In act ii of julius caesar, what does brutus mean when he says, “and therefore think him as a serpent's egg, which, hatched, would, as his kind, grow mischievous.”? antony will grow to become a mischievous but effective ruler. cassius should be destroyed before he becomes dangerous. caesar might not be dangerous now, but he will in the future. decius is serpent-like and therefore he cannot be trusted.