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ENGLISH 2 : MODULE 04 : BETRAYAL: 04.03 JULIUS CAESAR, ACT II

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ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

demonstrate an understanding of Shakespearean languageidentify main themes in Act IIdetermine appropriate responses to a variety of ethical dilemmas

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Dilemma Fountain—Text Version1. You do not want to go to work.

What should you do?What do you do?

2. Your enemy needs help.What should you do?What do you do?

3. Your friend may accidentally ruin your plans.What should you do?What do you do?

4. You can manipulate another person to gain control.What should you do?What do you do?

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As you saw in the Dilemma Fountain, sometimes problems can arise for which there are several possible solutions. An ethical dilemma is acomplicated situation in which a person needs to make a difficult decision. The options for resolutions usually conflict with one another so thatthere is no way to please everyone involved. These are struggles with ethical problems that cannot be solved with a simple answer or action.

Many people who face ethical dilemmas make what they later feel were the "wrong" choices. This isbecause ethical dilemmas are notoriously complex and difficult to resolve.

In Julius Caesar, Brutus faces a difficult decision: Should he stand by Caesar, though he disagrees with hisleadership? Should he betray his friend? Though Caesar’s name is the title of the play, most of the storyfocuses on Brutus’s conflicted feelings and tough choices.

Think about the complexity of ethical dilemmas. As you examine this act, ask yourself what the "best"decision is for Brutus.

There are many characters in Julius Caesar. Try to keep track of each one and his or her contribution to thestory. Use the following Julius Caesar, Act II Graphic Organizer. The first two slots have been filled out foryou, and the characters of Act II have been listed.

What does it mean about Cassius’s plan that he has to mislead Brutus to make it happen?

What does it mean about Brutus that he so readily believes what Cassius says?

What does it mean about Antony that Brutus refuses to kill him?

You may also use the notes from your graphic organizers to assist you in your Discussion-Based Assessment.


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Julius Caesar Act II Graphic Organizer

Name Character NotesImportantQuotes

Evidence ofLoyalty (towhom?)

Brutus Considers killing Caesar but has mixed feelings. Finally decides that it isthe best option after he reads the fake letters.

Lucius Works for Brutus. Confirms that tomorrow is the Ides of March andintroduces the conspirators who arrive at the house.

Cassius

Casca

DeciusBrutus

Cinna

MetellusCimber

Trebonius

Portia

Ligarius

Caesar

Calpurnia

Publius

MarkAntony

Artemidorus

soothsayer

1. What does it mean about Cassius’s plan that he has to mislead Brutus to make it happen?2. What does it mean about Brutus that he so readily believes what Cassius says?3. What does it mean about Antony that Brutus refuses to kill him?

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Act II, scene i: Rome. Brutus's orchard.

And therefore think him as a serpent's egg Which, hatch'd, would, as his kind, grow mischievous, And kill him in the shell.— Brutus

Read the second act of Julius Caesar at Sparknotes.com on your own. As you read, remember to fill in your graphic organizer and thinkabout the betrayal that takes place.

Act II focuses on Brutus and his ethical dilemma. He has been presented with a problem. Caesar is gaining power and popularity. Those with toomuch power tend to abuse their positions. Brutus must decide whether he should trust Caesar to remain an honest leader, or whether he should"kill him in his shell," as if he were killing a poisonous snake before it could be born.

As you have seen throughout this play so far, Cassius has manipulated Brutus several times. First, he suggested that Caesar should be broughtdown, and then he sent Brutus fake letters from the public of Rome, calling for an end to Caesar’s rule.

In this video, you saw Brutus go with Cassius’s plans but finally resist when Cassius suggested they should kill Antony as well. Answer thefollowing questions in your graphic organizer:

What does it mean about Cassius’s plan that he has to mislead Brutus to make it happen?What does it mean about Brutus that he so readily believes what Cassius says?What does it mean about Antony that Brutus refuses to kill him?


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Brutus's decision—Text VersionDecius BrutusShall no man else be touch’d but only Caesar?

CassiusDecius, well urged: I think it is not meet,Mark Antony, so well beloved of Caesar,Should outlive Caesar: we shall find of himA shrewd contriver; and, you know, his means,If he improve them, may well stretch so farAs to annoy us all: which to prevent,Let Antony and Caesar fall together.

