Caesar Flashcards
Et tu, Brute
Caesar
Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.
Brutus.
Beware the ides of March
Soothsayer.
How weak a thing the heart of a woman is
Portia.
But Brutus said he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man.
Antony.
This day I breathed first. Time is come round, And where I did begin, there shall I end.
Cassius.
For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power or speech to stir men’s blood.
Antony.
Caesar refused the crown that it had, almost, choked Caesar; and for mine own part, I durst not laugh.
Casca.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much, such men are dangerous.
Caesar.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Cassius.
How did Artemidorius try to warn Caesar?
He wrote a letter identifying all the conspirators by name, and tried to hand it to him.
How did Calpurnia try to warn Caesar?
She told him of a dream where he was stabbed and his killers washed their hands in his blood.
How did the Soothsayer try to warn Caesar?
He said Beware the ides of March.
Who was in the conspiracy?
Cassius, Brutus, Casca, Cinna, Decius Brutus, Metellus Cimber, Trebonius, Caius Ligarius.
Who was in the triumvirate?
Mark Antony, Octavius, Lepidus.
How did Caesar die?
He was stabbed by the conspirators.
How did Cassius die?
Pindarus stabs him with the knife he stabbed caesar with.
How did Cinna, the Poet die?
He was mistaken for Cinna the conspirator and angry townspeople killed him.
How did Brutus die?
He ran into a sword held by Strato.
How did Portia die?
She swallowed hot coals.
What is a Epicurean? How does it relate to the play?
A belief that there is no god, afterlife, omens, or anything similar. Cassius was an epicurean.
What is a stoic? How does it relate to the play?
A belief that pain and suffering should be endured calmly and self-control is all important. Brutus was a stoic.
What parallels are there between the play and the passion of Jesus Christ.
- Initials both J.C.
- Generous
- Killed by Romans
- Betrayed by close friends
- Seen as kings
- Entrance parade
- Stabbed
- Associated with God
- Mourning
- Antony is like Peter
- Disciples+Antony took body
What did Antony do in the play?
- Best friends with Caesar
- Touches Calpurnia
- Parties
- Part of triumvirate
- Good speaker(Brutus funeral)
- Good leader
What did Brutus do in the play?
- Honor most important
- Wants what is best for Rome
- Got in conspiracy by letters
- Married to Portia
What did Caesar do in the play?
- Rejected crown 3 times
- Arrogant
- Epileptic
- Deaf in left ear
- Loving to wife
What did Calpurnia do in the play?
- Had dream of Caesar dying
- Loves Caesar
- Solid marriage with Caesar, but can’t have child.
What did Casca do in the play?
- Conspirator
- Smart but acts average so people don’t get put off by his intelligence
- Superstitious
- Tells of Caesar’s refusal of the crown.
What did Cassius do in the play?
- Doesn’t like Caesar because he had to save him from drowning and Caesar had a seizure
- Organizer of conspirators
- Manipulative
What did Cinna the Poet do in the play?
Confused with Cinna the conspirator.
What did Decius Brutus do in the play?
-Talked Caesar into going to capitol by reinterpretting dream and telling him the senate will give Caesar the crown.
What did Lepidus do in the play?
- Part of triumvirate
- Compared to a donkey
What did Octavius do in the play?
- Part of triumvirate
- Friends with Antony
- Man of action
- Promised Brutus honorable funeral
What did Pomey do in the play?
He was the previous leader of Rome who Caesar killed.
What did Portia do in the play?
- Concerned for Brutus
- Begs him, stabs leg
- Swallows hot coals
What did Strato do in the play?
He held the sword for Brutus.
What did Lucius do in the play?
- Brutus servant
- Loyal
What did Artemidorus do in the play?
-Wrote letter with all conspirators names.
-What did Titinius do in the play?
- Cassius’s best friend
- Killed self when he saw that Cassius died
Comedy
Play that ends happily and has many humorous elements.
History
Play that presents the life of an English Monarch.
Tragedy
Play that traces the main character’s downfall.
Tragic hero
Central character who is dignified and noble yet has a fatal flaw that brings a downfall. They recognize the flaw when it is too late. They face downfall with dignity.
What elements are common to shakespeare’s literary style?
Aside-Trebonius; Poetry- Royals
Two Shakespeare themes
Betrayal, revenge
