The line "Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed that he is grown so great?" is spoken by Cassius in William Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar." Cassius uses this rhetorical question to express his skepticism about Julius Caesar's rise to power and to question the sources of his strength and influence. This line reflects the themes of ambition, power, and the dynamics of political rivalry in the play.
Notice, the professor told the class, Cassius' choice of imagery when he asks, upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed that he is grown so great?
CASSIUS Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about To find ourselves dishonorable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Brutus and Caesar: what should be in that 'Caesar'? Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar. Now, in the names of all the gods at once, Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, That he is grown so great? Age, thou art shamed! Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods! When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was famed with more than with one man? When could they say till now, that talk'd of Rome, That her wide walls encompass'd but one man? Now is it Rome indeed and room enough, When there is in it but one only man. O, you and I have heard our fathers say, There was a Brutus once that would have brook'd The eternal devil to keep his state in Rome As easily as a king.
Yes, a great deal of corn, but not for human consumption. Corn is grown in Italy only for animal feed.
Hay
feed it
Grass grown mainly to feed animals
yes
Mulberry trees
You feed them kibble
Close to two-thirds of the sorghum grown in the United States is used as livestock feed.
Oats
Today, there are only a few thousand acres grown and much of it is sold as a feed grain. Most of the production is in the western states