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30 Cards in this Set
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1.2 307-321 Who is speaking |
Cassius (Soliloquy) |
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1.2 307-321 What is he saying about Brutus? |
He is saying that Brutus is noble, but he can be easily tricked/ manipulated what |
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1.2 307-321 What does Cassius plan to do? |
Send letters to Brutus with different writing(so it looks like different people) saying people love Brutus and they are scared of Caesars ambition |
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1.2 307-321 Rhyming couplets? |
Last two lines |
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1.3 103-105 Who is speaking |
Cassius |
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1.3 103-105 What is the context? |
Cassius is talking to Casca about the danger of Caesar ruling Rome |
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1.3 103-105 What does Cassius say in lines 103-105? |
That Caesar wouldn't be acting like a wolf - that is to say a stronger more powerful being- if the citizens/people weren't acting like sheep- weak and lesser |
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2.1 10-34 Who is speaking? |
Brutus (soliloquy in which serval metaphors are used) |
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2.1 10-34 Summary/ Context? |
Brutus is essentially explaining why or why not having Caesar as a ruler would be good. He says that as of the moment he knows Caesar to be able to separate his emotions from his responsibilities/duties, but what would happened if he were crowned? |
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2.1 10-34 Explain the first metaphor |
"it is bright day that brings forth the adder and that craves weary of walking" means Evil can come from good, just as poisonous snakes tend to come out into the open on bright sunny days—which means we have to walk carefully |
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2.1 10-34 Explain the second metaphor |
"But ’tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambitions ladder" means everyone knows that an ambitious young man uses humility to advance himself |
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2.1 10-34 Explain the third Metaphor |
"And therefore think him as a serpent's egg" ... "and kill him in the shell" means kill the egg before it hatches or kill Caesar before his terror is unleashed on the Romans |
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2.1 163-183 Who is speaking? |
Brutus is speaking to Cassius Decius and Casca |
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2.1 163-183 Context/ Summary? |
Cassius suggested killing Mark Antony because of his loyalty to Caesar. Brutus shuts the idea down by saying that it will make their intentions look evil instead of beneficial to the people of Rome |
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2.1 163-183 What is Brutus saying? |
it is not necessary to kill Caesar and not done for pleasure, he wish that they could kill the spirt of Caesar but not the man himself |
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2.1 163-183 What does Brutus say about the Conspirators? |
that they should treat him as a body meant for the gods, not the hands and that they should pretend to be angry at what they had to do |
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2.2 83-90 Who is speaking |
Decius is speaking to Caesar |
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2.2 83-90 What does Decius want Caesar to do? |
As a conspirator Decius wants Caesar to go to the senate house where the plan to kill the leader will carry out |
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2.2 83-90 How does Decius interpret Calpurnia's dream? |
when Decius hears Caesar isn't going to the senate, he convinces him to go by interpret Calpurnia's dream was a 'vision four and fortunate' and that Caesar's statue sporting blood was a sign that great men will try to get love and acceptance form Caesar |
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2.2 13-26 Who is speaking? |
Calpurnia is speaking to her husband Caesar |
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2.2 13-26 Context/summary? |
Caesar is planning to go out to the senate house but Calpurnia doesn't want him to go. She is saying that previously she hadn't believed in omens but now they scare her. Strange events were occurring, such as a lioness giving birth in the streets, the dead rising and warriors fighting within the clouds |
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2.2 13-26 How does she interpret this? |
Signs that Caesar should not go to the senate. |
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3.1 58- 73 Who is speaking? |
Caesar is speaking to the conspirators |
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3.1 58- 73 Context? |
The conspirators are begging Caesar to pardon Publius Cimber, and using flattery to do so, Caesar clamming to be 'as constant as the northern star' refuses to do so, standing his ground. |
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3.1 58- 73 how is this act ironic? |
It is ironic because the reason Caesar went to the senate house was because of Decius' flattery when the reader knows he is un-immune to it as any other man |
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3.2 75- 109 who is speaking? |
Antony is speaking at Caesars funeral after Brutus speech |
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3.1 58- 73 Context? |
The conspirators had given Antony rules to abide by in order to ensure that the blame for Caesar's death not be out on them |
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3.1 58- 73 What does Antony do? |
Antony finds away to follow these rules, while still getting to public to question the conspirator's natures, (SARCASM) |
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3.1 58- 73 describe Antony's speech? |
at the start he seems loyal to Brutus but quickly he turns saying 'I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition'. Antony was angry at the conspirators for killing his friends and turns the people against them. |
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3.1 58- 73 How is this speech ironic? |
Because Brutus previously didn't want to kill Antony, but here he is turning people against him. |
