| Why does Brutus think he must kill Caesar? | He thinks he will turn on the people, so killing him would help benefit the Romans |
| Why did Artimedorus write letters to Caesar? | to warn him to be wary of Brutus, Casca, and the other conspirators |
| When the soothsayer appears at Brutus’s and Portia’s house Portia becomes worried. Why? | The soothsayer tells Portia that Caesar hasnt come to the capital yet. She thinks something is being plotted against Caesar |
| Brutus agrees that he must help the conspirators kill Caesar but why is he upset with the Conspirators? | They way they act in secret, they are shady |
| Brutus compares Caesar to something. What is the something? Scene 1 | a serpents egg |
| What finally convinces Brutus to join the conspirators? | Forged letters planted in Brutus’ house by Cassius |
| Why does Calpurnia urge Caesar to stay home than rather go to the senate at the capital? | She believes her dreams are bad omens |
| What does Artimedorus offer Caesar in the street? | a letter that warns him about the Conspirators |
| Who is Portia? | Brutus’s wife |
| Why does Caesar ignore Calpurnias warnings? | Decius convinces him that Calpurnia has interpreted the dream and the omens incorrectly |
| Be able to describe the weather on the evening before the Ides of March? | thunder and lightning |
| Who does Caesar send to the Senate house? | decius |
| How does Portia feel about Brutus? | She is sick and tired of being excluded from her husbands world just because shes a woman. She does not think that he is treating her like a wife |
| How do the other conspirators react when Brutus rejects the oath? | … |
| “For Antony is but a limb of Caesar.” Who said this? | Brutus |
| “Do not go forth today, call it my feet that keeps you in the house and not your own.” Who says this? | Calpurnia to Caesar |
| Who suggests that Cicero is left out of the Conspiracy? | Brutus |
| “Since Cassius first did whet me against Caesar I have not slept.” Who says this? | Brutus |
| “Thrice have Calpurnia in her sleep called out, help ho they murdered Caesar.” Who says this? | Caesar |
| “Ay me how weak a thing the heart of a woman is.” Who says this? | Portia |
| What does Brutus tell Portia that is bothering him? | that it was a secret but he promised her that he would tell her later |
| When Cassius suggests to kill Antony after they kill Caesar and Brutus says the Conspirators should do what? | He thinks they should leave Antony alive |
| Caesar tells Decius that his wife does not want him to go to be crowned because in her dreams she saw something. What is her dream? | There were 100 holes in Caesar and all the roman people were washing their hands in the blood coming out of the holes |
| What does Decius say that Calpurnias dream really meant? | Caesar with 100 holes with blood pouring out of them with some Romans washing their hands in it was showing that the Romans respected Caesar |
| Friends or Foes of Caesar. And what they do to prove that they are a friend or foe to Caesar | Brutus- both, he is torn between being loyal to Caesar and doing what is best for RomeMark Antony- friendCalpurnia- friend, Caesars wifeSoothsayer- friend, warns Caesar to beware the ides of MarchPortia- friend but could also be a Foe because she is Brutus’s wifeCinna the Conspirator- foe, wants to kill CaesarCassius- Foe, him and Caesar used to be good friends but he wants Caesar dead now |
| Look at the T chart of Caesar and Calpurnia’s relationship and Brutus and Portia’s relationship | … |
Julius Caesar Study Guide Act 2 Scene 1-3
April 11, 2020