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QUOTES
100
Argues can be made back and forth as to whether Caesar’s death was predestined or if he could have avoided it. If he had simply accepted Artemidorus’ letter of warning, would he have lived? If he had simply accepted the Soothsayer’s warning against the Ideas of March, would he still be alive? Or was it predestined that he would be killed?
What is Fate vs. Free Will
100
He feels this emotion when he first encounters Caesar's corpse
What is sadness
100
Brutus speaks first to the citizens, telling them that their act was for the love of Rome, not the hate of one man. The crowd is swayed to his side, and they believe Caesar was evil.
What is Scene 2
100
This character is more gifted in oration
What is Antony
100
Who said that he came to bury Caesar?
What is Antony
200
The commoners are swayed to believe against the conspirators simply by Antony’s speech. Beforehand, they believed Caesar a tyrant and ambitious. Brutus does not possess the oration skills that Antony does, and it ends up losing him the favor of the people.
What is Rhetoric and Power
200
Brutus’ funeral speech
What is Monologue
200
Caesar enters the Senate, and he shrugs off Artemidorus’ letter of warning against the plot to kill him.
What is Scene 1
200
This contributed to Antony's speech
What is speaking in verse
200
He asked if he offended anyone
What is Brutus
300
Caesar’s public and private self is destroyed simultaneously in Scene 1. This is ironic as Caesar presumably believed these to be 2 separate beings. He compares himself to the Northern Star, unmoving and steady. This is a manifestation of his public self; however, when he is stabbed by Brutus his private self is displayed by asking him, “Even you, Brutus?” Caesar no longer can build up his public importance to such a degree that his private being is impermeable.
What is Public vs. Private Self
300
Antony’s speaking to Caesar’s corpse after Cassius and Brutus leave the Senate.
What is Soliloquy
300
The mob is on their way to seek revenge on all of the conspirators, and they come across a man and question him. He says his name is Cinna, and they mistake him for Cinna the conspirator; however, he is only a poet who is in favor of Caesar. They kill him out of sheer anger. The mob ends up driving the conspirators out of the city of Rome.
What is Scene 3
300
After the crowd is swayed by Antony's speech they leave to do this
What is burn the conspirators' home
300
This person compares himself to the Northern Star
What is Caesar
400
Antony sways the crowd in this way
What is oration?
400
As Caesar approaches the Capitol the audience, the conspirators, the Soothsayer, and Artemidorus knows that he will soon meet his death. Caesar is unaware; however, and denies the very letter that could have saved his life.
What is Dramatic Irony
400
Metellus, a conspirator, approaches Caesar to ask him to un-exile his brother from Rome. The other conspirators join him in kneeling before Caesar. Caesar denies his request, and he compares himself to the Northern Star, unmoving and steady.
What is Scene 1
400
Oration is most prominent in this scene
What is Scene 2
400
This person claims to be just a poet and a friend of Caesar
What is Cinna the poet
500
Caesar tries to separate this from his public self
What is his personal self
500
Brutus tells Cassius that he will precede Antony in speaking at Caesar’s funeral but will let him give a word, also.
What is Aside
500
Brutus speaks first to the citizens, telling them that their act was for the love of Rome, not the hate of one man. The crowd is swayed to his side, and they believe Caesar was evil.
What is Scene 2
500
These three commonly used persuasive techniques appear in Antony's speech
What is ethos, pathos,l ogos
500
"Et tu, Brute?" (Act III, 739, 87)
What is Caesar
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