Julius Caesar - Act III - Imagery Flashcards

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main concept

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  • much of the power of Shakespeare’s dramas is his mastery of language
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imagery

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  • metaphor, sensory language, personification
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what imagery does Shakespeare use in the underlined passage (sec. 9) form Caesar’s words to Cimber

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  • we find an extended metaphor - Caesar, the North Star, compared to other men, “unnumber’d sparks”
  • Caesar compares Cimber’s petitioning to lifting up “Olympus” - the mountain of the gods
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what is the meaning of the imagery Antony uses in the underlined passage (sec. 20) of Julius Caesar

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  • Antony acknowledges that he would be more noble to weep for Caesar than to befriend his assassins
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what image is Brutus conveying in his words to Antony in the underlined passage of sec. 19 of Julius Caesar

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  • Brutus uses the image of fire quenching fire and pity the remedy for the “pitiful” state of Rome
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what imagery does Shakespeare use in the underlined passage (sec. 7) form Caesar’s words to Cimber

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  • Shakespeare uses simile - Cimber is like a cure (dog)
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note

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  • Brutus calls on the “fates” as if they could answer and had direction (personification)
  • Shakespeare uses a metaphor – tears are “beads of sorrow”
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