Act 2 Flashcards
dreamt of Caesar’s murder
Calphurnia
knows how to flatter Caesar
Decius
wrote a letter to Caesar
Artemidorous
Brutus’s wife
Portia
conspiracy’s leader
Brutus
“It must be by his death; and for my part,
- I know no personal cause to spurn at him,*
- But for the general: he would be crown’d*” (2.1.10-12)
Brutus
“The taper burnt in your closet, sir.
- Searching the window for a flint, I found*
- This paper, thus seal’d up …*” (2.1.35-37)
Lucius
“What need we any spur but our own cause
- To prick us to redress? What other bond*
- Than secret Romans that have spoke the word*
- And will not palter? And what other oath*
- Than honesty to honesty engaged …?”* (2.1.123-127)
Brutus
“I think it is not meet
- Mark Antony, so well belov’d of Caesar,*
- Should outlive Caesar.”* (2.1.155-157)
Cassius
“I can o’ersway him; for he loves to hear
- That unicorns may be betray’d with trees,*
- And bears with glasses, elephants with holes,*
- Lions with toils, and men with flatterers.*” (2.1.203-206)
Decius
“Cowards die many times before their deaths:
The valient never taste of death but once.” (2.2.32-33)
Caesar
In Act 2, scene 4, Portia asks Lucius ___.
to go to the Capitol to see what’s going on and the report back to her
How does Decius persuade Caesar to come to the Capitol
He mentions the Senate plans to give a crown to Caesar today.
He reinterprets Calphunia’s ominous dream.
He says the Senate will laugh if he has no reason to explain Caesar’s absence.
When Caesar requests an animal be sacrified, the augers discover ___.
The beast has no heart.
What are some reasons Portia gives to persaudes Brutus’ confidence?
He has been impatient with her. She is his wife. She can tell by the people who visited in the night that something is amiss. She is a woman with impressive ancestors.
