Scene 1
where does the battle take place? Who has a disagreement, and why?
The battle takes place in Phillipi. Octavius and Antony have a dissagreement on which direction to strike from.
Who does Brutus send to report to Cassius?
Messala
What is Cassius doing at the beginning of this scene? With whom is he doing this?
He is standing atop a hill with Titinus, watching the battle.
What is Brutus doing at the beginning of this scene?
He is preparing for another war with the romans.
What does Brutus ask his soldiers to do
To hold his sword out so he can run into and kill himself
What is octavius's motive behind drawing his sword
to avenge Caesars death
What does Brutus send a soldier to report back to Cassius?
Who comes to Cassius? What does he inform him? What does he advise him to do about this information? What does Cassius do?
Pindarus come to tell him that Antonys troops have invaded his camp and that they should flee. Cassius refuses to leave?
what is lucillius doing in this scene, what does this result in?
He pretends to be Brutus which results in his capture
Who comes to Brutus on the field? What does he tell him?
Caesars ghost appears and tells him that the time for him to die has come
Which three people are among Brutus and Cassius's army?
Titinus, Lucillius, and Messala
What Brutus want his armies next act to be?
To push forward to attack Octavius's army in its weakened state.
What does Cassius ask Pindarus to do? What comes of this?
He asks him to watch Titinus. He finds out that Titinus is circled by the enemy.
Who finds out that lucillius is not actually Brutus
Why does Brutus end up dying? Why does he choose to die this way.
Who does Cassius call over to talk to? What does he tell them(in detail)?
Cassius calls over Messala to tell him about the bad omens which entail two eagles perched on their armies flags eating from soldiers hands, that have now turned into ravens, crows, etc. circling over the troops heads.
What does Cassius give Pindarus, why?
He gives him the edge of his sword so that he can run into it and kill himself. He does this because he finds out that Titinus is circled and he is loosing.
What does Antony order his men to do?
He orders them to go see if the real Brutus is alive or dead and to treat Lucillius well while he is in capture.
What does Antony find? How does Lucillius reply?
He finds Brutus's body. Lucillius says he is glad they could not capture him alive.
What does Brutus reference when talking to Cassius? What does he mean by this?
He references the ides of march saying that this day "must end that work the ides of march begun". By this he means the battle must end the premonition of the ides of march.
Who dies in this scene other than Cassius? Why and how?
Titinus stabs himself when he finds out that Cassius is dead.
What did Brutus say made him different from the other conspiritors? What did he say about Caesar.
He did it for the good of rome, everyone else did it out of envy. He says Caesar is the noblest of all.