Julius Caesar 

Background: For centuries, Romans debated and even fought civil wars while trying to decide whether a monarchy, a republic or a dictatorship was the best form of government. Until 509 B.C., Rome was a monarchy, but, in that year, the Brutus family evicted Trarquinius Superbus from the throne and Rome was established as a republic.  By 100 B.C., Rome was a moderate democracy in form; in actual practice, the Senate was ruling Rome. In 60 B.C., a triumvirate (a 3-man rule) of Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey was formed to govern Rome. In 58 B.C., Caesar was made governor of part of Gaul, and at the age of 44 began his military career. During the next ten years, he proceeded to conquer all of Gaul. After Crassus was killed in battle, trouble began to develop between Pompey and Caesar. Pompey, jealous of Caesar’s popularity, persuaded the Senate to order Caesar to disband his army and return to Rome. But Caesar invaded Rome and made himself absolute ruled of Rome. Meanwhile, Pompey fled to Greece. Caesar defeated Pompey’s army and Pompey fled to Egypt where he was later murdered. Three years after Caesar defeated Pompey’s army, Caesar defeated Pompey’s two sons. By now, Caesar had been made dictator for life. Thus, as Shakespeare begins his play with Caesar returning in victory from Spain, Caesar was the undisputed leader of master of the entire Roman world. (see map) Hero: Just as Romeo and Juliet was a tragedy, so is Julius Caesar. Unlike Romeo and Juliet where the title characters were the heroes of the play, Julius Caesar is not the hero. The hero in this play is Brutus, a noble man who truly believes his actions are for the good of his country. Brutus dominated much of the play. Perhaps the title should be The Tragedy of Marcus Brutus. Setting: The setting is Rome, Italy, part of the continent of Europe, and it is situated along the Tiber River. Life in Rome: There were two classes of people in Rome. The people were either rich or poor. The rich were called Patricians and the poor were called Plebeians. Politics: Julius Caesar is a political play, and political issues are the root of the tragic conflict in the play. It is a play about a general who would be king, but who, because of his own pride and ambition, meets an untimely death. Shakespeare seems to be saying that good government must be based on morality. In this respect the play has relevance to the politics of the modern world. The focus of the play: This play focuses on those men who were responsible for the assassination of Caesar and their ill-fated attempt to control Rome. 

Timeline: Shakespeare compresses the actual historical time of 3 years into a period of 6 days. Day One:

Introduction to JCAssignment of study guides and quotationsPolitics, Patriotism, and Protest OpinionnaireReview Who’s Who in JCReview When’s When in JCThere will be a quiz over the information presented today

 Day Two:

Act TestsFinal exam informationAssign partsJC NotesRead Act 1 Scene 1 pages 3-7

 Day Three:

Read Act 1 Scene 2 and 3 pages 9-43 Day Four:

Review Act OneWork on Act 1 Study guide and quotations

 Day Five:

Act One TestRead Act 2 Scene 1 pages 43-53

  Day Six:

Conclude Act 2 Scene 1 pages 55-67Read Act 2 Scene 2 pages 69-77

 Day Seven:

Read Act 2 Scenes 3 and 4 pages 77-83Work on Act 2 study guide and quotationsReview Act 2

 Day Eight:

Act 2 TestBegin ET Tu Brute Assassination

 Day Nine:

Conclude Assassination assignment and report to the class 

Day Ten:Read Act 3 Scene 1 pages 83-105Read Act 3 Scene 2 pages 105-125

 Day Eleven:

Read Act 3 Scene 3 pages 127-129Review Act 3Work on Act 3 Study guide and quotations

 Day Twelve:

Act 3 TestRead Act 4 Scenes 1 and 2 pages 129-137

 Day Thirteen:

Read Act 4 Scene 3 pages 139-165Work on Act 4 study guide and quotations

 Day Fourteen:

Review Act 4Read Act 5 Scenes 1-4 pages 165-187

 Day Fifteen:

Read Act 5 Scene 5 pages 187-195Listen to Mad Season by Matchbox 20Assign song lyric assignment – choose a theme song for a characterWork on Act 5 study guide and quotationsReview Act 4 and 5

 Day Sixteen:

Act 4 and 5 TestAssign essay on "Leadership" – due tomorrow

 Day Seventeen:

Watch Julius Caesar Day Eighteen:

Finish watching JC

Day Nineteen and Twenty:“What If Brutus” - assignment

 Day Twenty-one:

