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Caesar Character rev
Julius Caesar Character description review
Question | Answer |
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Caesar | Leaves 75 drachmas to each citizen, was about to be king, murdered by conspirators |
Calphurnia | Married to Caesar, Antony touches her during foot race to help her fertility, sees bad omens about Caesar's murder |
Brutus | Claimed to love Caesar but didn't want him to be king, last to stab Caesar, argues too bloody to kill Antony, killed himself in the end, one of the conspirators |
Portia | seeks new about husband Brutus and Caesar from the Soothsayer, brother is Cassius, swallowed fire |
Lucius | Servant to Brutus, falls asleep while playing music |
Cassius | Does not want Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral, hates Caesar, kills Caesar, one of the conspirators |
Casca | Reports to Brutus when Caesar declines crown, tells Cinna to write letters to Brutus, one of the conspirators |
Cinna | Secretly delivers letters to Brutus encouraging him to become king |
Trebonius | Participates in Caesar's murder by keeping Antony out of the building it took place, one of the conspirators |
Cicero | Brutus thinks shouldn't be in conspiracy because he is a follower, denied by conspirators but put to death along with other senators |
Flavius | Son of Pompey, brother of Marullus, critical of Romans who celebrate Caesar's victory of these men, killed because of it |
Marullus | Son of Pompey, brother of Flavius, critical of Romans who celebrate Caesar's victory of these men, killed because of it |
Antony | A part of triumvirate, doesn't like Lepidus, offered crown to Caesar, did stuff for Caesar, made everyone turn against Brutus, tries to cheat citizens of Caesar's will |
Octavius | Caesar's adopted son, a part of triumvirate, thinks more favorably of Lepidus |
Lepidus | Part of Triumvirate, called "slight, unmeritable man" by Antony |
Artemidorus | Gives Caesar a letter of warning |
Soothsayer | Warns about "ides of March", bewares of characters of bad things coming |
Cinna the Poet | Murdered by Plebians because of his name |
Pindarus | Servant to Cassius |
Volumnius | Trusted advisor and companion to Brutus |
Strato | Helped Brutus kill himself |
Feast of Lupercal | They celebrate the God Lupercus who is God of fertility |
Examples/ impact of supersititions | bads omens, storm on the night of Caesar's assasination, soothsayer's warnings |
Examples/ impact of suicides | Caesar gets murdered, Brutus kills himself, Portia swallows fire, 3 people die with Cassius's sword |