Give after Casca an account of the offering of crown to Caesar by Antony. What light does it throw on Casca's character?

Give after Casca an account of the offering of crown to Caesar by Antony. What light does it throw on Casca's character?

While these procession at Lupercalia is passing on, Brutus pulls Casca by the cloak and asks him why Caesar looks so angry. Casca then gives a cynical and contemptuous account of the offering of the crown to Caesar by Antony. It was not so much a crown as a coronet. Antony offered Caesar the Crown thrice and thrice did Caesar refuse it. All the time the mob shouted, clapped their hands. Casca says that when the mob wildly shouted, such a foul smell was coming out of their mouths that the whole air was infected and Caesar fell down in a fit and foamed at the mouth. The whole scene was laughter provoking but Casca did not laugh, for fear of catching the foul contagion.

Before fainting Caesar perceiving that the mob was glad at his refusal of the crown, opened his doublet, offered them his throat and asked them to cut it off. The foolish mob could not understand

 Caesar and simply laughed. When he recovered his senses, Caesar asked their "worships" (i.e. the commoners) to forgive his infirmity. Some three or four women were so much moved to pity for Caesar that they cried out 'Alas!' 'good soul', and forgave him heartily. After this Caesar returned sad and angry.

This blunt description of the whole episode by Casca is quite in keeping with his cynical nature. It shows his aristocratic pride and hatred of the multitude, who are rank-scented and pollute the air by their shouts. His cynicism is patent in every line of the description. It  also shows how Casca is jealous of Caesar's powers and is glad at the mob's uncritical shouting at the refusal of the crown by Caesar. The description rather astonishes Brutus who thinks that Casca, who was so shrewd and sharp-witted in his schooldays has now become so dull. But Cassius explains it and rightly enough, the bluntness that Casca has put on describing the episode is but a cloak to his good wit. Really Casca is not so blunt and dull-witted as he appears from this manner of his description.

Further, the speech shows Casca to be an aristocrat with a lofty hatred for the commoners, who are so dull of intellect and dirty manners wearing sweaty night caps and giving out foul smell from their mouths, when they speak. A cynic Casca is jealous of Caesar's growing powers, and says that when Caesar opened his doublet and offered his throat to the mob to cut it off, he would have taken it seriously, and behead Caesar. This is a good hint to Cassius who seizes it to win over Casca to the plot against Caesar.