BrutusOur course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius,To cut the head off and then hack the limbs,Like wrath in death and envy afterwards; For Antony is but a limb of Caesar:Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius.We all stand up against the spirit of Caesar;And in the spirit of men there is no blood:O, that we then could come by Caesar’s spirit,And not dismember Caesar! But, alas,Caesar must bleed for it! And, gentle friends,Let’s kill him boldly, but not wrathfully;Let’s carve him as a dish fit for the gods, Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds:And let our hearts, as subtle masters do,Stir up their servants to an act of rage,And after seem to chide ‘em. This shall makeOur purpose necessary and not envious:Which so appearing to the common eyes,We shall be call’d purgers, not murderers. And for Mark Antony, think not of him; For he can do no more than Caesar’s armWhen Caesar’s head is off.

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Interesting note: Cassius and a few of the others feel that Mark Antony, a supporter of Caesar, will be dangerous onceCaesar is dead. Brutus disagrees, and the others follow his wishes.

What this tells us: Brutus has resolved to kill Caesar with the other conspirators, but he wants it to be an honorable death,and he wants the killing to stop there. Brutus is still conflicted about their plans, but he clearly still has some level of controlover the conspirators. They plan to leave Mark Antony alone.

Brutus gives several reasons for why the conspirators should not kill Mark Antony. Select the three lines where Brutusexplains why they should leave Antony alive.

Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius,To cut the head off and then hack the limbs,Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius.O, that we then could come by Caesar’s spirit,And not dismember Caesar! But, alas,And let our hearts, as subtle masters do,Which so appearing to the common eyes,

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AnswersDecius BrutusShall no man else be touch’d but only Caesar?

CassiusDecius, well urged: I think it is not meet,Mark Antony, so well beloved of Caesar,Should outlive Caesar: we shall find of himA shrewd contriver; and, you know, his means,If he improve them, may well stretch so farAs to annoy us all: which to prevent,Let Antony and Caesar fall together.

BrutusOur course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius,To cut the head off and then hack the limbs,Like wrath in death and envy afterwards; For Antony is but a limb of Caesar:Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius.We all stand up against the spirit of Caesar;And in the spirit of men there is no blood:O, that we then could come by Caesar’s spirit,And not dismember Caesar! But, alas,Caesar must bleed for it! And, gentle friends,Let’s kill him boldly, but not wrathfully ;Let’s carve him as a dish fit for the gods, Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds:And let our hearts, as subtle masters do,Stir up their servants to an act of rage,And after seem to chide ‘em. This shall makeOur purpose necessary and not envious:Which so appearing to the common eyes,We shall be call’d purgers, not murderers. And for Mark Antony, think not of him; For he can do no more than Caesar’s armWhen Caesar’s head is off.

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Interesting note: Cassius and a few of the others feel that Mark Antony, a supporter of Caesar, will be dangerous onceCaesar is dead. Brutus disagrees, and the others follow his wishes.

What this tells us: Brutus has resolved to kill Caesar with the other conspirators, but he wants it to be an honorable death,and he wants the killing to stop there. Brutus is still conflicted about their plans, but he clearly still has some level of controlover the conspirators. They plan to leave Mark Antony alone.

Brutus gives several reasons for why the conspirators should not kill Mark Antony. Select the three lines where Brutusexplains why they should leave Antony alive.

Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius,To cut the head off and then hack the limbs,Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius.

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O, that we then could come by Caesar’s spirit,And not dismember Caesar! But, alas,And let our hearts, as subtle masters do,Which so appearing to the common eyes,For he can do no more than Caesar’s armWhen Caesar’s head is off.

In these lines, Brutus describes Mark Antony as being like one of Caesar’s arms or legs. Brutus explains that it would be toobrutal to kill a man and then cut off his arm, which can do no harm once the person is already dead.

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Enter BRUTUS in his orchard BRUTUS enters in his orchard.

BRUTUSWhat, Lucius, ho!—I cannot by the progress of the starsGive guess how near to day.—Lucius, I say!—I would it were my fault to sleep so soundly.—

BRUTUSLucius, are you there? I can’t tell by theposition of the stars how near it is to daybreak—Lucius, are you there? I wish I had thatweakness, to sleep too soundly. Come on,Lucius! Wake up, I say! Lucius!

Enter LUCIUS LUCIUS enters.

LUCIUSCalled you, my lord?

