Placing opposite ideas or words side by side, so that one illuminates the other through contrast.
In Julius Caesar
Men at some time are masters of their fates: / The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
The phrase sets "our stars" against "ourselves," destiny coming from outside and responsibility coming from within. The contrast pushes Brutus to choose the second and to treat submission as a decision made by the Romans themselves.
Act I: The Triumph and Seduction of Brutus, Cassius
Cowards die many times before their deaths; / The valiant never taste of death but once.
Act II: The Conspiracy and the Morning of the Ides, Julius Caesar
I have a man's mind, but a woman's might.
Act II: The Conspiracy and the Morning of the Ides, Portia
Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.
Act III: The Assassination and the Forum, Brutus
This was the noblest Roman of them all. / All the conspirators, save only he, / Did that they did in envy of great Caesar
Act V: Philippi and the Death of Brutus, Mark Antony
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