The Plot Thickens
This ancient pagan holiday is the reason characters were putting up decor and running races in Act I of the play.
What is the Feast of Lupercal?
This character loves Rome more than they love Caesar.
Who is Brutus?
"I'll about, / And drive away the vulgar from the streets. / So do you too, where you perceive them thick."
These lines are best translated to mean this.
"I'll go to, and send the poor away from the streets. You do the same, wherever you see them the most."
The cobbler states that he is "a mender of weary soles" to humorously demonstrate this literary device.
What is a pun?
When Cassius claims that Caesar is not a god, he recalls this story about Caesar as evidence to his argument.
What is Caesar drowning or Caesar having a fever and shaking?
A soothsayer warns Caesar of this specific date.
What is March 15th?
This character requested to have more friends who are "fat,/ sleek-headed men" and less friends who "think too much. Such men are dangerous."
Who is Caesar?
"Either there is a civil strife in heaven, / Or else the world, too saucy with the gods, / Incenses them to send destruction."
These lines are best translated to mean this.
"Either there is a civil war in heaven, or the world has been too rude to the gods and caused them to send destruction upon us."
"These growing feathers plucked from Caesar's wing/ Will make him fly an ordinary pitch,/ Who else would soar above the view of men/ And keep us all in servile fearfulness."
These lines from Flavius in Act I are an example of this literary device.
What is a metaphor?
When Brutus emphasizes that he was a friend who loved Caesar, despite killing him, he is appealing to this rhetorical appeal.
What is Ethos?
Casca claims to have seen these strange happenings in Act I, sc. 3.
What is a man with his hand on fire, a lion, men on fire, and an owl during the day time?
This character claims Caesar is not at all god-like, as he was witnessed to have almost drowned and also had a fever.
Who is Cassius?
"Crown him that, / And then, I grant, we put a sting in him / That at his will he may do danger with."
These lines are best translated to mean this.
"If we crown him king, then I believe we will give him a reason to do something dangerous."
The stormy weather and strange events mentioned in the play leading up to Caesars death serve as an example of this literary device.
What is symbolism or mood?
Brutus states that killing Mark Antony would make their "course seem too bloody" in an effort to make this part of the argument.
What is a claim?
This character is the last to stab Caesar.
Who is Brutus?
Cassius also suggests killing this character for being too close with Caesar.
Who is Mark Antony?
"The cause is in my will; I will not come. / That is enough to satisfy the Senate. / But for your private satisfaction, / Because I love you, I will let you know. / Calpurnia here, my wife, stays me at home."
These lines are best translated to mean this.
"The reason is simply my want. My want is that I will not come. That should be enough to satisfy the senate. But for your own curiosity, I'll let you know because I love you. Calpurnia here, my wife, is keeping me at home."
Antony refers to Brutus as "an honorable man" in Act III to show this rhetorical device.
What is verbal irony?
While Brutus relies on Pathos in his closing speech after Caesar's death, Antony's speech in the same scene could be considered more effective because he relies on this rhetorical appeal instead.
What is Logos?
This character sends letters to Brutus that appear to be from other Romans, to try to convince him to kill Caesar.
Who is Cassius?
This character trait is identified to be Caesar's tragic flaw.
What is ambition?
"Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony, who, / though he had no hand in his death, shall receive the / benefit of his dying..."
These lines are best translated to mean this.
"Here comes his body, grieved by Mark Antony, who wasn't involved in his death but still benefits from his death..."
"As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, / I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honor him; but as he / was ambitious, I slew him."
This quote from Brutus serves as an example of this literary device.
What is parallelism?
This is the reason Brutus had "no personal cause to spurn" at Caesar in Act II.
What is his personal experience with Caesar?