Julius Caesar Characters
This Roman general is assassinated on the Ides of March.
Who is Julius Caesar?
The setting where Caesar is assassinated.
What is the Senate?
A speech delivered by a character alone on stage, revealing inner thoughts.
What is a soliloquy?
An appeal to emotion.
What is pathos?
A story in which characters and events represent larger ideas.
What is an allegory?
Caesar’s close friend who ultimately betrays him.
Who is Brutus?
The conspirators believe killing Caesar will prevent this form of government.
What is tyranny?
Hints or clues that suggest future events in a play.
What is foreshadowing?
An appeal based on credibility or character.
What is ethos?
In an allegory, characters usually represent what?
Ideas, moral qualities, or concepts.
This character gives the famous funeral speech beginning with “Friends, Romans, countrymen.”
Who is Mark Antony?
This event turns the Roman crowd against the conspirators.
What is Antony’s funeral speech?
A brief comment meant to be heard by the audience but not by other characters.
What is an aside?
An appeal that relies on logic and reasoning.
What is logos?
How is an allegory different from a simple symbol?
An allegory uses an entire story to represent deeper meaning, not just one object.
The most manipulative conspirator who convinces Brutus to join the plot.
Who is Cassius?
Brutus and Cassius flee Rome after this major turning point.
What is Caesar’s assassination?
A play that ends in death and downfall of major characters.
What is a tragedy?
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Pathos
Allegories often teach what kind of lesson?
A moral, political, or social lesson.
This character warns Caesar to “Beware the Ides of March.”
Who is the Soothsayer?
The final battle where Brutus dies.
What is the Battle of Philippi?
The moment of greatest tension or turning point in the plot.
What is the climax?
True or False: Allegory always has only one correct interpretation.
False.