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: : Here's the thing: : : Act IV, Scene iii, Brutus says, : : "There is a tide in the affairs of men : : Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune, : : Omiitted, all the voyage of their life : : is bound in shallows and miseries" : : Life gives us many opportunities, : : we must take risks in life, : : if we don't nothing will change it will always : : be the same, is my interpretation. : : So, how does this relate to the play? What : : actions does Brutus make throughout the play that : : prove this to be true? Any thoughts? : This is one of those quotes that sound great out : of context, but are less sensible in context. : In Act IV, Scene iii, Cius is arguing that : he and Brutus should delay the battle with Antony : and Octavius. Brutus in this quote says they must : strike now while the iron is hot. Cius is : killed in this battle, and while this battle is in : a sense a tie (Brutus beats Octavius, Antony beats : Cius)it leads to the second battle and the : victory of Antony and Octavius. : The logic of that quote may have caused Brutus to : join the ination plot against Caesar, though : Brutus acknowledges that Caesar has not yet done : anything wrong. : When Brutus argues that you should catch the tide : of fortune, you should instead be looking for : sandbags or a dry tall hill on which to stand. : You don't want to be on Brutus' ship when it : catches that tide to sail down the river to the : sea.

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