| Why are Marullus and Flavius upset about the commoners not being at work? | The commoners are being hypocritical. The soldiers do not want Caesar as their king. |
| What is a pun? | Play on words |
| What does Caesar ask Antony to do during the race at the celebration? | touch his wife |
| What quote foreshadows events to come? | “Beware the ides of March” |
| What do Brutus and Cassius do during the celebration? | Cassius tries to convince Brutus to join the consipracy. |
| What causes the crowd to cheer three times? | Caesar denies the crown |
| Define soliloquy. | a speech given by a character alone on stage that reveals his thoughts and feelings aloud |
| What does Cassius reveal in his soliloquy in Act 1? | He will write letters to Brutus in different types of handwriting pretending to be people of Rome that respect Brutus. |
| Who tells the story of the offering of the crown? | Casca |
| Give two reasons Brutus must be a part of the conspiracy for it to work? | He is a well respected noble and it will take the blame off of Cassius so that he is not the only one killing Caesar. |
| Who is described as having a “lean and hungry look”? | Cassius |
| From the final scene of Act 1, give an example of the foreshadowing of bad things to come. | Unnatural occurrences of a man’s hand on fire, hundred ghostly women seeing men on fire in the streets, owl |
| What is significant about the ides of March ? | The Soothsayer said beware the ides of March to Caesar in the first Act. |
| What is Brutus’ inner conflict? | He loves Caesar but fears he will be a tyrant. |
| Why does Cicero say, “this disturbed sky/ Is not to walk in”? | He does not want to walk in the “storm” AKA participate in the “conspiracy”. |
| What do Casca and Cassius think about the storm? | Casca thinks it is an omen of something bad to come. Cassius thinks that bad thing is Caesar. |
| What is the political behavior of the Roman people in the first Act? | Fickle and changeable because they once liked Pompey, but now that Caesar defeated Pompey, they like Caesar. |
| What is Cassius’ motivation for killing Caesar? | Jealousy |
| What is Cassius’ objective in Act 1? | To persuade Brutus to join the conspiracy? |
| When we see Brutus for the first time in Act 1, how does he act? | He acts like he is at war with himself. (He has an internal conflict) |
| Why does Mark Antony offer Caesar the crown three times? | To judge the crowds’ reaction to Caesar being king. |
| What physical ailment does Caesar have? | The “falling sickness”. AKA Epilepsy. |
| Who are Caesar’s most loyal supporters in Rome? | The common people |
| Caesar’s words “I rather tell thee what is to be feared/ than what I fear; for always I am Caesar” reveals the tragic flaw of…..? | Pride |
| When Casca describes Caesar as “very loathe to lay his fingers off [the crown]” we can infer… | Caesar hated not being able to touch the crown and wants to be king. |
Julius Caesar Act 1 Review
April 9, 2020