I. Vocabulary
Vouchsafe - to grant or give, as by favor
Conspiracy - an agreement to perform together an illegal act
Foe - a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another, enemy.
II. Literary Terms
Climax - the highest or most intense point in the development
What is the climax of this play? Caesar gets killed by the conspirators
Allusion - a passing or casual reference; an indicating inference
Example: Shakespeare
Imagery - the use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects
Verbal Irony - a figure of speech in which is what said is the opposite from what is meant
Example: Decius is telling Calpurnia's dream in a different way of his point of view
III. Questions
Scene 1
1. What reason does Caesar give for not reading Artemidorus's letter? Because he is so egotistical
2. What roles do the following characters play in the conspiracy?
Trebonius - Talking to Antony
Metellus Cimber - Begs Caesar for the repeal of his brother's banishment
Casca - To stab Caesar
3. What is Caesar's opinion of himself? He doesn't want to change himself
4. What does "Et tu, Brute?" mean? How do these words relate to the theme of friendship in the play? Even you Brutus?, Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer
5. Where does Caesar's dead body lie? How is this ironic? In the Senate, Soothsayer tried to warn him of the ides of March had come for his time to die
6. What does Brutus tell the conspirators to do after killing Caesar? Smear themselves with Caesar's blood
7. What promise does Brutus tell the servant to relay to Antony? praises and grants the request
8. What does Antony say about the possibility of being killed by the conspirators? a terrible war will engulf Rome of Caesar's murder
9. After being assured he is in no danger, what favor does Antony ask of the conspirators? speak at Caesar's funeral
10. What does Cassius think about granting Antony this favor? Antony will tell the people of Rome that the conspirators killed Caesar
11. What restrictions does Brutus set? He is jealous of Antony
12. Summarize Antony's main points in his speech to Caesar's body? To how Caesar was killed by being stabbed to death by the conspirators
13. Who is coming to Rome to meet with Antonty? Octavius, Caesar's heir(son)
Scene 2
14. According to Brutus's speech to the commoners, what reasons does he give for Caesar's death? Caesar would have made all Romans slaves
15. What is the mood of the crowd as Brutus finishes his speech? They would be happy to have a king
16. What does Brutus offer at the end of his speech? That he was a hero
17. List three points of Antony's speech that work to persuade the crowd to turn on the conspirators.
The conspirators claimed that Caesar was ambitious
Antony calls the conspirators "honorable"
He found Caesar's will
18. What reason does Antony give for why he cannot read Caesar's will? The Plebeians wanted to hear it
19. What has Caesar bequeathed the Romans in his will? giving them all of his money to everyone
20. How does the crowd react to Antony's speech? Intending to kill the conspirators and burning their homes
Scene 3
21. What happens to Cinna the Poet? Why? The Plebeians attack him because he was a bad poet
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Destiny vs. Fate
Are we victims of fate or can we create our own destiny?
I say that we are both victims of destiny and fate. Destiny is when a person or a thing has had something happened to them in a particular way of a lot or, a fortune. Fate is a lot more different than destiny. It means that events of a course of events that will actually happen in the end of time, meaning the future. I would choose destiny of being the victim of it because I might become famous for what I do when I grow up. The reason why I do not choose fate is because the future might come as it is. It's my destiny to become an actress because it can help me a lot for myself, and my friends, family, and even for the people who I inspire the most. If I've chosen the fate side, then I would have winded up dead or left behind by the bad essential people. That's not where I want to end up for my life when I grow up. I'll give myself an example: Team Edward or Team Jacob because from the film "New Moon" on the "Twilight Saga". I think that I would choose Team Jacob because Jacob's tribe can stick together as a team or a group. No one will be left behind . That way they could go to their right path of saving Bella Swan.
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