LUCIUSDid you call me, my lord?

BRUTUSGet me a taper in my study, Lucius.When it is lighted, come and call me here.

BRUTUSPut a candle in my study, Lucius. Call mewhen it’s lit.

LUCIUSI will, my lord.

LUCIUSI will, my lord.

Exit LUCIUS LUCIUS exits.

BRUTUS

I know no personal cause to spurn at himBut for the general. He would be crowned.How that might change his nature, there’s thequestion.It is the bright day that brings forth the adder

BRUTUSThe only way is to kill Caesar. I have nopersonal reason to strike at him—only thebest interest of the people. He wants to becrowned. The question is, how would beingking change him? Evil can come from good,just as poisonous snakes tend to come out

When, Lucius, when? Awake, I say! What,Lucius!

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And then I grant we put a sting in himThat at his will he may do danger with.

into the open on bright sunny days—whichmeans we have to walk carefully. If we crownhim, I have to admit we’d be giving him thepower to do damage.

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Th' abuse of greatness is when it disjoinsRemorse from power. And, to speak truth ofCaesar,

More than his reason. But ’tis a commonproofThat lowliness is young ambition’s ladder,Whereto the climber upward turns his face.But when he once attains the upmost round,

Looks in the clouds, scorning the basedegreesBy which he did ascend. So Caesar may.Then, lest he may, prevent. And since thequarrelWill bear no color for the thing he is,

Would run to these and these extremities.And therefore think him as a serpent’s egg—Which, hatched, would as his kind growmischievous—And kill him in the shell.

Rulers abuse their power when they separateit from compassion. To be honest, I’ve neverknown Caesar to let his emotions get thebetter of his reason. But everyone knows thatan ambitious young man uses humility toadvance himself, but when he reaches thetop, he turns his back on his supporters andreaches for the skies while scorning thosewho helped him get where he is. Caesar mightact like that. Therefore, in case he does, wemust hold him back. And since our quarrel iswith his future behavior, not what he doesnow, I must frame the argument like this: if hisposition is furthered, his character will fulfillthese predictions. And therefore we shouldliken him to a serpent’s egg—once it hashatched, it becomes dangerous, like allserpents. Thus we must kill him while he’s stillin the shell.


LUCIUS

Searching the window for a flint, I foundThis paper, thus sealed up, and I am sureIt did not lie there when I went to bed.

LUCIUSThe candle is burning in your study, sir. While Iwas looking for a flint to light it, I found thispaper on the window, sealed up like this, and

I have not known when his affections swayed20

He then unto the ladder turns his back,25

Fashion it thus: that what he is, augmented,30

The taper burneth in your closet, sir.35


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(gives him a letter) I’m sure it wasn’t there when I went tobed. (he gives BRUTUS the letter)

BRUTUS

Is not tomorrow, boy, the ides of March?

BRUTUSGo back to bed. It isn’t daybreak yet. Istomorrow the 15th of March, boy?

LUCIUSI know not, sir.

LUCIUSI don’t know, sir.

BRUTUSLook in the calendar and bring me word.

BRUTUSCheck the calendar and come tell me.

LUCIUSI will, sir.

LUCIUSI will, sir.

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BRUTUS

Give so much light that I may read by them.(opens the letter and reads)“Brutus, thou sleep’st. Awake, and seethyself.Shall Rome, etc. Speak, strike, redress!”

Such instigations have been often droppedWhere I have took them up.—“Shall Rome, etc.” Thus must I piece it out:“Shall Rome stand under one man’s awe?”What, Rome?

The Tarquin drive when he was called a king.—“Speak, strike, redress!” Am I entreatedTo speak and strike? O Rome, I make theepromise,If the redress will follow, thou receivest

BRUTUSThe meteors whizzing in the sky are so brightthat I can read by them. (he opens the letterand reads) “Brutus, you’re sleeping. Wake upand look at yourself. Is Rome going to … etc.Speak, strike, fix the wrongs!” “Brutus, you’resleeping. Wake up.” I’ve noticed many suchcalls to action left where I would find them. “IsRome going to … etc.” What does this mean?Will Rome submit to one man’s power? Myancestors drove Tarquin from the streets ofRome when he was pronounced a king.“Speak, strike, fix it!” Is this asking me tospeak and strike? Oh, Rome, I promise you, ifyou’re meant to receive justice, you’ll receiveit by my hand!


