Quote ID
Et tu, Brute?
Caesar
What are the names of three conspirators against Caesar?
Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Metellus, Trebonius, Ligarius, Cimber, Cinna
What are four elements of Shakespearean tragedy?
Fate vs. free will, self vs. self, comic relief, violence on stage
What are five parts of the rhetorical situation?
Culture, context, audience, purpose, speaker
"You all did see that on the Lupercal, I thrice offered him a kingly crown which he did thrice refuse."
Antony
Why is Brutus "the noblest Roman of them all," according to Antony?
He followed his principles regarding Rome until the end.
What is the "self vs. self" of Caesar?
Brutus in his garden debating whether or not to kill Caesar.
pathos
"He would be crown'd: how that might change his nature, there's the question"
Brutus
What does Brutus accuse Cassius of?
Taking bribes
What is the pun that the cobbler makes in Act I as the comic relief?
He says he is a "mender of soles" (double meaning with "souls")
Name one way Antony uses ethos in his speech
various answers
"The fault is not in our stars, but in ourselves"
Cassius
What evidence does Cassius give that Caesar is weak?
His almost drowning and his fever
What is the difference between a Shakespearean tragic hero and a Greek tragic hero?
Shakespeare's tragic heroes have more agency, whereas Greek tragic heroes are subject to fate, as it is based on Greek mythology.
What literary device is used in the following statement: "Was this ambition?"
rhetorical question