Final test JC Day Twenty-two:

Re-write JC to the tune of Beverly Hillbillies

 Day Twenty-three:

Create a JC Theme Park Day Twenty-four – Twenty-five:

Conclude working on JC song and theme parkWho’s Who in Julius Caesar

 The First Triumvirate The Second Triumvirate(before the play begins) (after Caesar dies)Julius Caesar Octavious CaesarCrassus Marc AntonyPompey M. Lepidus Julius Caesar - dictator of RomeCalpurnia – wife of CaesarMarcus Brutus – Roman who is the hero of the playPortia – Brutus’ wife Servants to Brutus Comrades in Arms with Brutus Conspirators againstClaudis Young Cato CaesarClitus Messala Marcus BrutusDardanius Titinius Decius BrutusLucius Volumnius CascaStrato Lucilius

CassiusVarro Mettelus Cimber

CinnaLigariusTrebonius

 Pindarus – servant of Cassius Artemidorus – a fortuneteller Senators – Cicero, Popilius Lena, and Publius Tribunes – Flavius and Marullus 

When’s When in Julius Caesar 

The chart below gives the actual historical time frame as well as the dramatic time frame used by Shakespeare in his play.   In Shakespeare   In HistoryDay Six Days with

Intervals  Date Three Years

       Day 1 Act 1 Scenese 1 and

2. – Caesar’s Triumph and the Lupercalia being placed on the same day.

Oct. 45 B. C. – 44 B.C.

Caesar’s triumph for his victory at Munda, Spain.

  Interval Feb. 15 Festival of the Lupercalia

Day 2 Act 1 Scene 2 – nighttime

March 14 Interval of 1 month during which Caesar prepares for an expedition into Illyricum and Parthia

Day 3 Acts 2 and 3 

March 15  43 B.C.

Assassination of Caesar.  Interval of more thatn 7 months. Brutus is in Macedonia and Cassius is in Syria.

  Interval October 43 B.C. A 3-day conference of the Triumvirate at Bononia

Day 4 Act 4 Scene 1      Interval 42 B.C. Interval of about 3

months. Cicero and others are put to death.

Day 5 Act 4 Scenes 2 and 3      Interval    Day 6 Act 5. The two

engagements at Phillipi being described as one.

   

    January Interval of about 9 months

    October Battle of Philippie – The second engagement, 20 days after the first.

  

Et Tu, Brute: Assassination – What Does It Solve? 

To be completed after reading Act 2 

Victim Assassin(s) Problem Goal ResultJulius Caesar (44 B.C.) Rome

Brutus, Cassius, and others

Caesar was becoming too popular. Some Romans feared he would become a tyrant.

To remove the political threat of Caesar becoming King.

Civil war – at the end, Octavious Augustus became not king, but emperor.

Thomas A. Beckett (1170 A.D.) England

Knights of King Henry II

Becket, as Archbishop of Canterbury, defended the right of the pope to appoint bishops in England and therby opposed the policies of Henry II

To eliminate the opposition and to control the power of the Church.

Storm of protest halted Henry’s attempts to control Church privileges. The shrine of St. Thomas a Becket became one of the most famous in Chritendom. 

Abraham Lincoln (1865 A.D.) U.S.A.

John Wilkes Booth

Lincoln freed the slaves and tried to hold the Union together

To restore the conditions and way of life of the antebellum Sounth.

Reconstruction policy of his successor was hurtful ot the South.

Francis Ferdinant, Archduke of Austira (1914 A.D.)

Group of Serbian Conspirators

He faced the question of nationality and of restructuring his empire. Serbia disagreed with his ideas.

To clarify territorial boundaries.

This was the immediate couase of World War I.

 Gandhi Inida (1948)

Editor of an extremist weekly paper

This Indian relifious leader stood for pace and brotherhood, especially between Muslims and Hindus in India and Pakistan.

To eliminate the symbol of unity

Gandhi became a martyr and tensions between the Muslims and Hindus did lesson – for awhile.

Anwar Sadat (1981)

Soldiers in Sadat’s army, religious extremeists

Sadat had recently begin a crackdown on Moslem fundamentalist terrorists.

To seek revenge and to east the structures

Vice-president Mubarak continued the rackdown and even more arrests took place.

                  

 Directions: Choose 1 additional example of an assassination and complete the chart. 