LUCIUSSir, March is wasted fifteen days.

LUCIUSSir, fifteen days of March have gone by.

Knock within The sound of a knock offstage.

BRUTUS BRUTUS

The exhalations whizzing in the air45

“Brutus, thou sleep’st. Awake.”50

My ancestors did from the streets of Rome55

Thy full petition at the hand of Brutus!60


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'Tis good. Go to the gate. Somebody knocks. Good. Go to the gate. Somebody’s knocking.


Since Cassius first did whet me againstCaesar,I have not slept.

I haven’t slept since Cassius first began toturn me against Caesar.

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And the first motion, all the interim isLike a phantasma or a hideous dream.The genius and the mortal instrumentsAre then in council, and the state of man,

The nature of an insurrection.

From the time when you decide to dosomething terrible to the moment you do it,everything feels unreal, like a horrible dream.The unconscious and the body work togetherand rebel against the conscious mind.


LUCIUSSir, ’tis your brother Cassius at the door,Who doth desire to see you.

LUCIUSSir, it’s your brother-in-law Cassius at thedoor. He wants to see you.

BRUTUS Is he alone?

BRUTUSIs he alone?

LUCIUSNo, sir, there are more with him.

LUCIUSNo, sir. There are others with him.

BRUTUS Do you know them?

BRUTUSDo you know them?

LUCIUS

And half their faces buried in their cloaks,That by no means I may discover themBy any mark of favor.

LUCIUSNo, sir, their hats are pulled down over theirears and their faces are half buried under theircloaks, so there’s no way to tell who they are.

BRUTUS Let 'em enter.

BRUTUSLet them in.

Between the acting of a dreadful thing65

Like to a little kingdom, suffers then70

No, sir. Their hats are plucked about theirears,

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They are the faction. O conspiracy,

When evils are most free? O, then by dayWhere wilt thou find a cavern dark enoughTo mask thy monstrous visage? Seek none,conspiracy.Hide it in smiles and affability.

It’s the faction that wants to kill Caesar. Oh,conspiracy, are you ashamed to show yourface even at night, when evil things are mostfree? If so, when it’s day, where are you goingto find a cave dark enough to hide yourmonstrous face? No, don’t bother to find acave, conspiracy. Instead, hide your true facebehind smiles and friendliness.



Shamest thou to show thy dangerous brow bynight

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Not Erebus itself were dim enoughTo hide thee from prevention.

If you went ahead and exposed your true facitself wouldn’t be dark enough to keep you frbeing found and stopped.

Enter theconspirators: CASSIUS, CASCA, DECIUS, CINNA, METELLUS,andTREBONIUS

The conspirators—CASSIUS, CASCA, DECIUS,CINNA, METEand TREBONIUS—enter.

CASSIUSI think we are too bold upon your rest.Good morrow, Brutus. Do we trouble you?

CASSIUSI’m afraid we’re intruding too boldly on your stime. Good morning, Brutus. Are we botherin

BRUTUS

Know I these men that come along with you?

BRUTUSI was awake. I’ve been up all night. Do I knowmen who are with you?

CASSIUSYes, every man of them, and no man hereBut honors you, and every one doth wishYou had but that opinion of yourself

This is Trebonius.

CASSIUSYes, every one of them. There isn’t one of thdoesn’t admire you, and each one of them wyou had as high an opinion of yourself as evenoble Roman has of you. This is Trebonius.

BRUTUS He is welcome hither.

BRUTUSHe’s welcome here.

CASSIUSThis, Decius Brutus.

CASSIUSThis is Decius Brutus.

BRUTUSHe is welcome too.

BRUTUSHe’s welcome too.

CASSIUSThis, Casca. This, Cinna. And this, Metellus Cimber.

CASSIUSThis is Casca. This is Cinna. And this is MeteCimber.

BRUTUS BRUTUS

For if thou path, thy native semblance on,85

I have been up this hour, awake all night.90

Which every noble Roman bears of you.95

They are all welcome.100


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What watchful cares do interpose themselvesBetwixt your eyes and night?

They’re all welcome. What worries have keptawake tonight?

CASSIUSShall I entreat a word?

CASSIUSCan I have a word with you?

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DECIUSHere lies the east. Doth not the day breakhere?

