Both Uses of
ingratitude
in
Julius Caesar
- Pray to the gods to intermit the plague
That needs must light on this ingratitude.p. 11.3ingratitude = ungratefulness
- For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel:
Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him!
This was the most unkindest cut of all;
For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,
Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms,
Quite vanquished him:p. 129.5 *ingratitude = lack of gratefulness
Definition:
lack of gratefulness -- typically inappropriately so