Vocabulary
Caesar's desire for more and more power...
What is a flaw? OR
What is a tragic flaw?
"Forget not in your speed, Antonius,
To touch Calpurnia, for our elders say
The barren, touchèd in this holy chase,
Shake off their sterile curse."
Who is Caesar?
Remove the decorations from the statues of Caesar
What do Flavius and Murellus plan to do at the end of Act I, Scene I?
Speaking clearly, effectively (well), and persuasively (convincingly)
What is rhetoric?
a repeating image or idea in a work of literature for the purpose of pointing out a theme
What is a motif?
"BRUTUS exits.
CASSIUS
Well, Brutus, you’re noble. Yet I see that your honorable character can be bent from its usual shape..."
What is a soliloquy?
"I’ll remember. When Caesar says “do this,” it is done."
Who is Antony?
Why are Murellus and Flavius are determined to destroy the celebration of Caesar's victory over Pompey?
To lessen the people's adoration (love and praise) of Caesar so that they don't want or demand that he become king
ethos, pathos, logos
What are examples of rhetorical devices?
a statement (sentence) that tells what the story shows the reader about the way people are sometimes
What is a theme?
from the beginning of the play to the end, Cassius believes Caesar needs to be taken down
What is a static character?
"Cassius, don’t take it badly. If I seem guarded, it’s only because I’m uneasy with myself. Lately I’ve been overwhelmed with private thoughts and inner conflicts, which have affected my behavior. But this shouldn’t trouble my good friends—and I consider you a good friend, Cassius."
Who is Brutus?
the shouts of the people that Brutus hears while he and Cassius are talking
What is happening when Caesar denies the crown three times?
"I didn’t have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends’ rooms, I returned Coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple." - Steve Jobs
What is an example of pathos?
friendship, leadership, and superstition
What are the motifs in "Julius Caesar?"
"Sir, please, don’t be angry. But if your soles are worn out, I can mend you."
The cobbler (a person who fixes shoes) says this to Flavius and Murellus in Act 1, Scene 1.
What is a pun?
"I don’t, Cassius, though I love Caesar very much. But why do you keep me here so long? What do you want to tell me? If it’s for the good of all Romans, I’d do it even if it meant my death."
Who is Brutus?
disgusted
What is Cassius' tone when speaking of Caesar?
"During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar..." - Steve Jobs
What is an example of ethos?
"COBBLER
Well, to wear out their shoes and get myself more work. Seriously, though, we took the day off to see Caesar, sir, and celebrate his triumph.
MURELLUS
Why would you celebrate it? What victory does he bring home? What foreign lands has he conquered and captive foreigners chained to his chariot wheels? You blockheads, you unfeeling men! You hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, didn’t you know Pompey?"
What is an example of the motif of leadership from "Julius Caesar?"
when Cassius says he will be forging (writing them himself but acting like they are written by others) letters and throwing them in Brutus' window
What is dramatic irony?
"I don’t know what you and other men think of this life, but as for me, I’d rather not live at all than live to worship a man as ordinary as myself. I was born as free as Caesar. So were you. We both have eaten as well, and we can both endure the cold winter as well as he."
Who is Cassius?
"A common slave—you’d know him if you saw him—held up his left hand, which flamed and burned like twenty torches together. And yet his hand was immune to the fire and didn’t get burned. Also—I’ve kept my sword unsheathed since I saw this—in front of the Capitol I met a lion who looked at me and strutted by without bothering to attack me. And there were a hundred spooked women huddled together in fear who swore they saw men on fire walk up and down the streets."
What is all the events that inspired (caused) superstitious beliefs in the characters in Act I, Scene 3?
"He had a fever when he was in Spain,
And when the fit was on him, I did mark
How he did shake. 'Tis true, this god did shake!"
-Cassius, speaking of Caesar
What is an example of ethos?
"BRUTUS
What means this shouting? I do fear, the people
Choose Caesar for their king.
CASSIUS
Ay, do you fear it?
Then must I think you would not have it so.
BRUTUS
I would not, Cassius. Yet I love him well."
What is an example of the motif of friendship?