SHORT ANSWER 

A tragic hero is a basically good and admirable person who, because of a fault or flaw in his character, fails in opposing the forces which bring about his downfall. Determine who in the play qualifies as a tragic hero: Caesar or Brutus? Why? Explain using at least 3 specific examples from the play.   

     

ESSAY

   

Take two of the main characters and analyze their qualities of leadership. Use specific examples from the play to illustrate.

POLITICS, PATRIOTISM, AND PROTEST OPINIONNAIRE  In the space provided mark whether you agree or disagree with each statement. Agree or Disagree _______________ 1. It is never right to kill another person. _______________ 2. Political leaders usually act in the best interest of their countries. _______________ 3. If a political leader has done something wrong, it is all right to get rid of him or her by whatever means necessary. _______________ 4. "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." _______________ 5. In certain situations it may be justified for a political leader to bend or break the law for the good of the country. _______________ 6. People should never compromise their ideals or beliefs. _______________ 7. "My country right or wrong" is not just a slogan; it is every citizen's patriotic duty. _______________ 8. No cause, political or otherwise, is worth dying for.  _______________ 9. "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant taste of death but once." _______________10. "The evil that men do lives after them; the good is [often buried] with their bones." 

WHAT IF BRUTUS . . .?  Read each of the following statements and circle the letter that best completes the statement in terms of what you think would fit the character of Brutus. For each question, select one passage from the play to support your answer. 1. If Brutus had been a general in Adolf Hitler's Secret Service, he would have 

A. waited until the right opportunity and then shot HitlerB. hired someone to assassinate HitlerC. worked to overthrow HitlerD. praised Hitler 2. If Brutus were at a baseball game, he would A. be a pitcherB. be an umpireC. sit quietly and enjoy the gameD. sit near the opposing team's dugout and harass players, coaches, and umpires 3. If people started a campaign today to elect Brutus president, he would A. pretend that he didn't want to runB. try to talk them into running a better candidateC. make deals with other political leaders to make sure that he won the electionD. refuse to run 4. Today if Brutus were at a large family picnic, he would most likely A. go off by himself, sit under a tree, and read a bookB. organize and participate in contests and gamesC. stand around and sulk until someone asked him to participate in the activitiesD. have long talks with anyone who might give the family a bad name 5. Brutus would most admire A. George Washington C. Jack the RipperB. General George Patton D. the Beatles 6. In school Brutus's favorite course would be A. philosophy C. Political ScienceB. English D. speech

7. If Brutus were alive today, he would most likely live A. in a mansion C. in an apartmentB. in a monastery D. on a farm 8. Brutus would probably most enjoy a social gathering of A. close friends C. Hollywood film starsB. family D. college professors 9. Today, Brutus's favorite hobby would most likely be A. listening to music C. travelB. playing cards D. reading 10. If Brutus were alive today, his job or profession would probably be A. computer programmer C. sports announcerB. used car salesman D. lawyer or judge 11. Brutus's favorite type of television program would be A. detective show C. game showB. soap opera D. situation comedy 

Julius Caesar Theme Park 

Shakespeare has hit the big time. His estate is allowing you, the theme park developer, to create a theme park based on one of his most famous plays, Julius Caesar. The Romeo and Juliet theme park has been such a success, it only seems natural to now open a second theme park based on a different play. As the developer, you must make important decisions regarding the attractions, cost, requirements, and many other items. You are also in charge of promoting this theme park.

 Your job as the developer will come in steps. First, you need to decide the following:1. What is the name of the theme park? (5 points)2. What main attractions will you have? A good theme park would have 5 major attractions to advertise. (40 points)3. Where is the theme park located? (5 points)4. What is the cost of admission? (5 points)5. What restaraunts and other amenities are available? (5 points)6. You may choose to add other information at your discretion. After all, you are the developer! Next, you must design a brochure for your theme park. The brochure must be neatly designed and it must relay all information outlined avove. (40 points)

Julius Caesar Act One

Study Guide

 

1. Where does the first scene take place?

 

2. What are Flavius and Marullus doing?

 

3. Who claims to be a "mender of bad soles," a "surgeon to old shoes," and one who lives by the "awl?"

 

4. According to a laborer, why have the people left their shops and assembled?

 

5. Who was Pompey?

 

6. How do Marullus and Flavius rebuke the people?

 

7. Who was Lupercal, and when did the Feast of Lupercal occur?

 

8. What character establishes the notion that Caesar is ambitious, and that he flies too high and is a danger to free men?

