Geller’s Splendiferous Sophomores Fall 2013
PLAGUE (N): CURSE, EPIDEMIC CONCAVE (ADJ): CURVING INWARD COGITATIONS (N): THOUGHTS DOUBLET (N): SNUG-FITTING MEN’S JACKET OR VEST (RENAISSANCE ERA)
LAMENTED (V): MOURNED; EXPRESSED SORROW PEEVISH (ADJ): IRRITABLE PORTENTOUS (ADJ): IMPORTANT; SIGNIFICANT KNAVE (N): RASCAL; DISHONEST OR UNSCRUPULOUS MAN COUNTENANCE (N): FACE, APPEARANCE HINDER (V): HOLD BACK, PREVENT
DEFIANCE (N): OPEN RESISTANCE; BOLD DISOBEDIENCE CUR (N): MONGREL DOG; MUTT ENSIGN (N): FLAG DEMEANOR (N): BEARING; ATTITUDE TARRY (V): LOITER, LINGER
VIRTUE (N): A POSITIVE QUALITY OR CHARACTERISTIC SALUTATION (N): GREETING DISCONSOLATE (ADJ): SAD; UNABLE TO BE COMFORTED VAUNTING (V): BOASTING MELANCHOLY (ADJ): SAD, GLOOMY, MOROSE
CASSIUS AND BRUTUS HAVE RESOLVED THEIR DIFFERENCES THE TWO GENERALS PLAN TO MARCH TO PHILIPPI, IN SOUTHERN GREECE, TO CONTEND WITH THE ARMIES OF ANTONY AND OCTAVIUS CAESAR’S GHOST ASSURES BRUTUS THAT HE WILL SEE HIM THERE
ACT V OPENS SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, ON THE BATTLEFIELD AT PHILIPPI ANTONY AND OCTAVIUS, WELL-RESTED AND FORTIFIED, ARE PLEASED THAT THE CONSPIRATORS HAVE DECIDED TO MEET THEM THERE A BIT OF FRICTION IS ALREADY EVIDENT BETWEEN ANTONY AND OCTAVIUS, PERHAPS FORESHADOWING OCTAVIUS’S ULTIMATE CONQUEST THE CONSPIRATORS MEET THEM AND EXCHANGE INSULTS
AS ONE MIGHT EXPECT, THE OUTCOME OF THE FINAL BATTLE WILL BE DETERMINED BY A SERIES OF STRATEGIC MISSTEPS, LAPSES IN JUDGMENT, AND GENERAL SHENANIGANS.
CHARACTER3 RD 6 TH 7TH OCTAVIUSCALEBCHRISDALTON ANTONYANTHONYPARKERWILL MESSENGERLANETIMTJ BRUTUSANDREWALEXRUBEN CASSIUSCCNICKTYLER LUCILIUSJAKEMICHAELCOLTON MESSALADREWBRAYDENANDREW TITINIUSJESSIEJEREMIAHSTUART PINDARUSTESSABRITTNEY P.REECE
CHARACTER3 RD 6 TH 7TH CATO*ZACHLILLYMATTHEW M. FIRST SOLDIERWESTLEYBRITTANY C.CODY SECOND SOLDIER DYLANKELSEYMCKENAH CLITUSTHOMASMADISONANDREA DARDANIUSNATHANJAKEDANIELLE VOLUMNIUSKYLEEMATTHEWJANIEL STRATORHYSGREYSONKASSI
TRADITIONALLY, THE FINAL SPEAKER IN SHAKESPEARE’S TRAGEDIES WAS THE CHARACTER WHO WOULD INHERIT THE MOST AUTHORITY AFTER THE DEATH OF THE PLAY’S HERO.