Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 2. BRUTUS. Ay, Casca. Tell us what hath chanced today, That Caesar looks so sad.225 CASCA. Why, you were with him, were you not? BRUTUS. I should not then ask Casca what had chanced. CASCA. Why, there was a crown offered him: and being offered him, he put it by with the back of his hand, thus; and then the people fell a-shouting.230 What does the symbol of a crown represent in this excerpt? a position of power the will to live dishonor to the country overcoming his illness