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Sundarnaz Posted 13 years ago
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Julius Caesar
Act II, Scene IV
I would have had thee there, and here again, Ere I can tell thee what thou shouldst do there.
Modern explanation.
I would have rather had you there, and back here again, before I can tell you what you should do there.
The meaning of the above text isn't clear to me not even in the modern English. What Portia wants to tell Lucius?
I would have had thee there, and here again, Ere I can tell thee what thou shouldst do there.
Modern explanation.
I would have rather had you there, and back here again, before I can tell you what you should do there.
The meaning of the above text isn't clear to me not even in the modern English. What Portia wants to tell Lucius?
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She needs to know what's going on in the Capitol before she can know what instructions to give to Lucius, so she is telling him to go there and just see what the situation is and report back to her before she tells him to do anything else.
- She needs to know what's going on in the Capitol before she can know what instructions to give to Lucius, so she is telling him to go there and just see what the situation is and report back to her before she tells him to do anything else.
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She needs to know what's going on in the Capitol before she can know what instructions to give to Lucius, so she is telling him to go there and just see what the situation is and report back to her before she tells him to do anything else.
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sundarnaz Act II, Scene IVI would have had thee there, and here again, Ere I can tell thee what thou shouldst do there. Modern explanation.I would have rather had you there, and back here again, before I can tell you what you should do there.The meaning of the above text isn't clear to me not even in the modern English. What Portia wants to tell Lucius?"I wou
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