 

9. The purpose of the Feast of Lupercal was to secure purification and fertility for the spring planting. What other purpose did it serve for women as well?

 

10. In scene two, who, in particular, is instructed to stand in Antony's way and why?

 

11. What warning does the fortuneteller give to Caesar?

 

12. What is Caesar’s response to the fortuneteller’s warning?

 

13. What do Cassius and Brutus discuss after Caesar and his followers leave?

 

14. With who is Brutus upset and why?

 

15. Cassius openly works on contrasting Brutus’s humility to Caesar’s presumptuousness and arrogance. Why?

 

16. What fear does Brutus blurt out when shots are heard and a trumpet sounds?

 

17. When Caesar returns from the race, which character’s countenance seems to disturb him?

 

18. How does Caesar contrast Cassius with Antony?

 

19. Why does Antony have to speak to Caesar from his right side?

 

20. Why does Brutus grasp Casca’s cloak? What does he want to know?

 

21. What does Casca tell him has happened?

 

22. What other physical impairment does Caesar have?

 

23. According to Casca, did the Roman people seem to want Caesar to be king?

 

24. What dramatic action had Caesar taken in front of the people before his fainting?

 

25. How did Casca react to the events at the Lupercal Festival?

 

26. What has happened to Marullus and Flavius and why?

 

27. Cassius’s major plan involves Brutus. What is it?

 

28. What secretive means does Cassius intend to use to persuade Brutus he is more noble than Caesar?

 

29. In scene three, it is the evening of the Ides of March. Describe the weather.

 

30. Casca meets Cicero on the streets. State two unexplainable events.

 

31. What is Caesar to do tomorrow?

 

32. Cassius compared the storm to whom?

 

33. According to Casca, what do the senators plan to do tomorrow?

 

34. What pledge does Casca give to Cassius?

 

35. Who is Cinna?

 

36. According to Cinna, acquiring the cooperation of who would be more beneficial?

 

37. Cinna is to deliver the forged letters to what three places?

 

38. According to Cassius, what fraction of Brutus remains to be won over?

 

39. Who "sits high in all the people’s hearts?"

 

Julius Caesar

Act One Quotations

 

1. "O you hard-hearted people, you cruel men of Rome,

didn’t you know Pompey the Great?"

 

2. "If we can pluck these growing feathers out of Caesar’s wing,

we can force him to fly lower."

 

3. "barren women, when touched in this holy race,

are able to shake off the curse of sterility."

 

4. "I shall remember

When Caesar says ‘Do this,’

It is done."

 

5. "Beware the Ides of March."

 

6. "I fear that the people choose Caesar

for their king."

 

7. "I was born as free as Caesar and so were you.

We both have eaten as well, and we can both

Suffer the winter’s cold as well as Caesar."

 

8. "Cassius over there is too lean and hungry looking;

he things too much. Such men are dangerous."

 

9. "Such and such are reasons, they are natural occurrences,

because I believe that they are completely strange events, full of meaning

for the place where they occur."

 

10. "It’s a very pleasing night to honest men."

 

11. "O, he has a high place in the hearts of the Roman people,

and what would appear offensive if we did it,

his approval, like precious alchemy,

will transform it to something virtuous and worthy."

 

12. "When beggars die, there is no grand display of comets,

but for the death of princes the heavens make a blazing show."

 

13. "Cowards die many times before their deaths;

valiant men only taste death once."

Julius Caesar Act Two

Study Guide

 

1. Name Brutus’s personal servant.

 

2. About what has Brutus been thinking that has prevented him from sleeping?

 

3. Brutus reads the letter that he receives. What is its purpose?

 

4. Name the person who tossed the forged letters to Brutus.

 

5. What day is it now?

 

6. What relation is Cassius to Brutus?

 

7. Why did Lucius not recognize the other conspirators with Cassius when they arrived?

 

8. Who suggested Cicero be asked to join the conspiracy?

 

9. Why, at first, did his name come up as a possible addition to their conspiracy?

 

10. What do they decide to do about including him? What reason do they give for their decision?

 

11. Why does Brutus put a stop to Cassius’s idea to also kill Antony?

 

12. Brutus tells the conspirators to put on happy faces when they go to the Capitol. Why?

 

13. What reason does he give to Portia as causing his changed behavior?

 

