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CaesarActOne
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the two purposes of ActOne, SceneOne | Introduces the subject of the play; Foreshadows a serious conflict between Caesar's allies and his enemies |
| What is the setting of SceneOne? | February 15, 44BC in a Roman Street |
| Why are people in the streets? | People are waiting on Caesar's return from defeating Pompey's sons in Spain; also celebrating the Feast of Lupercal |
| What is the Feast of Lupercal? | Fertility festival and young men raced through streets of Rome holding strips of goat skin and anyone who was touched with the goat skin would be able to conceive a child |
| Who are Flavius and Marullus? | 2 military men on the streets who are wondering why the commoners are not at work; they are not allies of Caesar |
| ________ doesn't think its right to celebrate the victory of one Roman over another | Marullus |
| The Cobbler, who repairs shoes, tells the Flavius and Marullus he is "..a mender of bad soles" what is this an example of? | pun |
| What is the Anachronism in scene one? | chimney tops |
| What are the three purposes of ActOne SceneTwo | introduces the main characters; shows the beginning of the plot against Caesar; Shows us Caesar's physical weaknesses |
| Describe Julius Caesar | vain, egotistical, views himself as god-like, superstitious |
| Describe Mark Antony | young, extremely devoted to Caesar, Caesar trusts him, very shrewd and smart |
| Who is Calphurnia? | Caesar's wife |
| who is Portia? | Brutus's wife |
| Describe Decius | One of Caesar's opponents, believes Caesar is getting too powerful |
| Describe Cicero | Senator, very wise man, 62 years old in 44 BC (old), likes Caesar personally |
| Describe Brutus | tragic hero of the play; tragic flaw:idealism; internal conflict: love and loyalty to Caesar the person vs his concern for Rome - likes Ceaser as a man |
| Describe Cassius | Brutus's brother in law; jealous of Caesar; manipulator; wants to keep Caesar from being king anyway he can |
| Why does Cassius want Brutus on his side for his plot against Caesar? | because Brutus is an honorable man and Brutus would not be involved in anything that is wrong |
| Describe Casca | Fairly influential Roman who is also against Caesar |
| What is a sooth-sayer? | fortune tller |
| Caesar does not have a _______ | heir; Calphurnia, his fourth wife, is unable to conceive a childe, wants heir badly so he wants to make sure she gets touched with goat skin |
| what are Caesar's 3 physical weaknesses/ | deaf in his left ear; epilepsy - seizures; can't swim |
| What is the ides of March and why does Caesar ignore the sooth-sayers words? | March 15 - Caesar pays no attention because he seems himself as god-like and invincibl |
| What happens in Act 1 Scene 2? | Cassius begins his manipulation of Brutus because Cassius rally wants Brutus on his side |
| how does Cassius manipulate Brutus at first? | He tells him how everyone in Rome admires him and tells him that Rome is in danger if Caesar gets more powerful |
| What does Cassius want to do to Caesar? What does Brutus do in response? | assassinate him; says he has thought about it and at some further time they will talk again |
| What is the anachronism in Scene two? | books |
| Cassius is urging Brutus to do what? | take a moral stand that will ultimately destroy him |
| In Scene Two, when Caesar, Mark Antony, and the others arrive, Brutus realizes something is wrong. what does he say they look like? | Caesar - angry; calphurnia-pale; Cicero- ferret with fiery eyes |
| _____ has a good judge of character. Who is he suspicious of? | Caesar; Cassius |
| Caesar would be better off if he did what? | followed his own mind and didn't listen to others |
| Brutus stops Casca to find out what happens in Scene 2...What happened in the street | Antony offered a crown to Caesar 3 times to see if the people would accept Caesar as a king and unexpectedly the crowd cheers each time Caesar rejects the crown |
| What happen to Marullus and Flavius in Scene 2? | Were punished for taking down the decorations on Caesar's statue |
| what is a soliloquy? | there is no one around to hear the speech |
| what does cassius show the reader in his soliloquy in scene 2 | how he can manipulate people |
| what is Cassius's plan to make Brutus more inclined to join his conspiracy? | he will forge letters to Brutus saying it is from the people of Rome saying how honorable and well liked Brutus is; brutus will do whatever he can for the welfare of rome; |
| what does cassius want brutus to believe? | that the roman people are suffering under Caesar's tyranny; tries to make Brutus believe that if he does not join the plot to overthrow Caesar, the good of Rome is at stake |
| what are the 3 purposes of Act 1 Scene 3? | conspiracy is well advanced; show Cassius's skill at handling people; develops cassius's superiority over Casca and Cinna |
| describe the symbolism of the weather in scene3 | it is stormy; symbolizes the state of things |
| who is frightened by the strange things that have happened? how does he interpret these occurrences? | casca; can only mean disaster for Rome |
| How does Cassius interpret the 4 strange occurrences? | believes these things mean that Caesar is going to destroy Rome and that is why Caesar needs to be stopped |
| what other news does Casca bring? | the next day, the ides of March, the senate is going to make Caesar king |
| What will cassius do if Caesar becomes king? | kill himself, believes caesar takes advantage of the common people |
| at the end of scene 3, what 6 men are committed to the conspiracy? | cassius, casca, cinna, decius, trebonius, metellus |
| what are the four strange occurrences? | 1) a slaves hand is in flames but it didn't burn him 2) casca sees a wild lion but it doesn't bother him 3) burning men were walking in the street 4) an owl is in the marketplace at noon - owl=death |
| what does cassius tell cinna to do? | put the forged letters in brutus's chair |
| to whom is casca referring to when he says "O, he sits high in all the people's hearts?" | Brutus |
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