...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 210 215. sort: manner 221. rather tell thee: tell thee rather 223. on my right hand: to my right-hand...

...quick spirit that is in Antony" (1.2.28-29) and Caesar has pointed to the same shortcoming in Cassius: I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that...loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music (1.2.200-04). Instead, he would turn what Casca senses is theater into a metaphor that drives...

...some comparison of the inward and the outward. Caesar's confession to Antony frames Cassius's opinion: I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that...observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men. (1.2.200-3) Regardless of how we judge him, Cassius surely lives up to Caesar's estimation as he explains...

...play. Caesar's response is perceptive, and deliberately juxtaposes Antony to Cassius; Cassius, he says, "reads much, / He is a great observer, and he looks...loves no plays / As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music" (1.2.201-4). Caesar's remark about Cassius as a "great observer" is evident over and over again...