14. Does he confide in Portia as to the real reason for his disturbed behavior?

 

15. Who was Cato?

 

16. In scene two, who else has been experiencing trouble sleeping?

 

17. What is Calpurnia’s feelings regarding the day at hand?

 

18. According to Calpurnia, what are some unusual sightings that have taken place today?

 

19. What decision does Caesar make regarding going tot he Capitol or staying home?

 

20. Caesar begins to reconsider going to the Capitol. What excuse does he consider offering?

 

21. What dream has been dreamt by Calpurnia?

 

22. How did Decius reinterpret the meaning of Calpurnia’s dream from its original meaning?

 

23. Caesar requests the men to be near him at all times in the Capitol today. How is this request ironic in light of things to come?

 

24. Scene 3 opens with Artemidorus reading a letter. What is its contents?

 

25. In scene 4, why does Portia send Lucius to the Capitol?

 

26. Why does the fortuneteller go toward the capitol himself?

 

27. At the end of the scene where does Lucius go?

 

Julius Caesar

Act Two Quotations

 

 

1. "A sunny day encourages vipers to come out into the open."

 

2. "in the early stages of ambition that humility is a ladder,

on which the climber mounts with his face turned upward.

Once he gets to the top rung, however,

He turns his back to the ladder."

 

3. "O let us have him, because his silvery hair

will win us everyone’s good opinion

and buy men’s speeches to praise our deeds."

 

4. "for he will never follow any cause

started by other men."

 

5. Since Antony is only a limb of Caesar."

 

6. "We shall be called purgers

and not murderers.

As for Mark Antony, don’t think about him,

Because he can accomplish no more than Caesar’s arm

After Caesar’s head has been cut off."

 

7. "Don’t let our serious looks reveal our purposes,

but let us play it out like Roman actors,

with untired spirits and a dignified self-control."

 

8. "I am not sick any longer if Brutus has

some action worthy of the name of honor."

 

9. "Lead the way,

and with a spirit that has just been inspired by your words,

I will follow you."

 

10. "What do you mean to do Caesar? Are you thinking of going out?

I won’t allow you to stir out of the house today."

 

11. "Adjourn the Senate to another time,

when Caesar’s wife has better dreams."

 

12. "How hard it is for women to keep a secret."

 

Julius Caesar Study Guide

Act Three

 

1. What group accompanied Caesar to the Capitol?

 

2. What two people have gathered to watch the procession and represent a bad omen?

 

3. Who whispers "good luck" to Cassius?

 

4. How does Cassius interpret it?

 

5. Who calms Cassius?

 

6. Who has the task of getting Antony out of the way?

 

7. Who decided which conspirator would stab Caesar first?

 

8. Which character did stab Caesar first?

 

9. What words does Caesar utter as he realizes Brutus is a conspirator, also?

 

10. What do Brutus and Cassius advise Publius to do and why?

 

11. According to Brutus, who should bear the consequences of their actions?

 

12. Where does Caesar die?

 

13. Whose servant arrives?

 

14. Why? (What message did he bring?)

 

15. How does Brutus actually feel about Antony?

 

16. What request does Antony make at Caesar’s funeral?

 

17. What is Brutus’s reply?

 

18. Alone with the body, Antony delivers a soliloquy. Its meaning is what?

 

19. Whose servant arrives?

 

20. At first, Antony wants to send him back to his master to tell him what has happened, but on second thought, what does he decide to do?

 

21. Who moves Caesar’s body?

 

22. What relationship was Octavious to Caesar?

 

23. Who is made to appear most dangerous to Brutus and Cassius’s plan?

 

24. In scene 2, why does Brutus divide the crowd?

 

25. According to Brutus, what flaw of Caesar’s caused him to kill him?

 

26. How did the crowd receive Brutus’s words?

 

27. What does Brutus do while Antony addresses the crowd?

 

28. What is Antony’s purpose in his speech?

 

29. The crowd asks Antony to do what?

 

30. Around Caesar’s body, how does Antony incite the crowd?

 

31. Why did the people pile up benches, tables, and stalls?

 

32. What message does the servant bring?

 

33. In scene 3, what was Cinna’s occupation?

 

34. What is Cinna’s reply to his marital status?

 

35. How is his intended wit viewed by the crowd?

 

36. When Cinna entered this scene, what was he thinking about?

 

37. What other character had an ominous dream, also?

 

Julius Caesar

Act Three Quotations

 

1. "I am as unchanging as the North Star,

Whose completely fixed and immovable nature

Is unmatched by any other star in the heavens."

