Who Said It?
Soothsayer
Most people assume I'm nothing more than a fun-loving party boy.
Antony
Rome, 44 BC
Hence. Wilt thou lift up Olympus?
If you were really sick, you would embrace the means to come by it.
I am a woman, but I am your wife and Cato's daughter...I'm built differently
How could I bear the physical wound I gave myself but not your emotional wounds? I'm strong enough.
"I know no personal cause to spurn at him/but for the general."
Brutus
We were "put to silence."
Flavius & Marullus
Cassius devises a plan to plant letters "from Roman citizens" begging Brutus to act against Caesar.
What three places does he instruct them to be placed?
In his window
At the feet of Old Brutus' statue
In Brutus' chair at the Senate
"Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers"
Juxtaposition
Brutus makes a rhetorical misstep when we sticks to a _________ tone in his funeral speech.
Pragmatic; didactic
"Let Antony and Caesar fall together"
Cassius
I'm old and wise, but left out of the conspiracy. I was killed by the triumvirate.
Cicero
What are Caesar's last words? (6 words)
"Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar"
Who here is so base that would be a bondman?
Who here is so rude that would not be a Roman?
Who here is so vile that will not love his country?
Rhetorical questions
1. You interpreted her dream wrong.
2. We were planning to give you the crown today.
3. They might change their minds AND laugh at you if I tell them that you didn't come because your wife had a bad dream.
4. Excuse me for being so bold, but it is because I love you that I tell you this.
"You are yoked with a lamb that carries anger as a flint bears fire, who, much enforced, shows a hasty spark and straight is cold again."
Brutus
I mistakenly reported that Titinius was captured, which caused Cassius to finally make good on his threats.
Pindarus
What TWO "omens" of their loss in battle does Cassius share with Messala?
1. It's my birthday (begin and end)
2. On our way to Philippi, two eagles followed us and ate from our hands, but this morning, they are gone, and now ravens, crows, and kites are circling overhead as if we are prey.
O, let us have him, for his silver hairs will purchase us a good opinion and buy men's voices to commend our deeds.
AND
"An itching palm"
Synecdoche
1. Repeats the sarcastic phrase "honorable men"
2. Provides specific examples of times that Caesar wasn't ambitious to counter Brutus' claims
3. The will
4. Refers to the mantle; points out and names conspirators with wounds; shows Caesar's body
5. Heart over head
"Caesar, thou art revenged, even with the sword that killed thee."
Cassius
We 3 men refuse to help Brutus take his own life.
Dardanus, Clitus, & Volumnius
At the end of the play, who does Antony say is "a prize no less in worth [than Brutus], and why?
Lucilius; he impersonated Brutus when captured to give him time to escape
What touches us ourself shall be last served.
Irony