Act 1 Julius Caesar

Front 1

cobbler

Back 1

mender or shoes or clumsy, bungler worker

Front 2

knave

Back 2

tricky, rascal; rogue

Front 3

tributaries

Back 3

captives

Front 4

intermit

Back 4

stop the calamity or trouble

Front 5

vulgar

Back 5

common

Front 6

press

Back 6

crowd

Front 7

shawdow

Back 7

reflected image

Front 8

glass

Back 8

mirror

Front 9

rout

Back 9

common crowd; disorderly crowd

Front 10

Colossus

Back 10

gigantic ancient statue of Apollo, a Greek, and Roman god

Front 11

marry

Back 11

truly

Front 12

mark

Back 12

pay attention to

Front 13

fain

Back 13

gladly

Front 14

swounded

Back 14

swooned; fainted

Front 15

saucy

Back 15

rude; impudent

Front 16

portentous

Back 16

ominous; giving signs of evil to come

Front 17

tokens

Back 17

portentous signs

Front 18

want

Back 18

lack

Front 19

iambic pentameter

Back 19

a line of verse with 5 metrical feet, each consisting if one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Front 20

blank verse

Back 20

poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines

Front 21

foreshawdowing

Back 21

clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

Front 22

pun

Back 22

a play on words with 2 or more different meanings or 2 words that sound alike but are spelled differently

Front 23

soliloquy

Back 23

a long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage

Front 24

metaphor

Back 24

a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else

Front 25

simile

Back 25

a figure of speech in which the words 'like' or 'as' are used to compare 2 dissimilar things

Front 26

What important background information is learned from the cobbler?

Back 26

-that Caesar has come back triumphantly

-Pompey has been defeated

Front 27

How do Murellus and Flavius feel about the celebration for Caesar? What do they do to hinder it?

Back 27

-Murellus and Flavius don't like Caesar and are mad people are celebrating him

-Murellus and Flavius want to ruin the celebration and strip down the party decorations

Front 28

What is the soothsayer's warning to Caesar?

Back 28

-Beware the ides of March

Front 29

What stories do Cassius tell Brutus? Why might he choose these stories to tell?

Back 29

-When Caesar and Cassius were swimming and Cassius had to save him

-When Caesar had a fever and seizure in Spain

-Caesar isn't everything people make him out to be

Front 30

How does Caesar feel about Cassius? How do you know this?

Back 30

-Caesar is suspicious of Cassius

-"Such men as he be never at heart's ease"

Front 31

What information about Caesar does Casca reveal to Brutus and Cassius?

Back 31

-Caesar was offered the crown 3 times, but refused it

-Caesar also fainted

Front 32

What happens to Murellus and Flavius?

Back 32

-They were "silenced" (most likely executed)

Front 33

What does Cassius plan to do to convince Brutus to conspire against Caesar?

Back 33

-forge letters and let Brutus believe the citizens do not love Caesar

Front 34

What reason does Cassius give for the storm?

Back 34

-a warning to the Romans

Front 35

Quote: "I shall remember;/ When Caesar says 'Do this,' it is perform'd."

Back 35

A. Antony to Caesar

B. I'll remember; When Caesar says to do something, it is done

C. Shows Antony's loyalty to Caesar

Front 36

Quote: "Beware the ides of March."

Back 36

A. a soothsayer to Caesar

B.a warning telling Caesar to beware March 15

C. It foreshadows Caesar's assisination

Front 37

Quote: "I love/ The name of honor more than I fear death."

Back 37

A. Brutus to Cassius

B. I rather die than lose my honor

C. characterizes Brutus to show how much he values his honor over his fear

Front 38

Quote: "Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look,/ He thinks too much; such men are dangerous."

Back 38

A. Caesar to Antony

B. Cassius has a suspicious look, he wonders too much; men like these are dangerous

C. Caesar doesn't trust Cassius and is uneasy about him and his motives

Front 39

Quote: "Alas it cried, 'Give me a drink, Titinius,' as a sick girl. Ye gods/ it doth amaze me."

Back 39

A. Cassius to Brutus

B. Caesar cried, "Give me some water, Titinius," like a sick girl. It does amaze me.

C. This shows that Caesar is weak sometimes and that he isn't as high and mighty as he makes himself out to be

Front 40

Quote: "Would he were fatter, but I fear him not."

Back 40

A. Caesar to Antony

B. I wish we were fatter (like everyone else), but I'm not afraid of him.

C. Caesar is suspicious of Cassius and wants Antony to know he should be watched/feared. Although, Caesar isn't afraid of Cassius

Front 41

Quote: "These growing feathers plucked from Caesar's wing/ will make him fly an ordinary pitch."

Back 41

A. Flavius to Murellus

B. If you pluck feathers from Caesar's wing, it will make him fly at a normal height

C. If Caesar's support is taken away, it will make him act like the other normal men and that's what Flavius and Murellus want. They don't want him to be king.

Front 42

Quote: "O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome,/ knew you not Pompey?"

Back 42

A. Murellus to the Romans

B. You hard-hearted, cruel Roman men, didn't you know Pompey (the previous king)?

C. Flavius and Murellus want people to go home and stop celebrating Caesar since they supported Pompey. They think Pompey was better than Caesar. They want to remove the crowds from the streets to diminish Caesar's celebration.