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=== In Literature === | === In Literature === | ||
==== William Shakespeare's ''Julius Caesar'' ==== | ==== William Shakespeare's ''The Tragedy of Julius Caesar'' ==== | ||
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears..."<ref name=Ref1/> are the starting words of Mark Antony's famous speech during Act III, scene ii of the play. | "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears..."<ref name=Ref1/> are the starting words of Mark Antony's famous speech during Act III, scene ii of the play. Antony asks those he addresses to listen to what he has to say. Ears are part of the whole human body. However, Antony does not require his countrymen's physical ears; rather, he requires what they represent: their attention. | ||
==== Example of Literature 2 ==== | ==== Example of Literature 2 ==== | ||