Name The Person Behind The Quote
Rhetorical Devices Examples
Literary Devices in the Text
Main Events
Interpret That Quote
100
"Beware the ides of March."
Who is The Soothsayer?
100
"What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him? O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason." -Antony
What is Apostrophe?
100
"But I am constant as the northern star," -Cassius
What is a Simile?
100
Caesar does this when he is offered the crown for the third time to rule Rome.
What is having a seizer?
100
"Now, whilst your purpled hands do reek and smoke, Fulfil your pleasure. Live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die: No place will please me so, no mean of death, As here by Caesar, and by you cut off," -Antony
What is loyalty to Caesar? Antony shows loyalty to Caesar even in his death and would proudly die beside him if it had to be that way.
200
"Speak, strike, redress!"
Who is Brutus?
200
"His coward lips did from thei colour fly," -Brutus
What is Epithet?
200
"Your wisdom is consumed in confidence. Do not go forth to-day: call it my fear That keeps you in the house," -Calpurnia
What is foreshadowing?
200
Calpurnia has this to foreshadow Caesar's death.
What is a dream?
200
"When beggars die, there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes." -Calpurnia
What does Calpurnia say to convince Caesar that he is too important to pass and that it would be a mistake to go out that day?
300
"Let me have men about me who are fat; sleek-headed men and such as sleep o' nights."
Who is Caesar?
300
"In ranks and squadrons and right form of war," -Calpurnia
What is Polysyndeton?
300
"Fierce fiery warriors fought upon the clouds, In ranks and squadrons and right form of war, Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol; The noise of battle hurtled in the air, Horses did neigh, and dying men did groan, And ghosts did shriek and squeal about the streets." -Calpurnia
What is Imagery.
300
Casca notices these and believes that they are hints from the g-ds that their plotting to kill Caesar is wrong and angers them.
What are omens?
300
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once." -Caesar
What does Caesar say to prove himself strong and brave enough to go out of the home when Calpurnia fears his death?
400
"A common slave- you know him well by sight- held up his left hand, which did flame and burn. Like twenty torches join'd, and yet his hand, not sensible of fire, remain'd unscorched."
Who is Casca?
400
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears." -Antony
What is Scesis Onomaton?
400
"O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times." -Antony
What is personification?
400
Calpurnia dreams that Romans will soon wash their hands in this.
What is Caesar's blood?
400
"Well, Brutus, thou art noble; yet, I see, Thy honourable metal may be wrought From that it is disposed: therefore it is meet That noble minds keep ever with their likes; For who so firm that cannot be seduced?" -Cassius
What are Cassius's ideas about how he can change Brutus's mind to turn him against Caesar? He feels that even the most noble minds can be seduced.
500
"And since you know you cannot see yourself, I, your glass, will modestly discover yourself. That of yourself which you yet know not of. And be not jealous of me gentle Brutus."
Who is Cassius?
500
"Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron," -Cassius
What is Anaphora?
500
"Truly, sir, in respect of a fine workman, I am but, as you would say, a cobbler." -Second Commoner
What are satire and puns.
500
When about to kill Caesar, the conspirators create a situation to make Caesar look like this.
What is a ruthless monarch? They position themselves around Caesar, begging him to have mercy, and watch him say no multiple times, making him look bad.
500
"Within the bond of marriage, tell me, Brutus, Is it excepted I should know no secrets That appertain to you? Am I yourself But, as it were, in sort or limitation, To keep with you at meals, comfort your bed, And talk to you sometimes? Dwell I but in the suburbs Of your good pleasure? If it be no more, Portia is Brutus' harlot, not his wife." -Portia
What is Portia's anger over Brutus's secrecy? She believes that marriage should be open, but he refuses to share with her, and if that is the case, then she is no more than a harlot.
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