Characters
What are Caesar's physical weaknesses?
He is weak and grows tired. He is prone to seizures and faints while foaming at the mouth.
"Beware the ides of March." (1.2.28)
Soothsayer
Warning Caesar that something bad is going to happen on March 15th.
Where does Julius Caesar take place?
Rome
What was Calpurnia's dream?
Caesar will be stabbed and his blood will be a fountain that Romans will bathe in.
When an individual tries to persuade someone using logic and reasoning, this is called what?
Logos
Which 2 characters are tribunes?
Flavius and Marullus
"It must be by his death. And for my part I know no personal cause to spurn at him." (2.1.10-11)
Brutus
Saying Caesar must be killed, but he doesn't have any personal reason for it.
What are the 2 meanings of the term "cobbler"?
1. Someone who bungles (is clumsy)
2. Someone who fixes shoes
Name 2 of the bad omens that appear.
Walking dead, lions giving birth in the streets, cracked open graves, storms
When the cobbler says he is a "mender or soles" what literary device is this an example of?
Pun
Who believes Calpurnia's dream is "nothing to worry about?"
Decius
"For once, upon a raw and gusty day...Caesar said to me...leap in with me into this flood and swim to yonder point?" (1.2.107-111)
Cassius
Describing the event where Caesar nearly drowned and Cassius had to save him, proving Caesar's weakness.
In which locations does Cassius plant letters?
Brutus' house, statue, the senate house.
Why are Marullus and Flavius displeased in act 1 sc 1?
The commoners have stayed home from work and are out in the streets, celebrating Caesar's victory against Pompey.
"And therefore, think him as a serpent's egg." (2.1.33)
What literary device is used here? Explain.
What role does Artemidorus play?
Artemidorus tries to warn Caesar about the assassination plans
"I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And sure he is an honourable man. (III.ii.82–96)"
Antony
He offered the crown to Caesar 3 times, and Caesar turned it down.
Who says Cassius has a "lean and hungry" look? What do they mean?
Caesar
That Cassius thinks too much and is suspicious.
Why is it so important for Brutus to join the conspiracy?
Because Caesar is good friends with Brutus and trusts him
"But hollow men, like horses hot at hand,
Make gallant show and promise of their
mettle…"
What literary element is being used here?
Alliteration
What does Portia do to prove her strength to Brutus?
Stabs herself in the leg
"No, not an oath... if these be motives weak, break off betimes, and ever man hence to his idle bed." (2.1.125-128)
Brutus
Telling Cassius they don't need to form an oath to kill Caesar, that their love of Rome alone should be enough.
The night before Caesar’s assassination, how many times does Calpurnia call out in her sleep?
Brutus dissuade Cassius from asking ___ to join the conspiracy on the grounds that he never follows other’s ideas.
Cicero
When Portia says, "I grant I am a woman; but withal
A woman well-reputed, Cato's daughter" this is an example of what rhetorical appeal?
Ethos (establishing credibility)