O, that we then could come by Caesar’s spirit,
And not dismember Caesar.
(II. i. 167.)
Antony, above the corpse, sees in prophetic anticipation,
Caesar’s spirit ranging for revenge.
(III. i. 273.)
The ghost of Caesar proclaims what he is,
Thy evil spirit, Brutus.
(IV. iii. 282.)
And at the close Brutus apostrophises his dead victim: