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Scene 1
Scenes 2 and 3
Scene 3 and 4
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"The only way is to kill Caesar. I have no personal reason to strike at him—only the best interest of the people. He wants to be crowned. The question is, how would being king change him? Evil can come from good, just as poisonous snakes tend to come out into the open on bright sunny days—which means we have to walk carefully. If we crown him, I have to admit we’d be giving him the power to do damage."
Who is Brutus?
100
Brutus' servant.
Who is Lucius?
100
This is Brutus' feelings throughout this scene.
What is his doubtfulness in killing Caesar?
100
This is what happened in Calphurnia's dream.
What is a statue of Caesar spewed blood and the people of Rome washed their hands in it?
100
Artemidorus plans to give Casear a note that proves -
What is that Artemidorus supports Caesar, and therefore must warn him of the conspirators actions?
200
"There isn’t one of them who doesn’t admire you, and each one of them wishes you had as high an opinion of yourself as every noble Roman has of you."
Who is Cassius?
200
Dreams of war in the heavens and a lioness giving birth.
Who is Calpurnia?
200
What is Brutus' reason for refusing to swear an oath?
What is the conspirators' goal should be more than enough of a reason?
200
Caesar says he will still go to the capitol because -
What is he does not fear death, if it were to come, he would trust his fate to keep him alive?
200
Portia states "I have a man's mind, but a woman's might." In your own words, state her meaning.
What is, she knows Brutus is up to something, and wishes to take action against it.
300
"No, let’s not swear an oath. If the sad faces of our fellow men, the suffering of our own souls, and the corruption of the present time aren’t enough to motivate us, let’s break it off now and each of us go back to bed."
Who is Brutus?
300
Wounds herself deliberately to show her strength and devotion.
Who is Portia?
300
This is why Brutus says that Antony should be NOT be killed.
What is Antony is powerless without Caesar?
300
This is how Decius convinces Caesar to leave his house.
What is he tells Caesar the men of Rome will laugh at him for staying home and being scared?
300
These are the instructions that Portia gives to Lucius.
What is take this note to Brutus and spy on him and what he is doing?
400
"Caesar, I never believed in omens, but now they frighten me. A servant told me the night-watchmen saw horrid sights too, but different ones from what we heard and saw."
Who is Calphurnia?
400
Persuades Caesar to go to the capitol.
Who is Decius?
400
This is why Cassius WANTS to kill Antony.
What is Antony is a loyal follower of Caesar and he does not trust him?
400
This is the irony in Caesar telling his men to stay close to him.
What is the men he is asking to protect him are the men plotting to kill him?
400
This is who Portia and Lucius run into and what he is doing.
What is the soothsayer who is on his way to the Capitol to warn Caesar again?
500
"Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, it seems to me most strange, that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come, when it will come."
Who is Caesar?
500
Rejected as a conspirator because "he will never follow anything that other men begin."
Who is Cicero?
500
The five main conspirators shown in Scene 1.
Who are Brutus, Cassius, Decius, Mettullus, Casca, Cinna?
500
The conspirators plotting to kill Caesar.
What is Cassius, Brutus, Metellus, Caius, Tiberius, Casca?
500
This is, in your own words, what the soothsayer says he knows about Caesar's wellbeing to Portia.
What is I do not know anything for sure but you should trust my words that something bad will happen?