Setting the Scene
Ancient Rome
Why do Flavius and Marullus insult the two workers at the beginning of the play?
Ring leader of the conspirators
Cassius
Brutus finally joins the conspiracy and asks the other conspirators to keep the plot hidden by...
Being friendly and normal
Caesar's Wife
Calpurnia
Everyone is afraid this man will be voted emperor
Julius Caesar
Caesar is warned about this Roman holiday that celbrates the middle of it's month and the coming of spring.
The Ides of March
The most key person to convince to join their conspiracy
Brutus
This person has been having dreams about Caesars demise
Calpurnia
Warns Caesar about the Ides of March
Soothsayer
Pompey
Brutus' struggle to decide whether or not to join the conspirators is an example of....
Internal Conflict
Brutus joins the conspirators to protect...
Rome from tyranny (Caesar)
The conspirators decide not to kill Marc Antony because they are afraid that...
the public will turn against them
Stabs themselves in the leg to make a point to Brutus
Portia
Type of government practiced in Rome
Democratic Republic
This is why everyone fears the strange storm in Act I
They think the gods are angry with them
Where they plan to kill Caesar
The Capitol (The Senate)
Calpurnia dreams of a what, that represents Caesars death?
A bleeding statue where smiling Romans bathe in the blood of Caesar
Follows Cassius around, they're BFF's
Casca
Shakespeare's audience believed in this idea that governed the universe (Description is accepted, extra points for knowing the exact name)
Great Chain of Being
Caesar distrusts Cassius because he does too much of this
Thinking (He's too clever/smart)
Where does Cassius place the letters to Brutus (Must know ALL places)
Caesar refuses to stay home because he doesn't want people to think he's a....
Coward
BFF's with Caesar, but doesn't want to kill him...
Marc Antony