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Brutus's struggle to join the conspiracy in Act Two is an example of an ____________ conflict.
internal conflict
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Why do the conspirators decide they don't need an oath?
They are honest. They are Romans.
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Who is Portia?
Brutus's wife.
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Who is Calpurnia?
Caesar's wife.
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What is it when a character is pitted against an outside force?
External conflict
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Brutus compares Caesar to a ladder in Act 2 in his long speech. His comparison is an example of an ________metaphor.
extended metaphor
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"And for Mark Antony, think not of him; For he can do no more than Caesar's arm when Caesar's head is off." What does this mean?
Mark Antony has no power without Caesar.
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What is a paradox?
A statement that contradicts itself.
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What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"
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What is a major division in the action of a play?
An Act
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Why is Brutus conflicted about killing Caesar?
Because they are friends, but he wants to do what is best for Rome.
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What does Portia do to show Brutus that she cannot bare his secrets?
She stabs herself in the thigh.
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What is an extended metaphor?
A metaphor that continues into the sentences that follow.
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Who believes that death will come when it wants to?
Caesar
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What is a soliloquy?
A speech in a dramatic work in which the character speaks his or her private thoughts aloud to the audience.
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"And therefore think him as a serpent's egg Which, hatched, would, as his kind, grow michievous, And kill him in the shell." What is the modern day translation of this (find it in your packets and read it), and who is being compared?
Caesar is being compared to a serpent's egg.
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What is an omen?
A sign or warning
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What is the omen that happens more than onces in Act II?
Thunder.
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Who twists Calpurnia's dream as a part of his manipulative technique?
Decius
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What is an aside?
A short speech delivered directly to the audience.
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"And therefore think him as a serpent's egg Which, hatched, would, as his kind, grow michievous, And kill him in the shell." What does this mean?
When Caesar becomes king, he will become a bad person, so they need to kill him now to save him from himself.
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Why does the author use thunder as the recurring omen?
To build suspence and mood.
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Describe Calpurnia's dream.
She dreamed the Romans were bathing in Caesar's blood.
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What is dramatic irony?
When the audience knows more about something than one of the characters.
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What is the purpose of an aside or a soliloquy?
To tell the audience what the character is thinking.
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