Caesar Flashcards
(45 cards)
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
