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Aristotle Terms
Background
Logical Fallacies
Rhetoric Strategies
The Play
100
what is hubris? who has it in Julius Caesar?
excessive pride; Julius Caesar
100
what is the name of Shakespeare's theater and troupe? BONUS: year of theater's creation
globe theater (1599); The King's Men previously Lord Chamberlain's Men
100
Distracts from problem at hand w/ new topic/statement
Red Herring
100
Who is Calpurnia?
Caesar's wife
200
what is nemesis?
the consequences of the hubris
200
What is First Triumvirate?
trinity of rulers in Roman Empire: Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus
200
attacks speaker's character
ad hominem
200
what is connotation?
feeling a word evokes NOT its definition
200
How do commoners feel about Caesar? How do many senators feel?
commoners love him; senators believe he goes against Roman's republic beliefs and he is too much like a god
300
what is harmartia?
hero's tragic error
300
who was Julius Caesar?
military leader and politician of Roman Empire; battled in Middle East; assassinated by Cassius, Brutus and other senators
300
one event will lead to a series of others
slippery slope
300
unnecessary addition of conjunctions (and, or, but)
polysyndeton
300
what does storm represent?
represents bad omen; Cassius uses it as slippery slope to persuade Casca to join Conspirators
400
what is anagnorisis?
hero's realization of their tragic error (harmartia)
400
What is saying: Veni, Vedi, Vei
came, saw, conquered
400
conclusion based on biased or lack of evidence
hasty generalization
400
similar structure of series of phrases
parallelism
400
why is Brutus needed?
Romans love Brutus and killing Caesar won't look as bad with him on Cassius's side
500
what is peripeteia?
hero transition from safe to vulnerable; their fortune changes for the worse
500
how does Julius Caesar relate to the time period it was written in?
end of Elizabeth's rule in England
500
fallacy which its conclusion relies assumption of claim's truth Ex: God is real. Why? The bible says so. Who wrote the bible? God.
begging the claim
500
two related but contrasting ideas linked with similar structure
antithesis
500
why did Caesar refuse the crown? what changed in Brutus because of event?
he did not want to be king; many theories about event; Brutus worried that citizens will elect him king