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"Et tu, Brute! Then fall, Caesar."
Who is Caesar?
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"Et tu, Brute! Then fall, Caesar."
What is Caesar dying?
100
"Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf, And tell me truly what thou think'st of him."
What is symbolism?
100
"For Brutus is an honourable man. So are they all honourable men...And Brutus is an honourable...he is and honourable man."
What is an epistrophe?
100
"How he did shake: 'tis true, this god did shake."
What is an example of Caesar's mortality and non-god like traits.
200
"Let me have men about me that are fat;"
Who is Caesar?
200
"And yesterday the bird of night did sit even at noon-day upon the market-place, hooting and shrieking."
What is an omen foreshadowing conflict in the future?
200
These growing feathers pluck'd from Caesar's wing
What is a metaphor?
200
"Friends, Romans, countrymen..."
What is scesis onomaton?
200
"And I will look on both indifferently, For let the gods so speed me as I love the name of honour more than I fear death."
What is an example of how Brutus is an honourable man?
300
"And for Mark Antony, think not of him; For he can do no more than Caesar's arm when Caesar's head is off."
Who is Brutus?
300
"Therefore, good Brutus, be prepared to hear. And since you know you cannot see yourself so well as by reflection, I, your glass, will modestly discover to yourself that of yourself which you yet know not of."
What is Cassius trying to manipulate Brutus?
300
Calpurnia's dream about Caesar's blood being drizzled upon the Capitol.
What is foreshadowing?
300
"Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?...What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?
What are rhetorical questions?
300
"Beware the ides of March."
What is the soothsayer warning Caesar of future conflicts?
400
"Fear him not, Caesar; he's not dangerous."
Who is Antony?
400
"How foolish do your fears seem now, Calpurnia! I am ashamed I did yield to them. Give me my robe, for I will go."
What is Caesar being gullible?
400
"My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And i mist pause till it come back to me."
What is personification?
400
"as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honor him: but, as he was ambitious I..."
What is Anaphora?
400
"Than what I fear; for always I am Caesar."
What is Caesar showing his pride?
500
"Tell me, good Brutus, can you see your face?"
Who is Cassius?
500
"Caesar cried 'Help me, Cassius, or I sink!'"
What is Cassius trying to show Brutus how Caesar is not so perfect and powerful.
500
"For Brutus is an honourable man. So are they all honourable men...And Brutus is an honourable...he is and honourable man."
What is repetition?
500
"Have stood against the world; now lies he there."
What is antithesis?
500
"Caesar was mighty, bold, royal, and loving: Say I love Brutus, and I honour him; Say I fear'd Caesar, honour'd him and loved him...How Caesar hath deserved to lie in death."
What is Antony saying that he may follow Brutus if he can explain his actions?