no he wanted to be king for ever
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He does so in order to convince the crowd of his humbleness, and to milk in more attention from them. They repetively applaud his commendable humility. (He does actually want the crown though)
Caesar did not have a Crown; it was a mark of kingship which the Romans would have found to be offensive. In Shakespeare's play we hear that Antony "thrice presented him a kingly crown which he did thrice refuse"
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If you're referring to the play, "thrice I offered him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse". In other words, 3.
The idea was that Caesar would refuse the Crown, thus demonstrating to the mob that he didn't want the power of a king. And it worked. Of course Caesar did want and actually had all the power of a king, and what he was refusing were the trappings that went along with it. This was ok with him, and made the foolish crowd think that by refusing the trappings, he was also refusing the power.
If you're referring to the play, "thrice I offered him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse". In other words, 3.
Mark Antony offers the crown to Caesar, and Caesar accepts the crown on the third offer.
"You all did see upon the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse. Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?"
Casca sees Caesar refuse a crown offered to him by Mark Antony three times. He also sees him have an epileptic fit.
Mark Anthony offered Caesar a coronet (a little crown) three times. He was not actually offering Caesar the crown; Casca says it was "mere foolery." Three times, Caesar pushed the crown away. Every time he pushed the crown away, the people cheered because they were glad that Caesar did not want to be king; it proved that he was a man without ambition. However, Casca reports, it appeared to Casca that Caesar really wanted to take the crown. Caesar then offered the people his throat to cut (which was a very odd thing for him to do. Apparently, it was his way of saying, "Here I am to serve the people of Rome; I will give my very life for you, if you want.") Then, Caesar fell down in the market place, apparently suffering from an epiletic seizure. And all the women felt very sorry for him.