Question 1

Artimedorus: O Caesar, read mine first, for mine’s a suit
That touches Caesar nearer. Read it, great Caesar.
Caesar: What touches us ourself shall be last served.

Accepted Answer

Key element of the plot.
Act III scene i.
Caesar will not read the letter that could save his life because he thinks Artemidorus is flattering him.

Question 2

(to the SOOTHSAYER) The ides of March are come.

Accepted Answer

Caesar
Act III scene i
Characterization
Caesar is taunting the soothsayer.  The soothsayer reminds him in the next line that the Ides of March are not gone yet.

Question 3

(to CASSIUS) I wish your enterprise today may thrive.

Accepted Answer

Popillius
Key plot element.
Popillius' comment scares Cassius because Cassius believes Popillius is referring to the conspiracy against Caesar, something that Popillius was not part of.

Question 4

Cassius:...—Brutus, what shall be done? If this be known,
Cassius or Caesar never shall turn back,
For I will slay myself.
Brutus: Cassius, be constant.

Accepted Answer

Act III scene i
characterization: foil
This exchange shows how Cassius flies off the handle while Brutus stays cool after Popillius had spoken to Cassius.

Question 5

Know, Caesar doth not wrong, nor without cause
Will he be satisfied.

Accepted Answer

Caesar
Act III scene i
Characterization
Caesar had just finished chiding Metellus Cimber and finished his angry diatribe with this quote which pretty much shows Caesar's arrogance.

Question 6

But I am constant as the northern star,
Of whose true-fixed and resting quality
There is no fellow in the firmament.

Accepted Answer

Caesar
Act III scene i
Characterization and Metaphor
Caesar standing his ground on the banishment of Publius Cimber and it compares Caesar to the North Star.

Question 7

Et tu, Bruté?—Then fall, Caesar.

Accepted Answer

Caesar
Act III scene i
Caesar's last line when he sees that Brutus too is in the conspiracy.

Question 8

Cassius: Why, he that cuts off twenty years of life
Cuts off so many years of fearing death.
Brutus: Grant that, and then is death a benefit.
So are we Caesar’s friends, that have abridged
His time of fearing death.

Accepted Answer

Act III scene i
Cassius and Brutus providing faulty logic about how they did Caesar a favor by killing him.  Caesar did not fear death which makes their logic fallacious.

Question 9

Let’s all cry, “Peace, freedom, and liberty!”

Accepted Answer

Conspirators
Act III scene i
Glittering Generalities fallacy.  Associating the assassination of Caesar with Peace, Freedom, and Liberty...positive concepts that are not necessarily the case.

Question 10

Your voice shall be as strong as any man’s
In the disposing of new dignities.

Accepted Answer

Cassius
Act III scene i
Cassius, after seeing how distraught Antony is at the death of Caesar, is offering to bribe him with power in the void left by Caesar

Question 11

My credit now stands on such slippery ground
That one of two bad ways you must conceit me,
Either a coward or a flatterer

Accepted Answer

Antony
Act III scene i
Antony stating clearly that he is either a coward or a flatterer.  With his actions later in the play, we see he is flattering them then and will get revenge later.  Flattery is still a motif here.

Question 12

And am moreover suitor that I may
Produce his body to the marketplace,
And in the pulpit, as becomes a friend,
Speak in the order of his funeral.

Accepted Answer

Antony
Act III scene i
This is his request to speak in the funeral of Caesar.

Question 13

You know not what you do.
Do not consent
That Antony speak in his funeral.
Know you how much the people may be moved
By that which he will utter?

Accepted Answer

Act III scene 1
Key plot element
Cassius disagrees with Brutus' allowance that Antony should speak at Caesar's funeral.  Cassius is correct to not like this.

Question 14

Mark Antony, here, take you Caesar’s body.
You shall not in your funeral speech blame us,
But speak all good you can devise of Caesar,
And say you do ’t by our permission.
Else shall you not have any hand at all
About his funeral.

Accepted Answer

Brutus
Act III scene i
These are the conditions Mark Antony is supposed to follow if he is to be allowed to speak in Caesar's funeral.

Question 15

O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
(through the end of his soliloquy).

Accepted Answer

Antony
Act III scene i
Soliloquy
This how Antony really feels about the death of Caesar.

