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- Act 3 Scene 3
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- Cinna the poet is wandering through the streets of
- Rome when he meets a crowd of angry citizens.
- They ask questions, and when he tells them his
- name they kill him, simply because Cinna is the
- name of one of the conspirators. Shakespeare
- dramatizes Plutarch.
- 1 tonight: last night.
- 2 charge: fill.
- fantasy: imagination.
- 3 will: desire.
- forth of doors: outside.
- 12 you were best: you had better.
- 18 bear me a bang: get a blow from me.
- 19 directly. The citizen intends ôplainlyö,
- but Cinna means ôimmediatelyö.
- 24 For your dwelling: where do you live.
- 33 pluck but: simply tear.
- 34 turn him going: set him free.
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