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" The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."
- William Shakespeare
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2007-11-04 21:44:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
I think he is saying that the problems that people have are not pre-determined by some all powerful being, but are caused by the choices that we make. Because we are humans, we are subject to poor choices because we have no knowledge of the future.
2007-11-04 22:09:00 · answer #1 · answered by MissBehavior 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aah, the excuses people invent for their dastardly actions!
Now if all the underlings start thinking along these lines and start assassinating those above them, there would be absolute chaos and mayhem all around in this world. Fighting against injustice is laudable but instigating others and resorting to treason to fulfill one's own ambition is deplorable to say the least...
No wonder then that Dante's Divine Comedy show Cassius and Brutus in the mouths of Satan in the hell (I read this somewhere, I am not so knowledgeable!).
2007-11-05 04:28:12 · answer #2 · answered by P'quaint! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By that logic it is possible that there is no fault, for if it is not in the stars and not in ourselves, then it certainly is not with others, as they are also 'us' when we assume they live beneath the stars... underlings relates therefore to age and in a society of power, class and acheivement, fault lies in not learning your lessons and applying that absent knowlege in an arena you are not ready to habituate! So, to the Lions with you and your faults... for your underling capacity is a threat to the state etc...
2007-11-04 21:56:57 · answer #3 · answered by latem321 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This "fault" portends to a pathology of betrayal utilizing the most insidious of evil intentions, a willful and manipulative turn of phrase designed to dis-empower loyalty and breed contempt sufficient as to commit treasonous murder. What a fine piece of irony, what a deft turn of phrase.
And no, I do not agree with this phrase. Neither is it allusion to fate nor to free will. It's irony in it's duplicity of meaning; ironic in it's conspiratorial aspersions being that the conspirators are those who cast the accusations.
There is yet to be a conspiracy without a theorist behind it's propagation.
2007-11-07 15:54:38 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In as much as Cassius is saying one man is as good as the next and we shouldn't assume that some people (like Ceasar) are just fated to be in charge while other people (like Brutus) are fated to be controlled, yeah, for sure. But I fail to see the connection to Van Halen.
2007-11-04 21:52:08 · answer #5 · answered by Geoff B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are so young in the grand scheme of things. And need much schooling by who or whatever to truly understand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5t5GukrWOU
2007-11-05 01:03:39 · answer #6 · answered by Marguerite 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
one way or another its both right and wrong. I mean its not entirely correct... I guess he is talking about fate and destiny... destiny is where we end up while fate is how we get there...but we also have free will. So, he's right that its our fault when we make choices that makes us suffer, but at times its just our destiny or fate that we must suffer at times...so, its both right and wrong...right?
2007-11-04 22:01:38 · answer #7 · answered by paolala 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is totally the stars' fault.
2007-11-05 03:46:04 · answer #8 · answered by Lorenzo Steed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeare is both right and wrong....
and it is NOT my fault!!!
2007-11-05 06:29:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree totally with it.
2007-11-04 22:45:51 · answer #10 · answered by brainwhacker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