JC NOTES Flashcards
Caesar describes Cassius in a few ways:
- lean and hungry
- Ambition
- Dangerous ( thinks too much)
What 2 things are wrong with Julius
- Falling sickness or epilepsy
2. He is deaf in one ear
How many times was the crown offered to Caesar?
3 by mark Antony
Who actually crowns the ruler
Senators
Casca’s said
It’s all Greek to me
The 2 men that took down decorations were?
Silence or put to death
Who forged letters to Brutus saying that he needed to do something about Caesar?
Cassius
What weird things were going on in the street?
- A mans hand was burning but flesh wasn’t burning
- Lion strolled through the capital
- the owl was seen in the middle if the day
Who delivers the letters to Brutus forged
Cinna
What was the key to the plot to get rid of Caesar?
Brutus has to be a part
Why do they need Brutus?
People respect them and think that he is honest
Brutus finally realizes that Caesar need to be killed why?
For the good if Rome
Hey assassination is going to take place at the capital when?
When the senate meets, they have to separate mark Antony because he is Caesars protector
Brutus decides not to kill Antony why?
- They don’t want them to look like murderers and thugs
- Antony will not be dangerous without Caesar
- Political act not a murderous act
Why does Brutus say that they do not need an oath
- Brutus believes hey are all honest
- They have a just cause
- They are all in agreement
Why is Portia mad at Brutus
He is keeping secrets he is not sleeping or eating and he Is out in night air
What was calphurnia’s dream
She dreamed that she saw a statue of Caesar with blood flowing from it. People were bathing in blood
He send servants out to sacrifice an animal and the animal they choose has no
Heart
Why does Caesar decide not to go to the senate
- Calphurnia’s dream
2. sacrifice without a heart
Who was responsible of getting Caesar to the Capitol!
Decius
How does Decius explain calphurnia’s dream
He says that the blood in her dream and that Caesar is going to give new life to Rome
3 ways Decius convinced Caesar to change his mind?
- reinterpreted calphurnia’s dream
- If you don’t go they may but offer you the crown again
- Dont base your decision based in a woman or fear
What people try to warn Caesar about the conspiracy
Artemidorous and soothsayer
Petition to Caesar to allow his brother publius to come back to Rome
Metellus
What was purpose if this petition?
To distract Caesar of someone sneaking up behind him
Who takes Antony aside?
Trebonius
Who stabs first?
Casca
Who was the last
Brutus
Why was Brutus’s last stabbing symbolic
- He wanted to see if they would do it
2. he did not want part of death
What was Caesars last words?
Et tú brute?
What foreshadowing comes true
Calphurnia’s dream
Why does Antony’s servant got I the conspirators?
To see if Antony was ok
Antony wants to be the one to
Carry Caesars body for the funeral
What was Antony’s promise not to say at the funeral?
He is not to blame the conspirators
What are Antony’s intentions
Antony wants to stir up the crowd and make them angry towards the conspirators
What does Antony warn & why?
Octavius not to enter rome he doesn’t want Octavius to be harmed
Who was the first to speak at Caesars funeral
Brutus
Summary of his speech
He was ambitious and dangerous for Rome
Antony gets the crowd upset by
- The crowd saw the body
- The conspirators at honorable (sarcastically)
- He cries in front of the crowd
- He points to the wounds and tells who did each one
Caesars will 75 drachmas and gardens
What are Antony Octavius and Lepidus doing? And why?
They are trying to decide troublemakers to kill and they want to get the trouble makers out the way
What did they want to do with the money Caesar left to the people
Steal it and put it towards armies
What are the three leaders?
Antony Octavius and Lepidus
Disagreement between Brutus and Cassius:
Cassius is mad a Brutus and because he puts one of Cassius men to death even though he wrote him a letterand he still killed him
What did Brutus accuse Cassius of
Taking bribes
Brutus is really upset why?
Portia his wife has committed suicide by swallowing fire
4 mistakes made my Brutus?
- They didn’t kill Antony when they killed Caesar
- He let Antony speak at the funeral
- He let him speak last
- The attacked the other army 1st instead of sitting and waiting
what does Caesars ghost tell Brutus
He would see him at philipi
What do Brutus and Cassius agree
If they do not win the battle they will kill themselves
Where were Brutus and Cassius?
Where were Antony’s armies?
Sardis
Philipi
Cassius tells his slave to what?
To stab him because he believes his friend had been kidnapped and taken ( the messenger got there to late to tell him he didn’t)
Brutus finds out Cassius is dead who finally agrees to gold the sword for Brutus while her runs on it
Strato
Why does Antony feel bad about Brutus?
The other conspirators killed Caesar for personal gain and he really believed he did it for Rome
What kind do theme was it
Political theme