 

2. "And thou also, Brutus?"

 

3. "Stoop, Romans, stoop

And let us bathe out hands in Caesar’s blood

Up to the elbows, and smear our swords with it."

 

4. "Mark Antony shall not love the dead Caesar

As will as the living Brutus"

 

5. "O mighty Caesar, do you know lie so low?

Are all your conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils of war,

Shrunk to such a little size?"

 

6. "Only be patient until we have quieted down

the Roman people, who are new beside themselves with fear,

and then we will explain to you the reason

why I, who loved Caesar even when I struck him,

have acted in this way."

 

7. "I am friends with you all and love you all,

With this hope, that you shall give me reasons

Why and how Caesar was dangerous."

 

8. "O pardon me, you bleeding piece of moral earth,

That I am meek and gentle with these butchers."

 

9. Romans, countrymen, and dear friends: hear me for the sake of my cause, and be

Silent that you may hear. Believe me for the sake of my honor, and

Respect my honor that you may believe. Judge me in your

Widow, and awaken your good sense that you may judge better.

If there is anyone in this crown, any dear friend of Caesar’s, to

Him I say that Brutus’s love of Caesar was no less than his.

If then

That friend wants to know why Brutus rose up against

Caesar, this is my

Answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.

Would you rather that Caesar were living and you all die

As slaves, than that

Caesar were dead so that you all might live as free men?

10. "Caesar’s virtues

Shall be crowned in Brutus."

 

11. "Friends, Romans, countrymen: listen to me.

I come to bury Caesar’s body, not to make a speech praising him.

The evil men do is remembered after they’re dead,

But the good is often buried with their bones.

Thus let it be with Caesar."

 

12. "I think there is much good sense in what he is saying."

 

13. "Be patient, gentle friends; I must not read it.

It is not prayer that you should know how much Caesar loved you."

 

14. "I fear that I wrong the honorable men

Whose daggers have stabbed Caesar. I really fear it."

 

15. "Brutus, as you know, was Caesar’s best friend.

Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him (and how costly it was to Caesar to have such a friend)"

 

16. "Good friends, sweet friends, don’t let me stir you up."

 

17. "But if I were Brutus

and Brutus were Antony, then there would be an Antony

who would know how to enrage your spirits, and who could put a tongue

in every wound of Caesar that would speak so movingly that

the very stones of Rome would rise up and mutiny."

 

Julius Caesar Study Guide

Act Four

 

1. Where does scene one take place?

 

2. Name the characters having a meeting.

 

3. What are they trying to decide?

 

4. What relationship is Publius to Mark Antony?

 

5. What does Antony tell Octavius his true feelings are about Lepidus after Lepidus leaves them?

 

6. What beast of burden does Antony compare Lepidus to?

 

7. With what other characters, according to Antony, are armies being drawn together?

 

8. How does Octavius respond to Antony’s wishes?

 

9. Where does scene two take place?

 

10. According to Lucilius, how was he received by Cassius?

 

11. What is the purpose of Cassius baring his breast to Brutus?

 

12. Do the two reconcile?

 

13. Who is creating the disturbance at the door?

 

14. For what reason?

 

15. Who is guarding the door and refuses to admit him?

 

16. What startling news does Brutus give to Cassius?

 

17. How did this event occur?

 

18. What news do Titinius and Messala bring?

 

19. What are the positions of the people who have been killed?

 

20. With what type of strength did Brutus accept the news?

 

21. With what suggestion of Brutus’s does Cassius disagree?

 

22. Why does Cassius disagree?

 

23. What counter argument does Brutus put forth?

 

24. Which character gives in to the other?

 

25. What does Lucius do for Brutus before he sleeps?

 

26. Why does Brutus apologize to Lucius?

 

27. What appears to Brutus?

 

28. What does it tell Brutus?

 

29. Immediately afterward, Brutus sends Varro and Claudius to tell Cassius what?

 

30. Brutus has a troubled mind caused by what two occurrences?

 

 

Julius Caesar

Act Four Quotations

 

1. "Let us do so, because, like the bear in a bearbaiting, we are chained to the stake

and set upon by many enemies.

And some of those who smile are us are, I fear, plotting

Countless harms against us."

