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What is Cassius's main claim? I was born free as Caesar; so were you: We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter's cold as well as he: For once, upon a raw and gusty day, The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores, Caesar said to me 'Darest thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point?' Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow; so indeed he did.
What is he was born just as free as Caesar.
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He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. Which Rhetorical Device is Antony using? He hath brought many captives home to Rome Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
What is logos.
100
Why does Brutus compare Caesar to a serpent's egg?
What is he hasn't done anything bad yet, but he may in the future.
100
When was Caesar assassinated?
What is March 15th. (Ides of March)
100
Who persuaded the Roman's to revolt after Caesar's death?
Antony
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What is Cassius's main claim: The torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it With lusty sinews, throwing it aside And stemming it with hearts of controversy; But ere we could arrive the point proposed, Caesar cried 'Help me, Cassius, or I sink!
What is Caesar isn't a god because he almost drowned!
200
What are the three Rhetorical Devices?
What are ethos, pathos, logos.
200
What is Cassius alluding to? Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
What is Colossus Statue
200
Which main character is still alive at the end of the play?
Antony
200
Are Brutus and Cassius now in charge of Rome?
No Way!
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What is Cassius's main claim: He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake: 'tis true, this god did shake; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre: I did hear him groan:
What is Caesar isn't a god because he has a disability.
300
Give an example of how Antony uses pathos in his funeral speech.
What is when he cries and says his heart is in the coffin with Caesar.
300
What is Cassius alluding to? Now is it Rome indeed and room enough, When there is in it but one only man. O, you and I have heard our fathers say, There was a Brutus once that would have brook'd The eternal devil to keep his state in Rome As easily as a king.
What is the Brutus who turned Rome into a republic.
300
How did Portia die?
Swallowed fire!
300
What does Brutus do at the end of the play?
What is kills himself.
400
What is Cassius's main claim: Brutus and Caesar: what should be in that 'Caesar'? Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
What is Caesar's name is no better than theirs.
400
Give an example of how Brutus uses logos.
What is he asks if the Romans would rather be free and Caesar dead or be slaves and Caesar be alive.
400
Which literary element refers to an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
What is an Allusion.
400
Who did Antony have an affair with?
Who is Cleopatra.
400
Who warns Caesar about the Ides of March?
What is the soothsayer.
500
What is Brutus's main claim: CASSIUS Ay, do you fear it? Then must I think you would not have it so. BRUTUS I would not, Cassius; yet I love him well. But wherefore do you hold me here so long? What is it that you would impart to me? If it be aught toward the general good, Set honour in one eye and death i' the other, And I will look on both indifferently, For let the gods so speed me as I love The name of honour more than I fear death.
What is he loves Caesar but does not want him as king.
500
Which strategy is ANTONY using in this speech? Have patience, gentle friends, I must not read it; It is not meet you know how Caesar loved you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men; And, being men, bearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad: 'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs; For, if you should, O, what would come of it!
What is pathos.
500
What is a metaphor?
What is a comparison of two things.
500
Who appears in Brutus's dream in Act 4?
Julius Caesar
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What do Calpurnia and Portia have in common?
What is they both are worried about their husbands and try to help them stay safe.