English Final

night march in the Vietnam War

what the soldiers are doing in Charming Billy

stepped on land mine, died from heart attack

how Billy Boy Watkins died

don’t want to be heard

why Toby wants Paul to be quiet

died from a heart attack instead of his injury

amuses Toby and Paul about Billy Boy Watkins’ death

Ralph

elected leader of the island, attempts to recreate civilization on the island, represents human civilization’s instinct, saved by an officer and cries as he’s lost his innocence

Piggy

Ralph’s closest friend, intellectual, made fun of for this weight, can’t see without his glasses

Jack

antithesis of Jack, desire for power, leader of choir boys who become hunters, represents violence within people

Simon

only “good” character on the island, naturally good, killed by the other boys

Sam and Eric

closely aligned with Ralph, manipulated into doing Jack, attempt to warn Ralph

Roger

close to jack, hostile towards littluns (Henry), murders Piggy

the pilot

dies from crash on the island, represents the lack of adults on the island

The beast

the boys, lack of society, destruction of the island

Lord of the Flies

pig’s head on a stick, tries to convince Simon that he’s useless

Piggy’s glasses

represents the power of intellectualism and rationality in society

fire

represents the boys’ initial societal instinct, then represents to boys’ savagery, hope and destruction

the island

purity of eden and destroyed

Simon

only good on the island

Conch Shell

represents law and order, shatters once Piggy dies as he was the only boy who still believed in some type of ordr

Face paint

the boys are changing their appearance as their beliefs have changed on the island

lord of the flies/beelzebub

represents Satan

simile

comparison made between two unlike objects using “like” or “as”

metaphor

comparison made between two unlike objects

personification

giving an inanimate object human characteristics

nature is innocent while people destroy each other

comparison between lotf and “Lines Written in Early Spring”

Pompey, Caesar, Crassus

first triumvirate

entertainment, tax breaks, police force, more power than the Senate

Caesar’s accomplishments

Pompey

part of first triumvirate, killed by Caesar, backed by Senate who joined him the civil war against Caesar

Caesar

defeated Pompey and became dictator of Rome

Cassius

mastermind behind Caesar’s assassination

Casca

first to stab Caesar

Calphurnia

Caesar’s wife, warns Caesar about dream

Portia

Brutus’ wife

Brutus

idealist who upholds honor above all else

Marc Antony

touches Calphurnia during the race on the Feast of Lupercal to promote fertility

Flavius, Marullus

condemned those who praised Caesar, punished for removing decorations from Caesar’s statue

Octavius

nephew of Caesar, successor who joins forces with Antony

Strato

holds sword for Brutus, soldier in Brutus’ army

Artemidorus

attempts to warn Caesar with a letter

Soothsayer

warns Caesar of the Ides of March

Messala

participates with Brutus and. Cassius in the battle

Pindarus

holds the sword for Cassius

Titinius

close friend of Cassius, Cassius kills himself when he believes he was taken

Cassius

just as free as Caesar, says Caesar is weak due to his epilepsy

Portia

swallows hot coals, emotional when trying to convince Caesar

Calphurnia

asks Caesar to stay home, pathos

Brutus

convinces other conspirator to follow his bad decisions

Antony

pathos, shows the body of Caesar, “honorable man”

Caesar

Bond Cassius has a lean and hungry look

Metellus

O, Let us have him, for his silver hairs / Will purchase us good opinion / And buy men’s voices to commend our deeds

Mark Antony

“That was a man”

Caesar

“Cowards die many times before their deaths; / The valiant never taste of death but once

Mark Antony

“This was the most unkindest cut of all”

Brutus

“Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more”

Caesar

“Et tu, Brute”