JAMB - Literature In English (1983 - No. 4)

From the novel; Julius Ceasar

There is a tide in the affairs of man
Which, taken at the flood, lead on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shadows, and miseries.
This is a statement made by

Antonu, urging Caesar to take the crown

Cassius, urging Brutus to join the struggle to remove Caesar before he grows into tyrant

Brutus, urging that Cassius and himself lead out their forces to meet those of Antony and Octavius at Philippi

Casca, urging that the conspirators explain their cause to the populace before their motives are misunderstood

Messala, urging Titinius to search for Pindarus.

JAMB - Literature In English (1983 - No. 4)

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