Both Uses of
scorn
in
Julius Caesar
- He reads much;
He is a great observer, and he looks
Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays,
As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music:
Seldom he smiles; and smiles in such a sort
As if he mocked himself and scorned his spirit
That could be moved to smile at any thing.†p. 27.2scorned = disrespected or rejected
- ...But 'tis a common proof,
That lowliness is young ambition's ladder,
Whereto the climber-upward turns his face;
But, when he once attains the upmost round,
He then unto the ladder turns his back,
Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees
By which he did ascend.p. 51.3 *scorning = disrespecting or rejecting as not good enough
Definition:
disrespect or reject as not good enough