decides to influence Brutus further. How does he plan to do this and why? | | | | |
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