DECIUSHere’s the east. Won’t the dawn come fromhere?

CASCA CASCANo.

CINNAO, pardon, sir, it doth, and yon gray linesThat fret the clouds are messengers of day.

CINNAExcuse me, sir, it will. These gray lines thatlace the clouds are the beginnings of thedawn.

CASCAYou shall confess that you are both deceived.(points his sword)

Which is a great way growing on the south,Weighing the youthful season of the year.Some two months hence up higher towardthe northHe first presents his fire, and the high east

CASCAYou’re both wrong. (pointing his sword) Here,where I point my sword, the sun rises. It’squite near the south, since it’s still winter.About two months from now, the dawn willbreak further toward the north, and due east iswhere the Capitol stands, here.

BRUTUS(comes forward with CASSIUS)Give me your hands all over, one by one.(shakes their hands)

BRUTUS(coming forward with CASSIUS) Give me yourhands, all of you, one by one. (he shakes theirhands)

CASSIUSAnd let us swear our resolution.

CASSIUSAnd let us swear to our resolution.

BRUTUS BRUTUS

No.105

Here, as I point my sword, the sun arises,110

Stands, as the Capitol, directly here.115


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The sufferance of our souls, the time’s abuse—If these be motives weak, break off betimes,And every man hence to his idle bed.So let high-sighted tyranny range on

As I am sure they do—bear fire enoughTo kindle cowards and to steel with valorThe melting spirits of women, then,countrymen,What need we any spur but our own cause

Than secret Romans that have spoke thewordAnd will not palter? And what other oathThan honesty to honesty engaged,That this shall be, or we will fall for it?

Old feeble carrions and such suffering soulsThat welcome wrongs. Unto bad causesswearSuch creatures as men doubt. But do notstainThe even virtue of our enterprise,

To think that or our cause or our performanceDid need an oath, when every drop of bloodThat every Roman bears—and nobly bears—Is guilty of a several bastardy

Of any promise that hath passed from him.

No, let’s not swear an oath. If the sad faces ofour fellow men, the suffering of our own souls,and the corruption of the present time aren’tenough to motivate us, let’s break it off nowand each of us go back to bed. Then we canlet this ambitious tyrant continue unchallengeduntil each of us is killed at his whim. But if wehave reasons that are strong enough to ignitecowards into action and to make weak womenbrave—and I think we do—then, countrymen,what else could we possibly need to spur us toaction? What bond do we need other than thatof discreet Romans who have said whatthey’re going to do and won’t back down? Andwhat oath do we need other than that wehonest men have told each other that this willhappen or we will die trying? Swearing is forpriests, cowards, overly cautious men, feebleold people, and those long-suffering weaklingswho welcome abuse. Only men whom youwouldn’t trust anyway would swear oaths, andfor the worst reasons. Don’t spoil the justnessand virtue of our endeavor nor weaken ourown irrepressible spirits by thinking that weneed a binding oath, when the blood thatevery noble Roman contains within him wouldbe proven bastard’s blood if he broke thesmallest part of any promise he had made.



No, not an oath. If not the face of men,120

Till each man drop by lottery. But if these—125

To prick us to redress? What other bond130

Swear priests and cowards and mencautelous,

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Nor th' insuppressive mettle of our spirits,140

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CASSIUSBut what of Cicero? Shall we sound him?I think he will stand very strong with us.

CASSIUSBut what about Cicero? Should we see whathe thinks? I think he will stand strong with us.

CASCALet us not leave him out.

CASCALet’s not leave him out.

CINNA No, by no means.

CINNANo, by no means.

METELLUS

Will purchase us a good opinionAnd buy men’s voices to commend our deeds.It shall be said his judgment ruled our hands.Our youths and wildness shall no whit appear,

METELLUSYes, we should get his support, for his maturepresence will make others think well of us andspeak out in support of our actions. They’llassume that Cicero, with his sound judgment,ordered the actions. His dignified maturity willdistract attention from our youth and wildness.

BRUTUSO, name him not. Let us not break with him,For he will never follow anythingThat other men begin.

BRUTUSNo, don’t even mention him. We shouldn’t tellhim about our plans. He’ll never followanything that other men have started.

CASSIUSThen leave him out.

CASSIUSThen leave him out.



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CASCA CASCAIndeed, he’s not right for this.

DECIUSShall no man else be touched but onlyCaesar?

