Background
The political backdrop of Rome during the time when Julius Caesar is set...
What is a republic struggling with corruption and unrest.
In Act I, Scene 2, what rhetorical appeal is Cassius using to persuade Brutus in the following lines:
"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
dishonorable graves."
What is Pathos.
Brutus uses the metaphor of a serpent’s egg to describe Caesar to...
What is to reveal that Caesar has not yet done any harm, but has the potential to.
The significance of Antony’s repeated line, “Brutus is an honorable man” at Caesar’s funeral is...
What is Antony repeats the line to suggest the opposite.
The conflict between Brutus and Cassius in Act IV suggests that...
What is they no longer agree on morals or methods.
A key characteristic of Shakespearean tragedy is...
What is it that centers on a noble character's downfall due to a tragic flaw.
You can infer this about Brutus from his early hesitation to join the conspiracy...
What is he is morally conflicted.
The statement from Act II that best paraphrases Brutus’s internal conflict...
What is “I fear Caesar will abuse his power, so he must be stopped.”
The two rhetorical appeals Antony uses the most to turn the crowd against the conspirators...
What is pathos (passion for Caesar) and Logos (facts in the will)
The rhetorical appeal Brutus relies on when addressing the troops...
What is ethos—he presents himself as honorable and wise.
The Elizabethan audience's primary belief about fate...
What is fate was predetermined and inescapable.
Cassius’s opinion of Caesar in Act I...
What is that Caesar is power-hungry and unfit to rule.
Calpurnia tries to convince Caesar to stay home because...
What is she has had a prophetic dream warning of danger to Caesar.
The crowd’s reaction to both Brutus and Antony’s speeches shows that they are...
What is they are easily swayed.
Foreshadowing is used in Brutus’s vision of Caesar’s ghost by suggesting...
What is it suggests Brutus’s fate is sealed.
Historians believe that Julius Caesar was the grand opening play for the Globe Theatre in 1599. This implies what about Shakespeare's intentions...
What is that Shakespeare wanted to appeal to a wide audience with a story of power and betrayal.
The warning that the soothsayer gives to Julius Caesar...
What is “Beware the Ides of March”
In Act 2, Scene 2, the rhetorical appeal Decius using in the following lines is:
"This dream is all amiss interpreted; / It was a vision fair and fortunate: /
Your statue spouting blood in many pipes, / In which so many smiling
Romans bathed, / Signifies that from you great Rome shall suck / Reviving
blood."
What is pathos.
In his funeral speech, Antony says, “The noble Brutus hath told you Caesar was ambitious./If it were so, it was a grievous fault,/and grievously hath Caesar answered it.”
The connotation of the word “ambitious” in Antony’s speech is...
What is dangerous and power-hungry.
Shakespeare studies Roman rhetoric and uses ethos, pathos, and logos in his script. Define these terms...
What is ethos appeals to credibility; pathos appeals to emotion; logos appeals to logic.
The soothsayer's warning symbolizes this in the context of the play's themes...
What is the danger of ignoring fate.
Caesar’s decision to go to the Senate reveals this about his character...
What is his pride makes him dismiss danger.
The theme that is most emphasized in Act III is...
What is the power of rhetoric.