Literary Elements Part 1
What kind of play is Julius Caesar?
BOTH a tragedy and history play
What do we call a comment that a character says to the audience and no one else?
aside
tragic hero
The cobbler is what kind of character?
comic relief
What kind of archetypal character is Cassius?
devil figure
What are some themes in Caesar?
murder, suicide, battle, friendship, honor, ambition, betrayal, power, corruption, morals, ethics
When we know Caesar is going to be killed by the conspirators, but he has no idea, this is what kind of irony?
dramatic
The crown in Caesar represents what?
Power
What is Brutus's tragic flaw?
too trusting
What are some character traits for Brutus?
honorable, too trusting, smart, conflicted, loyal, idealistic, respected
What kind of literary element is used with the quote: Cobbler- "a trade sir, that I hope I may use with a safe conscience, which is indeed, sir, a mender of bad soles."
Pun
Who are foil characters in Caesar?
1. Brutus and Cassius
2. Brutus and Antony
What kind of character archetype is Cassius?
Devil Figure
When Antony delivers the funeral speech to the crowd, what kind of speech is this?
monologue
What is the purpose of Antony's funeral speech that he delivers to the people of Rome?
to persuade them to go after the conspirators
What is a character traits for Cassius?
manipulative
Caesar compares Cassius to a ravenous wolf when he sees him at the parade. What kind of figurative language is this?
metaphor
What kind of irony is used when Antony says, "Brutus is an honorable man."
verbal
Brutus thinks that killing Caesar will prevent civil war in Rome. However, civil war breaks out anyways. What kind of irony is this?
Brutus notices a meteor shower outside before the meeting with the conspirators. He says the meteors are "whizzing" by. What kind of figurative language is this?
onomatopoeia
What is the mood of the play?
Caesar says: "Cowards die many times before their deaths..." What kind of figurative language is this?
Hyperbole
When Trebonius delivers an aside right after Caesar leaves, what are two purposes for this aside?
Aside: "so near will I be, that your best friends shall wish I had been further."
2. to foreshadow what is going to happen
When Antony delivers a speech alone...when he is with Caesar's body....to say goodbye to him...what kind of speech is this?
soliloquy
What is Shakespeare's tone for toward the topic of power?
serious