Question 16

If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. (through the end of the first part of his speech)

Accepted Answer

Brutus
Act III scene ii
part of his speech to the plebeians.  He effectively uses the Either/Or fallacy here.

Question 17

With this I depart: that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself when it shall please my country to need my death.

Accepted Answer

Brutus 
Act III scene ii
Foreshadowing...there will be a time when Rome needs his death.

JCQuotationsAct IIIA

Julius Caesar quotes from Act III

Question	Answer
Artimedorus: O Caesar, read mine first, for mine’s a suit That touches Caesar nearer. Read it, great Caesar. Caesar: What touches us ourself shall be last served.	Key element of the plot. Act III scene i. Caesar will not read the letter that could save his life because he thinks Artemidorus is flattering him.
(to the SOOTHSAYER) The ides of March are come.	Caesar Act III scene i Characterization Caesar is taunting the soothsayer. The soothsayer reminds him in the next line that the Ides of March are not gone yet.
(to CASSIUS) I wish your enterprise today may thrive.	Popillius Key plot element. Popillius' comment scares Cassius because Cassius believes Popillius is referring to the conspiracy against Caesar, something that Popillius was not part of.
Cassius:...—Brutus, what shall be done? If this be known, Cassius or Caesar never shall turn back, For I will slay myself. Brutus: Cassius, be constant.	Act III scene i characterization: foil This exchange shows how Cassius flies off the handle while Brutus stays cool after Popillius had spoken to Cassius.
Know, Caesar doth not wrong, nor without cause Will he be satisfied.	Caesar Act III scene i Characterization Caesar had just finished chiding Metellus Cimber and finished his angry diatribe with this quote which pretty much shows Caesar's arrogance.
But I am constant as the northern star, Of whose true-fixed and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament.	Caesar Act III scene i Characterization and Metaphor Caesar standing his ground on the banishment of Publius Cimber and it compares Caesar to the North Star.
Et tu, Bruté?—Then fall, Caesar.	Caesar Act III scene i Caesar's last line when he sees that Brutus too is in the conspiracy.
Cassius: Why, he that cuts off twenty years of life Cuts off so many years of fearing death. Brutus: Grant that, and then is death a benefit. So are we Caesar’s friends, that have abridged His time of fearing death.	Act III scene i Cassius and Brutus providing faulty logic about how they did Caesar a favor by killing him. Caesar did not fear death which makes their logic fallacious.
Let’s all cry, “Peace, freedom, and liberty!”	Conspirators Act III scene i Glittering Generalities fallacy. Associating the assassination of Caesar with Peace, Freedom, and Liberty...positive concepts that are not necessarily the case.
Your voice shall be as strong as any man’s In the disposing of new dignities.	Cassius Act III scene i Cassius, after seeing how distraught Antony is at the death of Caesar, is offering to bribe him with power in the void left by Caesar
My credit now stands on such slippery ground That one of two bad ways you must conceit me, Either a coward or a flatterer	Antony Act III scene i Antony stating clearly that he is either a coward or a flatterer. With his actions later in the play, we see he is flattering them then and will get revenge later. Flattery is still a motif here.
And am moreover suitor that I may Produce his body to the marketplace, And in the pulpit, as becomes a friend, Speak in the order of his funeral.	Antony Act III scene i This is his request to speak in the funeral of Caesar.
You know not what you do. Do not consent That Antony speak in his funeral. Know you how much the people may be moved By that which he will utter?	Act III scene 1 Key plot element Cassius disagrees with Brutus' allowance that Antony should speak at Caesar's funeral. Cassius is correct to not like this.
Mark Antony, here, take you Caesar’s body. You shall not in your funeral speech blame us, But speak all good you can devise of Caesar, And say you do ’t by our permission. Else shall you not have any hand at all About his funeral.	Brutus Act III scene i These are the conditions Mark Antony is supposed to follow if he is to be allowed to speak in Caesar's funeral.
O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! (through the end of his soliloquy).	Antony Act III scene i Soliloquy This how Antony really feels about the death of Caesar.
If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. (through the end of the first part of his speech)	Brutus Act III scene ii part of his speech to the plebeians. He effectively uses the Either/Or fallacy here.
With this I depart: that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself when it shall please my country to need my death.	Brutus Act III scene ii Foreshadowing...there will be a time when Rome needs his death.

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