Caesar
The Soothsayer says this to Caesar at the beginning of the play.
What is “Beware the Ides of March”? (also accepted: a paraphrase of this)
The reason Cassius conspires to assassinate Caesar.
What is jealousy?
Brutus's wife.
Who is Portia?
Brutus uses this literary device to convince himself that Caesar must die: “And therefore think him as a serpents egg, which hatch’d would as his kind, grow mischievous and kill him in the shell.”
What is a simile?
Antony offers this to Caesar three times in the marketplace.
What is a crown?
What is honor?
Caesar's wife.
Who is Calpurnia?
Portia uses this literary device repeatedly to make the point that Brutus should not keep secrets from her: "Tell me, Brutus, as your wife, aren’t I supposed to be told the secrets that concern you? Am I part of you only in a limited sense—I get to have dinner with you, sleep with you, and talk to you sometimes? Is my place only on the outskirts of your happiness?"
What is rhetorical question?
This is what resulted when Caesar challenged Cassius to a race across the Tiber river.
What is Caesar began to drown and had to be carried ashore by Cassius?
The recurring big idea developed when Cassius says, "...the fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves..."
What is fate v. free will?
Calpurnia's nightmare (along with the storm in Act 1, Scene 3) is an example of this literary device.
What is foreshadowing?
Caesar uses this literary device to convince Calpurnia that he will not act cowardly by staying home: "Danger knows that Caesar is more dangerous than he is. We’re two lions born on the same day in the same litter, and I’m the older and more terrible."
What is metaphor? (also accepted: analogy)
The reason Caesar ignores Calpurnia’s warnings and still goes to the capitol.
What is because Decius convinces him that Calpurnia has interpreted the dream and the omens incorrectly?
Brutus's inner conflict.
What is he loves Caesar but fears that Caesar will become a tyrant? (also accepted: similar variations)
This is a sign that something bad is about to happen.
What is an omen?
Calpurnia uses this literary device to emphasize the danger foreshadowed by the omens in her nightmare: "The noise of battle filled the air, and horses neighed, and dying men groaned, and ghosts shrieked and squealed."
What is parallelism?
This is who Caesar describes as having a "lean and hungry look" and who he basically does not trust.
Who is Cassius?
Cassius reveals that he will carry out this plan in order to get Brutus to join the conspiracy.
What is he will write letters to Brutus in different styles of handwriting pretending to be people of Rome that want Brutus to go against Caesar.
The reason Brutus is against killing Antony along with Caesar.
What is Antony will not be a threat and/or killing him along with Caesar would make their plot seem too bloody.
Calpurnia uses this literary device to convince Caesar that the omens are warnings for him specifically: "When beggars die there are no comets in the sky. The heavens only announce the deaths of princes."
What is metaphor?