Read the passage. then answer the questions that follow.

caesar. the gods do this in shame of cowardice.

caesar should be a beast without a heart

if he should stay at home today for fear.

no, caesar shall not. danger knows full well

that caesar is more dangerous than he.

we are two lions littered in one day,

and i the elder and more terrible.

and caesar shall go forth.

–the tragedy of julius caesar,

william shakespeare

which phrase in the passage includes a symbol?

what does this symbol represent?

what do the two lions caesar mentions symbolize?