Roman Radicals
Sardonic Symbols
Themes
Who said that?
Settings
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"Hence! home you idle creature, get you home"
Who is Murellus.
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Cryptic warnings of doom
What is an omen.
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Repeatedly ignoring of warnings.
What is fate vs free will.
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"...Think of him as a serpent's egg/which hatched. Would his kind grow mischievous.
Who is Brutus (Act II, Scene I)
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Where did Marc Antony give his speech to the country men/plebeians
Marc Antony gave his speech to the plebeians in the Forum in front of the Curia.
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"Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?"
Who is Brutus
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During the feast of Lupercal, this tradition was for young men to run naked through the streets whipping everyone in sight for fertility reasons.
What is Anthony's goatskin whip.
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Brutus and Caesar have problems with self awareness.
What is public vs private self.
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"He thinks too much, such men are dangerous"
Who is Caesar (Act I, Scene II).
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Where did Cassius get Brutus to join him against Caesar?
In the Orchard of Brutus in Rome.
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"Speak, hands, for me!"
Who is Casca (first to stab Caesar).
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Purveyors of words that are repeatedly disregarded.
What are poets or teachers.
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Caesar says it and it shall happen.
What is rhetoric vs power.
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"...but those that understand him smiled at one another and shook their heads; but for mine own part, it was all Greek to me."
Who is Casca (Act I, Scene II).
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Where was Cassius killed?
Where was Cassius killed? At the Battle of Philipi in Greece
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"Caesar, all hail! Good morrow, worthy Caesar: I come to fetch you to the Senate-house."
Who is Decius.
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These characters symbolize the private, domestic realm.
What are women or wives.
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Stubborn Brutus and Caesar ignore warnings as plain as the nose on their face.
What is inflexibility vs compromise.
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"Et tu Brute? Then Fall Caesar."
Who is Caesar (Act III, Scene I).
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Where did Decius sway Caesar in going to the Senate house when Calpurnia didn't want him to go to.
In Caesar's villa (house/homestead).
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"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings"
Who is Cassius
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These characters represent lower class people in Rome.
What are Plebeians
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Marc Antony manages to turn the crowd in his favor
What is Persuasion
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"Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius."
Who is Cassius (Act I, Scene III).
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Where and when was Gaius Julius Caesar murdered?
Where and when was Gaius Julius Caesar murdered? Caesar was killed at The Curia (Gathering of men)/Senate building. Caesar was murdered on the Ides of March or March 14th, 44 B.C.
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