Characters
Themes
Vocabulary
Play Structure
Literature and Plot
100

The person who attempted to warn Caesar with a letter

Who is Artemidorus?
100

This theme is represented by Caesar's surprise at Brutus's involvement in the conspiracy

What is betrayal?

100

A sign from the gods

What is an omen?

100

The event in Act 1 that qualifies as exposition

What is the return of Caesar?

100

This is the part of the play when all problems have been "solved"

What is the resolution?

200
The woman who had a dream that she interpreted as a bad omen about Caesar

Who is Calpurnia?

200

This theme is represented through the Soothsayer's warning to Caesar

What is fate?

200

Speaking with intention

What is rhetoric?

200

The event in Act 2 that qualifies as the complication

What is division of Caesar's rule?

200

This is the type of play in which there is a lot of death and destruction

What is a tragedy?

300

The tragic hero in Julius Caesar

Who is Brutus?

300

This theme is represented through Brutus's claim that he assassinated Caesar for the good of Rome

What is honor?

300

Belief in interference from gods, ghosts, and other supernatural forces

What is superstition?

300
The event in Act 3 that qualifies as the turning point

What is Caesar's death?

300

This type of character is the protagonist that has admirable traits but it doomed to fail because of a tragic flaw

What is the tragic hero?

400

The woman who proved her loyalty by stabbing herself in the thigh

Who is Portia?

400

This theme is represented when Caesar decides to not read the warning letter from Artemidorus

What is fate/free will?

400

A group of 3 people who are in power

What is a triumvirate?

400

The event in Act 4 that qualifies as power reversal

What is the formation of the 2nd triumvirate?

400

This is the word for an event that is satisfying the audience that usually takes place in Act 5 of a tragedy?

What is catharsis?

500
The man who helped Brutus commit suicide

Who is Strato?

500

This theme is represented when Brutus accuses Cassius of corruption

What is honor?

500

A commoner

What is a plebian?

500

What event in Act 5 qualifies as the ruin of the hero?

What is the suicide of Brutus?

500

This is Brutus's tragic flaw

What is idealism?