 

2. "You have described

a warm friend cooling. Always not, Lucilius,

that when love begins to weaken and diminish,

it insists on a forced politeness."

 

3. "I had rather be a dog and howl at the moon

than that kind of Roman."

 

4. "Brutus, don’t taunt me –

I won’t permit it. You forget your own dignity

To close in on my like this. I myself and a soldier,

More experienced in practical matters, better able than you

To manage things."

 

5. "You do me wrong in every way; you really wrong me, Brutus.

I said a more experiences soldier, not a better.

Did I say ‘better’?"

 

6. "When Caesar was alive, he wouldn’t dare to exasperate me like this."

 

7. "Do not take my love too much for granted;

I may do something that I shall be sorry for."

 

8. "Brutus has broken my heart

A friend should tolerate his friend’s weaknesses,

But Brutus makes mine greater than they are."

 

9. "Strike as you did at Caesar, because I know,

when you hated him worst, you loved him better

than you ever loved Cassius."

 

10. "Speak no more of Portia. Give me a bowl of wine.

In this drink I bury all the unkindness of our quarrel, Cassius."

 

11. "In just this way should great men endure great losses."

 

12. "There is a tide in human affairs,

which, taken at its highest point, leads on to good fortune;

not taken, all the voyage of their life

is confined by a shallow water and other miseries."

 

13. "Are you any thing?

Are you some god, some angel, or some devil,

That turns my blood cold and makes my hair stand on end?

Speak to me and tell me what you are."

 

14. "To tell you that you shall see me at Philippi."

 

Julius Caesar Study Guide

Act Five

 

1. Where does scene one take place?

 

2. Why does Octavius tell Antony he feels the conspirators are advancing?

 

3. What does the messenger announce?

 

4. About what strategic point do Antony and Octavius disagree?

 

5. What has Brutus chosen to do that reveals his lack of military judgement and foreshadows his defeat?

 

6. Name the three people who join Brutus and Cassius as they lead their armies.

 

7. How does Brutus interpret the way Antony and Octavius are standing?

 

8. Cassius and Brutus advance to meet Antony and Octavius. What takes place, basically, between the generals?

 

9. Which character seems to become the most vicious and heated in his speech during the talk?

 

10. Who terms the conspirators "flatterers?"

 

11. Cassius turns to Brutus and complains about what?

 

12. Who draws his sword?

 

13. According to him, how many wounds did Caesar have?

 

14. According to Octavius, he was not born to die on whose sword?

 

15. What relation was Octavius to Julius Caesar?

 

16. Octavius tells Cassius and Brutus to come to the field if they dare to fight that day, or, if not, what?

 

17. As Antony, Octavius, and their armies leave the field, with whom does Brutus desire to confer?

 

18. With whom does Cassius confer?

 

19. Cassius feels compelled against his will to risk all on one battle, just as who else has been compelled to do in the past?

 

20. Who does Cassius feel has put him in such a position?

 

21. On their way to Sardis, what unusual occurrence took place around Cassius?

 

22. What animals now represent bad omens to Cassius?

 

23. In the conversation between Brutus and Cassius before battle, what does Cassius want to know?

 

24. What is Brutus’s response?

 

25. By his answer, he suggests that he might consider what rather than give in to death at the hands of the enemies?

 

26. According to Cassius in scene 3, what error has Brutus made?

 

27. According to Cassius, although this is the day of his birth, what also will it be?

 

28. Pindaurus misinterprets Titiunius’s meeting with the soldiers down below. What wrong fact does he relate to Cassius?

 

29. Because of Pindaurus’s error, what does Cassius decide to do?

 

30. How does he accomplish it?

 

31. Who else was killed with Cassius’s sword?

 

32. Who discovered the body of Cassius?

 

33. What does Titinius do to himself?

 

34. Who does Brutus say is responsible for all that has happened?

 

35. What tragedy occurs early in scene four?

 

36. What mistake do Antony's soldiers make when they first capture Lucilius?

 

37. Who recognizes the error?

 

38. In scene five, what request has Brutus made of Clitus?

 

39. What information does Brutus reveal to Volumnius?

 

40. How does Brutus take his life?

 

41. According to Antony, Brutus was the most noble Roman of them all, because what he did to Caesar, he did for the common good of the people, but the others betrayed Caesar because of what?

