Yes, Marcus Brutus compares Julius Caesar to a serpent's egg which when hatches results in the existence of the poisonous serpent which if grows to its kind, becomes dangerous. Similarly, Julius Caesar, if bestowed with the crown, would become so powerful as to endanger the peaceful lives of the Romans.
In Brutus's soliloquy at the beginning of Act 2 Scene 1.
A serpent's egg is not dangerous; it's just an egg. But it could become dangerous if it hatched. Brutus's point is that like the serpent's egg Caesar was bound to hatch into something really dangerous and he would be easier to deal with while he was still in the egg stage.
In Scene 1 lines 32-34
Brutus actually compares Caesar to an unhatched serpent, not to a newly hatched one. "And therefore think him as a serpent's egg, which, hatch'd would, as his kind, grow mischievous" The point of the comparison is to show that Caesar is potentially dangerous, not dangerous now.
Brutus uses the word "augmented" in the following scene: But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round. He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may. Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he is, Fashion it thus; that what he is, augmented, Would run to these and these extremities: And therefore think him as a serpent's egg Which, hatch'd, would, as his kind, grow mischievous, And kill him in the shell.
In Brutus's soliloquy at the beginning of Act 2 Scene 1.
Thus Brutus decides action must be taken now, as Caesar is like a serpent's egg - dangerous once hatched. Time to make an omelet. More.... http://www.shmoop.com/event/literature/w…
Dead Can Dance
The STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH can be compared to a BOILED EGG and an AVOCADOThe CRUST in the EARTH'S SURFACE is compared to the SKIN of the AVOCADO and the Shell of the BOILED EGGThe MANTLE in the EARTH is compared to the FLESH of the AVOCADO and the EGG WHITEThe CORE in the EARTH is compared to the SEED of the AVOCADO and the EGG YOLK...
He compares him to a serpent's egg.
A serpent's egg is not dangerous; it's just an egg. But it could become dangerous if it hatched. Brutus's point is that like the serpent's egg Caesar was bound to hatch into something really dangerous and he would be easier to deal with while he was still in the egg stage.
The solution is hypertonic compared to the egg.
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The final section of the Earth might be compared to the yolk of the egg
In Scene 1 lines 32-34
It would be about half the size of a small chicken egg or slightly smaller than half.
Not at all... as long as you use good fresh egg yolk.