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Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Characters and Events
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English
10th Grade
11/17/2010

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Calpurnia
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Minor character, submissive wife
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Portia
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An eloquent, independent woman
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Cobbler
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Witty workman, quick with puns
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Brutus
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Idea of Roman Republic; loves Rome
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Powerful, arrogant, good judge of character
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Caesar
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Mark Antony
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Loyal to Caesar
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Master manipulator; seeks power
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Cassius
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Beware the Ides of March
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Soothsayer
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Omens
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Dead men walking, lions strolling in marketplace, lightning
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fears
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Brutus ________ the people want Caesar as king.
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king
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Brutus fears this about Caesar.
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forged letters planted by Cassius
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This convinces Brutus to join the consiprators
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nightmares about Caesar's death
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Clapurnia has these and doesn't want Caesar to go to the capitol
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oratory
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Antony has better _________ skills than Brutus.
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cause unrest
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Antony's true purpose of his speech was to ____________.
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stupid
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Flavius and Marullus view the workers in the street as
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ambitious
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Brutus thinks Caesar is too ________.
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To anger the people against the conspirators
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Why does Antony show Caesar's wounds?
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being too sure of his ability to persuade people
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What tragic flaw does Brutus display when he leaves the funeral?
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He refused to take the crown three times.
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Why does the crowd doubt Brutus's claim that Caesar was too ambitious?
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to gain power and rule
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Cassius's motivation
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to keep Rome a republic, not a dictatorship
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Brutus's motivation
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suspicious and worried
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Caesar's attitude toward Cassius
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