Julius+Caesar


 * __Questions for Act IV and V__**
 * __1. Military Strategy:__**
 * __(a) What strategy do Cassius and Brutus argue about in the tent.__**
 * __(b) Create a chart showing the people involved on both sides of the war.__**
 * __(c) Why does Cassius say they should not go to Phillipi to meet the enemy?__**
 * __(d) Diagram the battle at Phillipi__**


 * __2. Antony__**
 * __(a) What does the "death list" say about Antony's personality?__**
 * __(b) What does Antony think of Lepidus? What does that say about his personality?__**
 * __(c) In Act V, scene iv, lines 25-30, Antony says to treat an enemy kindly. Why?__**
 * __(d) What is the significance of Antony's last speech?__**


 * __3. Brutus__**
 * __(a). Why does Brutus say he needs money from Cassius? Why can't he obtain the money himself? How is that hypocritical?__**
 * __(b). What is Brutus' reaction to his wife's death and what does that say about his personality?__**
 * __(c). What is Brutus' reaction to Caesar's ghost?__**
 * __(d). What is Brutus' reaction to Cassius' suicide?__**


 * __4. Cassius__**
 * __(a). Why does Cassius threaten to kill Brutus?__**
 * __(b). Cassius argues with Brutus over going to Phillipi. What does he think they should do?__**
 * __(c). What causes Cassius to kill himself?__**
 * __(d). What does it say about Cassius that he killed himself?__**


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__Overview of Shakespeare's Life:__ [|Birthplace Trust Site] [|Shakespeare's Life Quiz] [|California Bar Journal] [|map of Caesar's conquests] [|Caeserean] Sections [|Pompey] [|Dante's Circles of Hell - From UT Austin] __Famous Lines from Julius Caesar -__ And after this let Caesar seat him sure; For we will shake him or worse days endure. (Cassius)
 * __Iambic Pentameter Exercises__**
 * __Colossus at Rhodes[|Colossus at Rhodes]__**
 * __Shakespeare's been dead for nearly 400 years. Why am I being forced to care about him?__**
 * __Historical Julius Caesar Information__**
 * __Please note: homework will be accepted only if it is typed or if you have the hand-written work signed by your parent.__**

But I am constant as the Northern Star,/ Of whose true fixed and resting quality/There is no fellow in the firmament (Caesar)

Blood and destruction shall be so in use/and dreadful objects so familiar/That mothers shall but smile when they behold/Their infants quartered with the hands of war…” (Antony)

Well, Brutus, thou art noble; yet, I see, /Thy honourable metal may be wrought from that it is disposed (Cassius)

And that which would appear offense in us, / His countenance, like richest alchemy,/Will change to virtue and to worthiness.” (Casca)

There is no terror … in your threats,/For I am armed so strong in honesty/ That they pass by me as the idle wind, / Which I respect not.” (Caesar)

“Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world/ Like a Colossus, and we petty men/ Walk under his huge legs and peep about…” (Cassius)

“Set honor in one eye and death in the other, / And I will look on both indifferently;/ For let the gods so speed me as I love/The name of honor more than I fear death.” (Brutus)

“…for he loves to hear that men may be betrayed with flatterers/But when I tell him he hates flatterers/He says he does, being then most flattered.” (Decius)

“When beggars die there are no comets seen; /The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.” (Calphurnia) __**I told you so....**__ When we started Shakespeare's play, one of the points I wanted you to understand is that, in "the real world," educated people frequently refer to famous lines from history or literature. Here's one example; read this article from [|a recent Human Resources journal], find the famous line, and then write a brief explanation of what it means within the article's context. Your answer should be typed or signed by a parent if you hand-write it. (Human Resources departments are part of most corporations, and they are responsible for appropriate hiring and firing, handling benefits, discrimination claims, etc.)