Quotes from Julius Caesar?

Need help with Julius Caesar Quotes.?

• I need to know the signifcance of the quotes fromt he book "Julius Caesar" 1. I was born free as Caesar; so were you: We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter's cold as well as he. (1.2.97) 2. Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods, Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds. (2.1.173) 3. Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have hard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Will come when it will come. (2.2.34) 4. But I am constant as the Nothern Star, Of whose true fixed and resting quality. 5.Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar! (3.1.77) 6.He that cuts off twenty years of life Cuts off so many years of fearing death (3.1.101) 7.O! Pardo me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers; Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of time. (3.1.254) 8.He was my friend, faithful and just to me. But Brutus says he was ambitious and Brutus is an honourable man. I have an Exam on this tomorrow and I need to know the significance, if you could really help that would be greatly appreciated :)

• Answer:

  1. whoever is talking is saying that they, as well as the person they are talking to, is just as capable as Caesar to do anything; he has no advantage over them. 6. i think this means that if you fear death, you're stopping yourself from really living, thus "cutting years off your life". hope this helps a bit.