Shakespeare/ Julius Caesar

Brutus, Cassius, and Casca

Who were the three most prominent conspirators?

An unusually long speech in which a character on stage alone expresses his thoughts aloud

What is a soliloquy?

Portia

Who stabbed herself in the thigh?

Pompey

Who formed the first triumvirate with Caesar and Crassus?

A ruling body of three people

What is a triumvirate?

"Beware the ides of March"

What was the soothsayer's warning?

Antony

Who read Caesar's will to the crowd?

"Speak hands for me!"

What did Casca say before stabbing Caesar?

Caesar...Rome

Brutus said, "Not that I loved ____ less, but that I loved _____ more."

March 15

What is "the ides of March"?

The repetition of consonant sounds

What is alliteration?

Even you, Brutus

What does "Et tu, Brute" mean?

Words spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character that are not supposed to be overheard by the others on stage

What is an aside?

Honorable men

Antony sarcastically referred to Brutus and Cassius as "_____ _____."

Cinna the Poet

Who did the mob kill?

The soothsayer

Who was the first to attempt to warn Caesar of a potential threat?

unkindest cut

Antony said Brutus' stabbing of Caesar was "the most _____ _____ of all."

Antony

Who promised to say nothing bad about the conspirators at Caesar's funeral?

33

According to the play, Caesar was stabbed _____ times.

Artemidorus

Who attempted to give Caesar a note warning him about the conspirators?

Julius Caesar

Who believed Cassius had "a mean and hungry look; He (Cassius) thinks too much, such men are dangerous"?

His job was to get Caesar to leave his house on the Ides of March

Who was Decius Brutus?

Flattery (by using Caesar's pride and arrogance)

How does Decius convince Caesar to go to the Capitol?

Decius says it means Caesar will give new life to Rome.

How does Decius interpret Calpurnia's dream?

She sees Caesar's statue spouting blood and Romans dipping their hands in it

What does Calpurnia dream?

Portia wants to know Brutus' secret (what has caused him to act so strangely)

What does Portia ask of Brutus?

To stir the Roman public to mutiny and avenge Caesar's death

What does Antony want to achieve with his funeral speech?

Tribunes who disapprove of Caesar's rule

Who are Flavius and Marullus?

Strip the decorations from Caesar's statues

What do Flavius and Marullus plan to do when the scene ends?

He trusts everyone and believes in their honor.

What is Brutus' tragic flaw?

arrogance

Caesar's tragic flaw is

Cassius believes he is a threat to Rome.

How does Cassius feel about Caesar?

He's friends with Caesar, but is worried about his growing ambition

How does Brutus feel about Caesar?

Seizures (Epilepsy)

Caesar has physical weakenesses that are identified in Act I. What are they?

The crown

Caesar was offered _____ three times

As an arrogant leader, Caesar wants Rome to beg him to take the crown

Why does Caesar refuse the crown?

forged letters

Cassius uses these to get Brutus to join the conspiracy

Lions in the street, an owl out during the day, zombies on fire

Casca sees these weird things in the storm at the end of Act I?

Brutus is well-liked and can use his popularity to help the cause seem legitimate

Why does Cassius want Brutus to join the conspiracy?

Snake

Caesar is compared to a __________.

They should be committed to the cause because it is right

Why doesn't Brutus want to swear an oath with the conspirators?

"his silver hairs"

Why does Metellus think it would be a good idea to ask Cicero to join the conspiracy?

He thinks it would be too bloody (too much evil killing).

Why doesn't Brutus want to kill Antony?

something out of place in time (the clocks in Act II)

Anachronism is

"a piece of work that will make sick men whole"

The conspiracy

An animal sacrifice had no heart

What bad omen did Caesar receive from the augurers?

to stay at home

What does Calpurnia want Caesar to do?

saw Caesar's statue with blood pouring out of it, Romans bathed in it, this foreshadows Caesars death

Calpurnia's dream

To forgive Metellus Cimber's brother

What do the conspirators ask of Caesar before they kill him?

Ambition

What does Brutus say is the reason he killed Caesar?

Bathe in the blood of Caesar

What does Brutus tell the conspirators to do after killing Caesar?

Antony's servant

Who comes to speak to conspirators after Caesar is killed?

He shakes their bloody hands

How does Antony mark the conspirators?

Brutus

"It is not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more."

honorable men

Antony calls the conspirators

Brutus

Whose was "the most unkindest cut of all?"

Cassius

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves that we are underlings."

Caesar

"Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous."

Brutus

"Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers"

Portia

I have a man's mind, but a woman's might.

Caesar

I am constant as the northern star

Antony

O pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth./That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!

Antony

"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears."

Brutus

"It must be by his death. And for my part I know no personal cause to spurn at him, but for the general"

Portia

"If it be no more, Portia is Brutus' harlot, not his wife."