english lines for script (Claudius) Flashcards
(4 cards)
Judge Dean: No, no, no. This is my courtroom; we are not going to do this. I paid for these microphones; don’t make me turn them off. So, let’s get started with the simple things first.
Cassius: Can we please just get started?
Claudius: Yeah please, I’m kind of getting bored. I have king’s business to attend to.
Wow! Having the nerve to speak to me like that is crazy, someone’s grumpy today I thought villains weren’t supposed to have any emotion… Not off to a good start. Most villains tend to have a reason, although twisted, let’s hear your psychotic reasonings for your villainy. Cassius, go.
Cladius: My motives were simple, “my crown(points at hat), my own ambition and my queen”. I don’t waste time with pathetic attempts at revenge. I couldn’t stand my brother having all the power over me.
Judge D: Villainy aside, let’s talk home life. Surely even the most wicked masterminds have their… domestic struggles. Tell me, what’s the real challenge of being a villain?” Cassius, you go first!
Cassius: Hmmm… I must say-
Claudius: Claudius Interrupts UGH! I can’t do it anymore, it’s the wife!
Judge D:
She’s so demanding! She’s more of a villain than me! She has a 72-step skincare routine that starts at 4 am! She forces me to go to pilates every Sunday night and Wednesday afternoons! She makes me do the laundry! I murder one king and suddenly it’s “Hamlet did this”, “Hamlet did that”. Honestly, I’ll be the one to say it. Being a murderer and usurper is easier than being a husband! Everyone gasps
Cassius: Hmm, let’s see, where do I even start? Oh! Unlike Claudius, I don’t get my hands dirty. I get others to do it for me, that’s real villainy. I was the one who convinced the senate to go backstabbing against an epileptic frail leader. The best part of all this? I made Rome cheer for Caesar’s death. See I fought to win Rome over. Claudius just wanted power, ugh! Boring. I wanted chaos. I didn’t just kill a man, no, I killed an empire!
Claudius: Ah, Cassius, you think manipulating one fool makes you the greatest villain? Please. I didn’t just play mind games, I played God. I poisoned my brother, slowly and painfully. He was asleep, he still trusted me. Cassius, you talk about breaking a man, but i shattered an entire family. I have committed Treason of the highest order, I was able to convince people to send away the little rascal, Hamlet and poisoned countless things to rid him from this world. I let Hamlet be traumatised and then went and married his mother! And unlike you, Cassius, while you died like a fool. I died a king.
