Characters
He persuades Brutus to join the conspiracy by emphasizing Brutus' love and credibility with the people.
Who is Cassius?
Loyalty vs. betrayal is a theme demonstrated by this example.
What are Brutus’s feelings of duty to Caesar and Rome?
Caesar dismisses this warning, which ultimately leads to his assassination.
What is “Beware the Ides of March”?
This word means “impossible to defeat or conquer” and describes Caesar’s belief in his own power.
What is unassailable?
Someone who begs like a dog.
What is base spaniel-fawning?
This character ignores multiple warning signs and omens before going to the Senate on the Ides of March.
Who is Caesar?
Chaos and instability are themes that are demonstrated by this example.
What are omens like lions in the streets and strange weather symbolize this aspect of Rome?
This is the motivation for Brutus sparing Antony’s life after Caesar’s death.
What is avoiding the appearance of a killing spree?
This vocabulary term refers to a government ruled by three leaders, such as the one Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus formed.
What is a triumvirate?
They have a plentiful lack of wit.
What is you have a plentiful amount of foolishness?
She confronts Brutus about his secretive behavior, fearing for his well-being.
Who is Portia?
Calpurnia's dream symbolizes this.
What is her dream involves a statue spouting blood and foreshadows Caesar’s demise?
Calpurnia urges Caesar to stay home on the Ides of March because of this.
What is her belief in omens and her nightmares?
To reprimand or scold severely, as Cassius accuses Brutus of doing to him in the play.
What is chastise?
You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things.
What is you blockhead, devoid of any sense?
This conspirator views Caesar’s ego and ambition as threats to Rome.
Who is Brutus?
Shakespeare uses these events, such as the soothsayer’s warning, to build suspense in the play.
What are dreams and omens?
Mark Antony uses this during his funeral speech to manipulate public opinion.
What is Caesar's will?
This term means “destroy or defeat utterly,” as Caesar is said to do to his fears in Act 3, Scene 1.
What is vanquish?
The phrase “There is a small choice in rotten apples” suggests this about the available options
What is a lack of good options?
Mark Antony described this character as “the noblest Roman of them all” after his death.
Who is Brutus?
This is an example of the theme fate vs. free will.
What is the struggle between these two forces is emphasized by the characters’ interpretations of omens.
This event symbolizes the instability and chaos in Rome before Caesar’s assassination.
What are the omens and strange supernatural signs?
A barren-spirited fellow lacks this trait according to the play.
What is ambition?
This type of person is a jigging fool.
What is a clown-like person?