Act I
Act II
Act III
100
The political mood and behavior of the Romans.
What is fickle and changeable
100
anxious over Brutus's plans
What is Portia's mood in Act II?
100
The reason Anthony sends a servant to Brutus immediately after Caesar's death.
What is to declare his love for Brutus and to ask for an explanation.
200
Brutus's mood when we first meet him.
What is at war with himself
200
The concerns of Calphurnia
What is the reason for Caesar's initial decision to stay home?
200
that he will scheme against the conspirators
What does Cassius warn Brutus about Antony?
300
Cassius's plans at the end of Scene 2.
What is to persuade Brutus to join the conspiracy against Caesar.
300
rising action of the play
What is a series of complications in the plot?
300
Caesar's dying words
What is surpise that Brutus is one of the assassins?
400
Protagonist
Who is the person who drives the action?
400
an attempt to warn Caesar of the conspiracy
What is Artemidorus reading the letter?
400
Brutus allows Antony to speak
What is the turning point of the play?
500
Caesar and his opponents
What is the central conflict introduced in Act I?
500
Caesar may become a tyrant.
What does Brutus's comparison of Caesar to a newly hatched snake mean?
500
The conspirators bathe their hands and swords in the blood of Caesar.
What forshadowed that the blood of the conspirators will be spilled?
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