Quotes
Who said to whom? "Beware the Ides of March"
Who are The soothsayer and Caesar?
Triumvirate
What is a a group of three men holding power?
What is the setting? What holiday is being celebrated?
What is a street in Rome and the Feast of Lupercal is being celebrated?
What does Caesar tell Antony to do to Calpurnia and why?
What is he tells Antony to hit her with his whip during the Feast of Lupercal celebration because it was thought that this made a woman fertile?
What was Caesar’s reaction to the offering of a crown, according to Casca?
He denied the offering 3 times. Casca believes that Caesar wanted to take it but he still refused it (I,ii,245).
Who said to whom: “You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things! O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, knew you not Pompey?”
Who are Murellus and the Commoners?
Patricians
What is members of the noble/ ruling class in Roman society?
Who are Murellus and Flavius?
Who are they are public officials (tribunes) who are against celebrating Caesar’s victory.
What is a soothsayer? Of what does he warn Caesar?
What is a soothsayer is one that predicts the future. He warns Caesar to “Beware the ides of March”?
According to Casca, what are the senators planning to do to Caesar the next day?
What is to crown Caesar as king?
Who said to whom: "Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous".
Who are Caesar and Anthony?
Tribune
What is an elected representative of the plebeians.
Why do they want to drive the commoners from the street?
What is they do not support Caesar’s victory so don’t want the commoners celebrating. Also, they think Caesar is power hungry already so they don’t want him to return home to all the celebrations in his honor.
Does Marcus Brutus like Caesar? What does Brutus think of Caesar’s rise to power?
What is Brutus likes Caesar but would not like him to rise to power. “I do fear the people choose Caesar for their king” (Brutus:I,ii,84-85). “Ay, do you fear it? Then must I think you would not have it so” (Cassius:I,ii,86-87). “I would not, Cassius, yet I love him well” (Brutus: I,ii,88).
What 5 unusual events occur during the storm?
What is fire falls from the storm; a slave with his hand on fire but he is unharmed; a surly lion in the Capitol that does not bother anyone; a group of 100 women who claim to have seen men running up and down the street on fire; a “night bird” (screech owl=bad luck) during the day in the marketplace.
Who said to whom: "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.”?
Who are Cassius and Brutus
Soliloquy
What is when a character is alone on stage and gives a long speech letting the audience hear his/ her thoughts aloud
What else do Murellus and Flavius do to further hinder the celebration of Caesar’s victory?
What is they disrobe all the images that have decorations in his honor.
What two stories does Cassius tell Brutus and what is the point of these stories?
What is that Caesar was drowning and asks for his help and that he had had an epileptic fit accompanied by a fever? The point is that Caesar is not physically capable of being king. Also, that Cassius saved Caesar so why is Caesar a “god” and Cassius has to bend over backwards to do whatever Caesar wants.
Name 6 characters that are definitely in on the conspiracy up to this point.
Who are Cassius, Casca, Cinna, Metellus Cimber, Decius Brutus; Trebonius?
Who said to whom and what does it mean 'Indeed, it is a strange-disposed time./ But men may construe things after their fashion/ Clean from the purpose of the things themselves.'?
Who is Cicero to Casca?
What is people will interpret things in their own way contrary to what the things actually mean.
Dramatic Irony
What is when a character/s expect one thing but the opposite will occur/ is occurring and the audience already knows information that will lead to this contrast between expectation and reality?
What happens to Flavius and Murellus in Scene 2 and why?
They are “silenced” for disrobing Caesar’s images in Scene 1.
What is Caesar's opinion of Cassius? Why does he feel that way?
What is Caesar is suspicious of Cassius. He says he has a “lean and hungry look”. Caesar believes Cassius reads much, is a great observer, seldom smiles, and that men like him are never content when there is someone greater than themselves. He believes all of these things make Cassius dangerous.
What does Cassius instruct Cinna to do to carry out his plan to convince Brutus to conspire against Caesar?
What is he instructs Cinna to place letters in the praetors chair; through his window and on old Brutus' statue - all places where Brutus' could find them easily.