Julius Caesar Review

Master Julius Caesar! Review soliloquies, asides, irony, verse, and characters.

What is the difference between soliloquies and asides? Soliloquy v. Aside Sort the following excerpts from "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" into which dramatic element they are. Soliloquy Cassius: I will do so. Till then, think of the world. [Exit Brutus.] Well, Brutus, thou art noble; yet I see Thy honorable mettle may be wrought From that it is disposed. Therefore it is meet That noble minds keep ever with their likes; For who so firm that cannot be seduced? Caesar doth bear me hard, but he loves Brutus. If I were Brutus now and he were Cassius, He should not humor me I will this night, In several hands, in at his windows throw, As if they came from several citizens, Writings, all tending to the great opinion That Rome holds of his name; wherein obscurely Caesar's ambition shall be glanced at. And after this let Caesar seat him sure, For we will shake him, or worse days endure. [Exit.] [Exeunt all but Antony, who looks down at Caesar's body.] Antony: O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever live in the tide of times. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood! Over thy wounds now do I prophesy (Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue), A curse shall light upon the limbs of me; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy; Blood and destruction shall be so in use And dreadful objects so familiar That mothers shall but smile when they behold Their infants quartered with the hands of war, All pity choked with custom of fell deeds; And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war, That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial. Aside Cassius: Brutus, a word with you. You know not what you do. Do not consent That Antony speak in his funeral. Know you how much the people may be moved By that which he will utter? Brutus: By your pardon, I will myself into the pulpit first And show the reason of our Caesar's death. What Antony shall speak, I will protest He speaks by leave and by permission, And that we are contented Caesar shall Have all true rites and lawful ceremonies. It shall advantage more than do us wrong. Cassius: I know not what may fall. I like it not. Which events in "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" are examples of dramatic irony? (choose two) Caesar turns away the crown that Antony presents to him. The audience knows that Caesar is walking toward his doom when he decides to go to the capital. Calpurnia is worried and does not want Caesar to go to the Capital. Antony tells Caesar not to worry about Cassius because he is a "noble Roman," but the audience knows that Cassius is plotting Caesar's murder. Fill in the blanks in the following excerpts from "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar." Brutus: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more...Brutus: And let us bathe our hands in Caesar's blood...Casca: Speak hands for me!Caesar: Et tu Brute?---Then fall Caesar!Antony: Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of warAntony: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?Cassius: The fault dear Brutus is not in our stars... Characters Choose the personality trait that best fits each character below. Character Personality Trait Julius Caesar prideful Brutus trusting Cassius manipulative Antony loyal Casca dim-witted Octavius Caesar vengeful Tragic Flaws Match each list of flaws to the person who exhibits them. Brutus trusting; guilty; love for Rome Caesar prideful; arrogant Fill in the blanks of Antony's speech after finding Brutus dead. Antony: This was the noblest Roman of them all.All the conspirators save only heDid that they did in envy of great Caesar;He, only in a general honest thoughtAnd common good to all, made one of them.His life was gentle, and the elementsSo mixed in him that Nature might stand upAnd say to all the world, "This was a man!" The Death of Caesar Facts Answer the questions in the text boxes by the blue dots. Blank Verse v. Prose Sort these excerpts from "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" according to how Shakespeare wrote them. Remember that blank verse involves breaking lines after ten syllables even if it is the middle of a sentence and that prose is not broken up. (The program does not allow enters after each line, so the end of each line is marked with a slash.) Blank Verse Caesar: I could be well moved, if I were as you; / If I could pray to move, prayers would move me; / But I am constant as the Northern Star, / Of whose true-fixed and resting quality / There is no fellow in the firmament. / The skies are painted with unnumbered sparks, / They are all fire, and every one doth shine; / But there's but one in all doth hold his place. / So in the world: 'tis furnished well with me. / And men are flesh and blood, and apprehensive, / Yet in the number I do not know but one / That unassailable holds on his rank, / Unshaked of motion; and that I am he, / Let me show it, even in this, / That I was constant Cimber should be banished / And constant do remain to keep him so. Flavius: It is no matter. Let no images / Be hung with Caesar's trophies. I'll about / And drive away the vulgar from the streets. / So do you too, where you perceive them think. / These growing feathers plucked from Caesar's wing / Will make him fly an ordinary pitch, / Who else would soar about the view of men / And keep us all in servile fearfulness. Cassius: So is he now in execution / Of any bold or noble enterprise, / However he puts on this tardy form. / This rudeness is a sauce to his good wit, / Which gives men stomach to digest his words / With better appetite. Prose Casca: Ay, marry, was't! and he put it by thrice, every time gentler than other; and at every putting-by mine honest neighbors shouted. Casca: Nay, an I tell you that, I'll ne'er look you i' the face again. But those that understood him smiled at one another and shook their heads; but for mine own part, it was Greek to me. I could tell you more news, too. Marullus and Flavius, for pulling scarfs off Caesar's images, are put to silence. Fare you well. There was more foolery yet, if I could remember it.