Julius Caesar Acts 1 and 2 Test

AMBITIOUS LEADER Julius Caesar

LEADER OF THE CONSPIRACY Caius Cassius

STRUGGLES WITH CAESAR’S POWER Brutus

CAESAR’S LOYAL ALLY Mark Antony

BRUTUS’ WIFE Portia

CAESAR’S WIFE Calpurnia

wise and respected man; excluded from plot Cicero

dull man who relates Caesar’s “crowning” Casca

SCOLDS THE COBBLER AND COMMONER Flavius

WARNS CAESAR “BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH” Soothsayer

MANIUPULATES CASESAR BY CONVINCING HIM TO ATTEND THE SENATE Decius Brutus

Cassius – Act I, scene ii , 103-105 “I was born free as Caesar, so were you; We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter’s cold as well as he.” Shows Cassius did not see Caesar as “above” him in station He did not think Caesar deserved to be crowned He felt they had all done the same work and were equally deserving

Cassius – Act I, scene ii, 146-147 “The fault, dear Brutus, is not is our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” Fate is not what drives men to their decisions and actions, but rather the human condition

Casca – Act I, scene ii, 286-287 “but for mine own part , / it was Greek to me.” Commonly used phrase Means “I don’t understand” Still used today

Notes are on my teacher page on PHS website DRAMATIC ELEMENTS – what we use to analyze and evaluate pieces of drama MONOLOGUE – an extended speech by one person SOLILOQUY – is a type of monologue in which a character directly addresses an audience or speaks his thoughts aloud while alone on the stage

KNOW THE EVENTS OF THE PLAY