Characters
This character foretells the doom of the titular character in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Who is the soothsayer?
This character delivers a speech rich in pathos while speaking to the plebians gathered at Caesar's funerals, and this effects the citizens greatly.
Who is Mark Antony?
This theater was where many of Shakespeare's plays were performed and the first play performed there was probably Julius Caesar in 1599
What is the Globe Theater?
This character delivers this line, one of the most famous in the world of literature: "E tu, Brute?"
Who is Julius Caesar?
When Brutus is comparing Caesar to a snake ("And therefore think him AS a serpent's egg...and kill him in the shell", he is using this literary device.
What is a simile?
This character has proved her loyalty to her husband, she says, with a "voluntary injury" delivered to her thigh.
Who is Portia?
This character hopes to gain Brutus's trust in the plot to kill Caesar by reminding him how well he knows Brutus, saying Brutus's love of honor and Rome is "as familiar to me as your face".
Who is Cassius?
One of Shakespeare's most famous lines, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?", was the opening line of this work.
What is "Sonnet 18"?
This character nearly gives away the secret she has been told to a servant, but stops herself saying "Oh, let my determination keep me from speaking what is in my heart! I have a man’s mind, but only a woman’s strength!"
Who is Portia?
The storm which erupts at the end of Act 1 and goes into Act 2 is an example of this type of literary device.
What is foreshadowing?
This character is considered, but ultimately excluded from the conspirators because he is said to "never follow through on anything."
Who is Cicero?
This character uses ethos to persuade Cassius that he is not a "tattle tell".
Who is Casca?
This woman, who shares a name with a well-known American actress, was married to William Shakespeare
Who was Anne Hathaway?
Caesar tells this character to make sure to touch Calpurnia during the race, to which this character replies, "I shall remember- when Caesar says 'Do this', it is performed."
Who is Mark Antony?
This type of irony describes how most readers are well aware of the death Caesar will ultimately endure, though he is not aware of it himself.
What is dramatic irony?
This character provides the first instance of the resentment building against Julius Caesar, in scolding citizens for celebrating Caesar's victory over Pompey's sons.
Who is Murellus?
In using logos, this character uses his speech at Caesar's funeral to rationalize his part in Caesar's death saying why he did what he did is not that he did not love Caesar but instead "that I loved Rome more."
Who is Brutus?
This acting group, which included Shakespeare as one of their members, actually built the theater on which many of Shakespeare's plays would eventually be performed.
What is the Lord Chamberlain's Men?
This character plans to deliver a letter to Caesar which warns him to "Beware of Brutus. Take heed of Cassius. Come not near Casca. Have an eye to Cinna."
Who is Artemidorus?
An example of this conflict is when Brutus is going back and forth in his mind over what is the right thing to do- save Caesar, or save Rome.
What is internal conflict?
The release of this character is used as a petition to distract Caesar the morning of his murder.
Who is Publius Cimber?
In sharing a personal story of the time he and Caesar crossed this river, Cassius uses pathos to persuade Brutus of Caesar's weaknesses
Shakespeare was born on this date in 1564 and legends state also died on this date in 1616 too.
When is April 23?
This character tells Brutus and Cassius why Caesar looked so distraught at the end of the race, saying "Before he fell down, when he received the common herd was glad he refused the crown, he plucked me ope his doublet and offered them his throat to cut."
Who is Casca?
This type of meter found in poetry, and famous in Shakespeare's works, features an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable to create a rhythm.
What is iambic pentameter?