 

42. According to Antony, what sentence might sum up the life of Brutus?

 

43. What respect does Octavius intend to show the body of Brutus?

 

 

Julius Caesar Quotations

Act Five

 

For each quote, identify the speaker.

 

1. Now, Brutus, you have only yourself to thank.

This tongue of Antony could not be so offensive today

If Cassius had prevailed (and Antony had been killed with Caesar)

 

2. Look here, I draw a sword against conspirators.

 

3. Be my witness that – against my will,

as Pompey was – I am forced to risk

all our freedoms in one battle

 

4. May the gods today be well-disposed to us, so that we may

As good friends in peace, lead our lives on to old age.

 

5. Don’t believe, you noble Roman,

That Brutus will ever go to Rome as a bound captive-

He has too great a sense of decency

 

6. On this day I took my first breath. Time is come around,

And where I began there shall I end;

 

7. Are there still two Romans living such as Cassius and Titinius?

The last of all the Romans, farewell.

It is impossible that Rome should ever

Give birth to your equal.

 

8. Kill Brutus and win glory by his death.

 

9. This was the noblest Roman of them all.

All the conspirators, except Brutus,

Did what they did out of jealousy and spite against great Caesar.

Only Brutus joined them for public, honorable motives

And concern for the common good of the Roman people.

His life was noble and the elements of his character were

So harmoniously mixed that Nature might stand up

And declare to the whole world, "This was a man!"

 

10. For the sake of our old friendship, I beg you

To hold my sword hilt while I run onto my sword

 

Julius CaesarCharacter List by Act

 Act One Flavius Carpenter Murellus ShoemakerFortune-teller Caesar Casca CalpurniaAntony Brutus Cassius CiceroCinna  Act Two Lucius Calpurnia Artemidorus DeciusBrutus Casca Cinna CaesarCassius Publius Fortuneteller

MettelusLigarius Trebonius Portia ServantAntony 

Act Three Caesar Fortuneteller Decius ArtemidorusPublius 3rd citizen 4th citizen CassiusPopilus Brutus Cinna Mettellus1st citizen Casca Trebonius ServantAntony Citizens 2nd citizen  Act Four Antony Octavius Lepidus BrutusLucilius Ghost Pindarus Cassius1st soldier 2nd soldier 3rd soldier ClaudioPoet Messala Titinius LuciusVarrus  Act Five Octavius Antony Messenger CatoClitus Dardanius Brutus CassiusLucilius Young Cato Voluminous MessalaTitinius Pindarus 1st soldier 2nd soldierStrato

Julius Caesar Assignments 

 Campaign Speech

Brutus now would like very much to be the leader in Rome, but as we have heard from Antony’s speech he, too, would like to lead Rome.

Your assignment is to write a campaign speech for one of these two men. Your campaign speech should be at least 150 words in length, typed, double-spaced.

Due Date:  Song Lyric

Choose one character from Julius Caesar and select a theme song for this person. Submit your lyrics and your 50 word explanation. 

Due Date: For each character write one FACT

 1. Brutus

 2. Antony

 3. Cassius

 4. Cinna

 5. Cicero

 6. Casca

7. Caesar

 8. Calpurnia

 9. Octavious

 10. Trebonious

 11. Fortune-teller

 12. Antony’s servant

 13. Octavious’ servant

 14. Portia

 15. Lucius

 15. Decius 16. Publius 17. Pompey 18. Flavius  

  Mad Season i feel stupid - but i know it won't last for longi've been guessing - i coulda been guessin' wrongyou don't know me nowi kinda thought that you should somehowdoes that whole mad season got ya down 

i feel stupid but it's something that comes and goesi've been changin' - think it's funny how no one knowswe don't talk about - the little things that we do withoutwhen that whole mad season comes around so why ya gotta stand therelooking like the answer nowit seems to me - you'd come aroundi need you nowdo you think you can copeyou figured me out - i'm lost and i'm hopelessbleeding and broken - though i've never spokeni come undone - in this mad season i feel stupid - but i think i been catchin' oni feel ugly - but i know i still turn you onyou seem colder now, torn apart, angry, turned aroundwill that whole mad season knock you down so are you gonna stand thereare you gonna help me outyou need to be together now - i need you now now i'm cryin' - isn't that what you wanti'm tryin' to live my life on my ownbut i won'tat times - i do believe i am strongso someone tell me why, why, whydo i feel stupidand i came undone Question:Why is this an appropriate theme song for Cassius?