Background/Context
This best describes the genre of theatre Julius Caesar falls into.
What is tragedy?
The warning Soothsayer gives to Julius Caesar during Act I.
What is "Beware of the Ides of March"?
This character said, "I grant I am a woman, but withal a woman well-reputed, Cato's daughter."
Who is Portia?
This is the act in which Julius Caesar was murdered.
What is Act III?
This character trait would be considered Brutus' primary motivation for taking part in the conspiracy against Caesar.
What is Brutus' love of or duty/loyalty to Rome?
**Double Jeopardy**
In Julius Caesar, this Lesson 11 vocabulary word is used to describe a "commoner" in Rome.
What is plebeian?
This character was able to convince Caesar to come to the capitol on the Ides of March by providing a different "interpretation" of Calpurnia's dream.
Who is Decius?
**Double Jeopardy**
This character has an ominous dream in Act II in which Romans are bathing their hands in Caesar's blood.
Who is Calpurnia?
This is the name of the character who was a victim of mistaken identity shortly after Caesar's murder at the end of Act III.
Who is Cinna the poet?
*The angry mob mistook him for Cinna the conspirator and attacked him.
In his funeral speech, Antony uses this rhetorical device to sway the commoners as he repeatedly says, "Brutus is an honorable man."
What is irony?
This was the year of Julius Caesar's murder.
What is 44BC?
In chronological order, these are the THREE characters who tried to warn Caesar about the dangers to come on March 15th.
Who are Soothsayer, Calpurnia, and Artemidorus?
This character voluntarily wounds herself in order to prove her loyalty.
Who is Portia?
This character commits suicide in Act V because he erroneously believes that his friend, Titinius, had been captured and killed.
Who is Cassius?
**Double Jeopardy**
In Brutus' funeral speech, he said, "It's not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more."
This is the rhetorical device he is using...
What is antithesis?
During the Elizabethan period in England, these individuals were the only people allowed to act on stage.
Who are young boys/men?
**Double Jeopardy**
This character was responsible for planting the letters Cassius forged in order to lure Brutus over to the conspirators' side.
Who is Cinna (the conspirator)?
In Act I, Mark Antony runs a race at the Feast of Lupercal and is asked by Caesar to touch Calpurnia during the race in order to free her from this condition.
What is infertility?
This character dismissed Cassius' concerns about leaving Antony alive and also gave Antony permission to speak at Caesar's funeral.
Who is Brutus?
The following excerpt from Brutus' funeral speech is utilizing this type of rhetoric:
"...believe me for mine honour, and have respect for mine honour, that you may believe..."
What is Ethos?
Julius Caesar was performed at this theatre in England shortly after its completion.
What is the Globe Theatre?
This seemingly unstable character is the first to stab Caesar.
Who is Casca?
Portia takes her own life by this means.
What is swallowing hot coals?
**Double Jeopardy**
Who said this: "Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar."
**Name the character who said this and explain the context.
Who is Julius Caesar?
Caesar said this after the last of the conspirators (Brutus) stabbed him because he felt betrayed by Brutus.
***DOUBLE JEOPARDY***
According to Aristotle, these four characteristics define a tragic hero.
What are goodness, superiority, tragic flaw, and realization they are the cause of their own downfall.