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37 Cards in this Set
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Which character can be characterized as stoic? |
Brutus
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What is Cassius's major flaw in the play?
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He is overly emotional.
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What is Brutus's tragic flaw?
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He is too honorable and this makes him naive. He thinks that no one has ever deceived him.
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Who is the last person to speak in the play and thus the next ruler of Rome?
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Octavius Caesar
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What are the three characteristics a character must have to be a tragic hero?
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*Of higher than normal status
*Neither totally good nor totally evil *Experiences a downfall because of a mistake that can never be fixed |
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According to Marc Antony, why was Brutus better than all of the other conspirators?
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He was the only one who killed Caesar with a noble reason/without envy.
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Who holds the sword while Brutus runs on it to kill himself?
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Strato
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Whom does Cassius ask to stab him while he covers his face?
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Pindarus
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What benefit does Cassius's death have on Pindarus?
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He is made free because he was a slave.
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What phrase, uttered by Titinius, besically sums up the theme of the whole play?
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"Alas, thou hast misconstrued everything!"
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Who are the members of the second triumvirate?
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Antony, Octavius, Lepidus
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How does Portia kill herself?
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She swallows hot coals.
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When the ghost of Caesar visits Brutus after everyone else is asleep, what does it tell him?
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"I will meet thee again at Philippi."
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What is Cassius's primary reason for wanting to assassinate Julius Caesar?
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envy/jealousy
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What is Brutus's internal conflict in this play?
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He loves Caesar the man but fears Caesar the ruler.
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What does Portia do to show her husband that she can keep a secret?
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Stabs herself in the thigh.
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Who has a better marriage, Brutus and Portia or Caesar and Calpurnia?
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Brutus and Portia
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What action by the conspirators after Caesar's death mirrors Calpurnia's dream?
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They bathe their hands up to the elbows in Caesar's blood.
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In Shakespearean plays, what does a terrible storm always foreshadow?
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Something bad is going to happen in the government.
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In a tragedy, what is another name for the RESOLUTION of the play?
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The CATASTROPHE
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Name the five parts of the plot structure diagram in order.
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EXPOSITION, RISING ACTION, CLIMAX, FALLING ACTION, RESOLUTION
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In a Shakespearean play, the climax of the play always occurs during which act?
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Act III
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What is the climax of this play?
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The killing of Caesar?
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Why doesn't the play end with the killing of Caesar?
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The killing of Caesar is the climax of the play, not the resolution. Caesar isn't the tragic hero; Brutus is.
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What is the major role of Trebonius in this play?
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He lures Antony offstage during the killing of Caesar.
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What is the major role of Decius in this play?
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He reinterprets Calpurnia's dream to make it seem positive and flatters Caesar into going to the Capitol on the day of his assassination.
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What is the major role of Lucilius in this play?
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He pretends to be Brutus at the end of the play so that Brutus has more time to escape.
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What is the major role of Metellus Cimber in this play?
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He petitions Caesar for the return of his brother to Rome, giving the conspirators a reason to surround Caesar at the Capitol.
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Define APOSTROPHE.
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Addressing the absent as if present, the dead as if alive, the inanimate as if animate.
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Define VERBAL IRONY
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Saying one thing and meaning another -- similar to sarcasm.
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What mistakes does Brutus make when allowing Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
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He allows him to speak last. He allows Antony control of the body. He leaves after he is done speaking.
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Whose funeral speech is more effective, Brutus's or Antony's?
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Antony's
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Why does Shakespeare have Brutus speak in prose when giving his funeral speech?
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He wants to show that Brutus is being completely honest in his feelings and isn't trying to hide behind flowery phrases.
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When Antony says: "And Brutus is an honorable man!" what literary technique is he using?
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Verbal irony
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When Antony says: "O mighty Caesar! Dost thou lie so low?" what literary technique is he using?
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Apostrophe
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Why do the plebians kill Cinna the poet?
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They have been whipped up into a mob mentality and want to murder someone even if it isn't the right person.
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The commoners or plebians are portrayed as FICKLE. What does this mean?
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They change their minds all the time. They go along with whoever is in charge.
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