| What is the date that Act 3 takes place on? | March 15th |
| Why is this significant? | The day Caesar dies, & the day the Soothsayer warned him about. |
| How does Caesar react when the Soothsayer tells him to read his petition first? | He doesn’t want to, he will only read it if it concerns Rome. |
| When speaking to Casca, what does Cassius threaten to do? | Kill himself if the plot doesn’t work. |
| What is the conspirator’s strategy for separating Caesar from his friends? | Trebonius takes Mark Antony away, Metellus Cimber has a petition to let his brother back into Rome. |
| Who presents his petition first? | Metellus Cimber |
| What does he want? | For his brother to return to Rome, to be unbanished. |
| How does Caesar react to this? | He doesn’t care he’s Caesar & they are acting like dogs. |
| What simile does Caesar use to compare himself to something? | I am constant and unchanging as the North Star. |
| Who is the first conspirator to stab Caesar? | Casca |
| Who is the last conspirator to stab Caesar? | Brutus |
| Why is this ironic? | Brutus is Caesars best friend, stabbed Caesar for good of Rome, but did not help Rome at all. |
| What are Caesar’s last words? | Et tu Brute, Then fall Caesar |
| What does Antony do? | Runs back to his house |
| What important act do the conspirators commit that marks them as the ones who killed Caesar? | They rub Caesars blood on them |
| What do the conspirators promise Antony that gets him to return to the senate? | He will be safe & they will explain why they killed Caesar. |
| When Antony returns what does he do so that he will remember each conspirator? | Say their name & shakes their hands. |
| What does he ask of the conspirators? | 1. Have his body for a public funeral2. Give a speech at the funeral |
| When Brutus speaks, what word does he use to describe Caesar? | Ambitious |
| How does the crowd react to this speech that shows that they are fickle? | They like Caesar, but after listening to Brutus they think Caesar deserved it. |
| What word does Mark Antony describe the conspirators as? | Honorable Men |
| What does he mean by this? | Being sarcastic, says they are no good at all. |
| What document does he refer to that incites the crowd against the conspirators? | Caesars will |
| What was the “unkindest cut of all” | Cut that Brutus left |
| How does the crowd react to Mark Antony’s speech? | They are wild, want to burn and kill conspirators house. |
| What happens to Cinna the poet? | They kill him |
| Why does this happen? | His name is Cinna, the conspirator, they don’t care who they kill |
| What does the crowd plan to do? | 1. Burn their houses down2. To kill all the conspirators |
Julius Caesar Act 3 Study Guide
April 14, 2020