Tragic Ends
This poet is tragically murdered by an angry mob who believe that he is a conspirator.
Who is Cinna the poet?
This is the term used to describe the following characters: Cassius, Casca, Cinna, Decius, Brutus, and Cicero.
Who are the conspirators?
Which bird did the Romans believe symbolized might and good fortune in battle.
What is an eagle?
This is a literary device that compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This is what Cassius sends to Brutus to persuade him to betray Caesar.
What are false letters written by citizens expressing concern about Caesar and praising Brutus?
This character says "E tu Brute" and dies.
Who is Julius Caesar?
March Antony describes this character as an honorable man during his funeral speech.
Who is Brutus?
This classical appeal aims to persuade an audience by appealing to the author's credibility or character.
What is ethos?
This is the feeling a reader gets from a story.
What is mood?
This is the exact line that the Soothsayer says to Caesar.
What is "Beware the ides of March"?
Who are Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus?
These three characters comprise the triumvirate that wishes to revenge Caesar's death.
Who are Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus?
This classical appeal aims to persuade an audience by appealing to use of logic or reason.
What is logos?
This is the type of conflict that is a psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character.
What is internal conflict?
What is "I am an older soldier than you. You should not tempt me" ?
This "swallowed fire" and died. She is married to Brutus.
Who is Portia?
This character dreams that Julius Caesar's statue spouts blood and believes the dream is a bad omen that foretells Caesar's death.
Who is Calpurnia?
This Roman dramatist greatly influenced Shakespeare's characterization of ghosts.
Who is Seneca?
This is the correct chronological order from beginning to end for the five parts of the plotline.
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
This is the foreboding message that the ghost of Caesar tells Brutus.
What is "To tell thee thou shalt see me at Philippi" ?
This character holds the sword while Brutus runs onto the sword.
Who is Strato?
This is Brutus's servant that believes in fate and writes a letter to warn Julius Caesar.
Who is Artemidorus?
This is the Roman goddess who was associated with fate.
Who is Fortuna?
This is the symbolic meaning of ravens, crows, and kites at Philippi.
What is a bad omen and death?
Cassius tells Brutus that Julius Caesar is too weak to be ruler, because Cassius had to do this action in order to save Julius Caesar.
What is save Caesar from drowning when the two men were swimming?