In Act III, scene ii of Julius
Caesar, Brutus uses much parallelism (parallel construction: using the same
pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of
importance.)
He begins his speech
thusly:
Then
follow me, and give me
audience, friends.
Notice the
repetition of "me" in the object placement in both
clauses.
Later, he says:
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Those that will hear
me speak, let 'em stay here;
Those that will
follow Cassius, go with
him;
Notice the repetition of
the "those that will" at the beginning of each
clause.
Still later, he returns to the "me" as object
coupled with the "that you may":
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hear me for
my
cause, and be silent, that you may hear:
believeme
for mine honour, and have respect to
mine honour, that
you may believe:
censure me in your wisdom, and
awake your
senses, that you may the better
judge.
The speech builds as
the level of parallelism increases.
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