Act I
This is why Cassius wants Brutus to be a part of the conspiracy.
What is his honorable reputation?
These people try to stop Caesar from getting killed.
Who are Calpurnia, the Soothsayer, and Artemidorus?
Brutus and Cassius disagree about this after Caesar is killed.
Brutus's wife does this after the murder of Caesar.
What is she commits suicide by swallowing hot coals?
This is how many stab wounds Caesar suffered, according to Octavius.
What is 33?
Explain the following quote: "Beware the Ides of March"
The Soothsayer says this to Caesar. It foreshadows his death.
Cassius and Brutus disagree about this as they plan Caesar's assassination.
What is Antony's fate (live or die)?
Cinna the poet is killed as a result of this.
What is mob mentality?
Explain the following quote: "Thou shalt see me at Philippi"
Said by Caesar's ghost to Brutus in his tent late at night. Foreshadows their eventual defeat and Brutus's death.
Explain the following quote: "This day I breathèd first. Time is come round,/ And where I did begin, there shall I end;/ My life is run his compass”
Said by Cassius, recognition that he is likely to die during battle (on his birthday)
This is being celebrated at the start of the play, much to the dismay of Marullus and Flavius.
What is Caesar's victory over Pompey's sons?
This convinces Brutus to join the conspiracy.
What is a forged letter from a "concerned Roman", writeen by Cassius and delivered by Cinna?
Explain the following quote: "Et tu, Brute?"
Caesar says this after realizing Brutus is part of the conspiracy. It demonstrates his sense of betrayal, means "And you, Brutus?"
Antony compares Lepidus to these two animals (also explain the comparisons).
What are a donkey (only good for basic labor) and a horse (good at fighting, not a leader)?
Antony observes this about Brutus at the end of the play.
What is Brutus's honor and acceptable motives for killing Caesar?
These are unnatural events that signal current/future conflict.
What are portents?
Who is Decius Brutus?
The conspirators do this to surround Caesar before killing him.
What is they pretend to ask for the repeal of the banishment of Metellus Cimber's brother?
Brutus and Cassius disagree about this at a general's meeting in Brutus's tent.
What is whether to go to the enemy (at Philippi) or stay and wait for them to come (to Sardis)?
Antony calls Brutus and Cassius this (an insult) after which Cassius reminds Brutus that Antony would be dead had they gone with Cassius's plan.
What is "flatterers"?
What are his physical limitations, history of illness, and overwhelming (and perhaps unwarranted) power/reputation among the Roman population?
Explain the following quote: “Danger knows full well/ That Caesar is more dangerous than he. /We are two lions littered in one day,/ And I the elder and more terrible./ And Caesar shall go forth”
Said by Caesar, demonstrating bravery. Uses personification (danger) and metaphor (lions)
These are two reasons that Antony argues the Roman general public should be upset with Caesar's murder.
What are:
His generosity (ransoms and will), his refusal of crown, Brutus's betrayal, Brutus's manipulation of them with his speaking ability, the violence with which Caesar was murdered, etc.
These are the reasons that Brutus and Cassius are angry at each other when they go into Brutus's tent.
What are:
Brutus asked Cassius for money who said no (actually a mistake) AND
Cassius asked for his friend not to be killed for taking bribe but Brutus ignores him
These characters die by suicide in Act V (also provide how/who helped).
Cassius (via Pindarus)
Titinius (blames self for Cassius dying)
Brutus (asks Clitus, Dardanus, and Volumnius; helped by Strato)