What is the method Shakespeare used to distinguish the working people from the noblemen in his plays?
100
Caesar's crowning would be dangerous. He would turn his back on his supporters and become a tyrant.
What is the justification for killing Caesar?
100
Lionesses giving birth in the streets, blood drizzling from the heavens, and graves opening up are examples Calpurnia gives of this.
What is one of the unnatural phenomena that Calpurnia cites as evidence Caesar should stay home?
100
This is defined as unrhymed iambic pentameter.
What is blank verse?
200
They supported Pompey, but as soon as Caesar killed him, they started to support Caesar instead. (They are two-faced!)
What is the reason the tribunes have only contempt for the common people of Rome?
200
These men attend a meeting at Brutus' house to solidify their plans.
What is the entire group of conspirators?
200
Decius gives Caesar this interpretation of Calpurnia's dream.
What is that Caesar's blood reinvigorates Rome, and the citizens want to be near him.
200
This is defined as drama or literature that shows the downfall of a noble person, usually brought about by their tragic flaw.
What is a tragedy?
300
"Beware the ides of March...."
What is the warning from the soothsayer to Julius Caesar?
300
Brutus says not to kill Mark Antony, not to take an oath, not to involve Cicero, and to not kill Caesar savagely.
What are the changes Brutus recommends to the assassination plot?
300
This is what Brutus compares Caesar to in Act II as justification for murdering him.
What is a serpent's egg?
400
Caesar was offered the crown three times, and thrice declined (although he seemed more and more reluctant each time).
What are the events Casca reported from the games?
400
Calpurnia begs Caesar to do this based on a dream she has involving a bleeding statue.
What are Calpurnia's reasons for wanting Caesar to stay home from the capitol?
400
This character ultimately decides to go along with the plot because he is concerned about preserving the good of the people, not because of his own political ambitions.
Who is Brutus?
500
A storm that drops fire, a lion roaming the streets of the capitol, an owl out at noon, and a slave's hand starting on fire (yet he is not burned).
What frightens Casca as he is heading to meet Cassius at night?
500
Decius convinces Caesar that he must go do this, regardless of what Calpurnia has seen in her dream.
What is go to the capitol?
500
Brutus' wife does this to show her husband that she can be trusted to keep his deepest secrets.