Shakespeare/JC Background
Terms & Characters
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
100
These monarchs endorsed the theater
Who were Elizabeth I and King James?
100
An actor must deliver this type of speech ALONE on stage; it also reveals what is happening in the character's mind
What is a soliloquy?
100
These three events open the play
What is Caesar's defeat of Pompey, Caesar's return and the Feast of Lupercal?
100
He is "at war with himself" regarding Caesar
Who is Brutus?
100
He changes from being the comic relief to scared and timid in this scene
Who is Casca?
200
The theater closed in 1592 for this reason
What is the black plague?
200
the 15th of March is also called...
What is the ides?
200
Shakespeare's phrasing meaning to tear down decorations
What is "disrobe the images"?
200
Caesar names these things as contributors to Cassius' "lean and hungry look"
What are reading too much, not going to plays, not liking music, thinking too much?
200
This literary terms applies to the setting of scene 3
What is foreshadowing?
300
Members of the first triumvirate
Who are Crassus, Caesar and Pompey?
300
This person "Strides the narrow world like a Colossus", making everyone else feel small
Who is Caesar?
300
The plebians support him in scene 1
Who is Caesar?
300
His stories about saving Caesar's life serve this purpose
What is to make Caesar look like less of a god?
300
This person warns not to read too much into omens
Who is Cicero?
400
This era was a time that focused on enlightenment where people sought answers for themselves, rather than from the church.
What is the Renaissance?
400
Humorous and sarcastic, he laughs that Caesar could stab the commoners' mothers and they wouldn't care
Who is Casca?
400
These men have a profound political understanding and disregard for those who mindlessly follow trends
Who are Flavius and Marullus?
400
"Men at times are masters of their fates" implies...
What is "it is up to you to change things"?
400
The three locations of the forged letters
What are Brutus' ancestor's statue, his house and his senate chair?
500
Shakespeare often referred to this text for historical information
What is Plutarch's Lives of Noble Grecians and Romans?
500
His deep political understanding and disgust at Caesar's arrogance lead him to form an assassination plot
Who is Cassius?
500
This metaphor in scene 1 describes taking small actions to bring Caesar down
What is a feather being plucked from Caesar's 'wing'?
500
These two literary terms can apply to the warning "Beware the ides of March"
What are irony and foreshadowing?
500
Casca and Cassius recognize that this is Brutus' best trait
What is his honor?
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