Julius Caesar

Question 1

Who are the triumvirs after Julius Caesar’s death?

Answer 1

Antony
Octavius Caesar
M. Aemillius Lepidus

Question 2

Who are the senators?

Answer 2

Cicero
Publius
Popilius Lena

Question 3

Who are the 8 conspirators?

Answer 3

Marcus Brutus
Cassius
Casca
Trebonius
Ligarius
Decius Brutus
Metellus Cimber
Cinna

Question 4

What are the 4 characteristics of Shakespearean heroes?

Answer 4

➢ He is a person of high degree or public importance.
➢ The heroes are often kings or military leaders; thus, their downfalls have great consequences, affecting the welfare of whole nations.
➢ They cause their own downfalls: the calamities do not happen by accident, they result from the heroes all possessing a character flaw, called a tragic flaw [hamartia].
➢ The hero doesn’t usually fall alone.

Question 5

What are the 6 characteristics of Shakespearean tragedies?

Answer 5

➢ The protagonist dies
➢ It arouses pathos
➢ It is a story of calamity leading to the death of a person in high place.
➢ The hero is often important and aware of the significance of his mistake
➢ Man is held responsible for his mistakes. (Nemesis = just punishment)
➢ We can usually find foreshadowing of the catastrophe – the hero makes some mistake, which will bring his undoing in the end.

Question 6

What is the Stoic Philosophy?

Answer 6

Stoicism taught that virtue is the highest good and that men should be free from passion and unmoved by life’s happenings

Question 7

What is the Epicurean Philosophy?

Answer 7

Epicurism taught that pleasure is the highest good and that virtue alone produces pleasure. Epicureans were fond of pleasure and luxury. They didn’t believe in the supernatural.