DECIUSBut should we only go after Caesar? No oneelse?

CASSIUSDecius, well urged. I think it is not meetMark Antony, so well beloved of Caesar,Should outlive Caesar. We shall find of him

If he improve them, may well stretch so farAs to annoy us all; which to prevent,Let Antony and Caesar fall together.

CASSIUSGood point, Decius. I don’t think it would bewise to let Mark Antony, whom Caesar is sofond of, outlive Caesar. We’d find that he wasa dangerous plotter. And as you know, hisconnections, if he put them to good use, mightbe enough to hurt us all. To prevent this, MarkAntony should die along with Caesar.

BRUTUSOur course will seem too bloody, CaiusCassius,

Like wrath in death and envy afterwards,For Antony is but a limb of Caesar.Let us be sacrificers but not butchers, Caius.We all stand up against the spirit of Caesar,

Oh, that we then could come by Caesar’sspiritAnd not dismember Caesar! But, alas,Caesar must bleed for it. And, gentle friends,Let’s kill him boldly but not wrathfully.

BRUTUSOur action will seem too bloody if we cut offCaesar’s head and then hack at his arms andlegs too, Caius Cassius—because MarkAntony is merely one of Caesar’s arms. It’lllook like we killed Caesar out of anger andMark Antony out of envy. Let’s be sacrificersbut not butchers, Caius. We’re all againstwhat Caesar stands for, and there’s no bloodin that. Oh, how I wish we could opposeCaesar’s spirit—his overblown ambition—andnot hack up Caesar himself! But,unfortunately, Caesar has to bleed if we’regoing to stop him. Noble friends, let’s kill him

Indeed he is not fit.160

A shrewd contriver. And, you know, hismeans,

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To cut the head off and then hack the limbs,170

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Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds.And let our hearts, as subtle masters do,Stir up their servants to an act of rageAnd after seem to chide 'em. This shall make

Which so appearing to the common eyes,We shall be called purgers, not murderers.And for Mark Antony, think not of him,For he can do no more than Caesar’s arm

boldly but not with anger. Let’s carve him uplike a dish fit for the gods, not chop him up likea carcass fit for dogs. Let’s be angry only longenough to do the deed, and then let’s act likewe’re disgusted by what we had to do. Thiswill make our actions seem practical and notvengeful. If we appear calm to the people,they’ll call us surgeons rather than murderers.As for Mark Antony—forget him. He’ll be asuseless as Caesar’s arm after Caesar’s headis cut off.



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Our purpose necessary and not envious,185

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CASSIUS Yet I fear him.For in the engrafted love he bears to Caesar—

CASSIUSBut I’m still afraid of him, because the deep-rooted love he has for Caesar—

BRUTUSAlas, good Cassius, do not think of him.If he love Caesar, all that he can doIs to himself: take thought and die for Caesar.

To sports, to wildness and much company.

BRUTUSAlas, good Cassius, don’t think about him. Ifhe loves Caesar, then he can only hurthimself—by grieving and dying for Caesar.And I’d be surprised if he even did that, for heprefers sports, fun, and friends.

TREBONIUSThere is no fear in him. Let him not die,For he will live and laugh at this hereafter.

TREBONIUSThere’s nothing to fear in him. Let’s not killhim. He’ll live and laugh at this afterward.

Clock strikes A clock strikes.

BRUTUSPeace! Count the clock.

BRUTUSQuiet! Count how many times the clockchimes.

CASSIUS CASSIUSThe clock struck three.

TREBONIUS'Tis time to part.

TREBONIUSIt’s time to leave.

CASSIUS But it is doubtful yetWhether Caesar will come forth today or no.For he is superstitious grown of late,

CASSIUSBut we still don’t know whether Caesar will goout in public today or not, because he’sbecome superstitious lately, a complete

And that were much he should, for he is given195

The clock hath stricken three.200


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Quite from the main opinion he held once

It may be, these apparent prodigies,The unaccustomed terror of this night,And the persuasion of his augurersMay hold him from the Capitol today.

turnaround from when he used to have such abad opinion of fortune-tellers, dreaminterpreters, and ritual mumbo-jumbo. It mighthappen that these strange signs, the unusualterror of this night, and the urgings of hisfortune-tellers will keep him away from theCapitol today.

DECIUS

I can o'ersway him. For he loves to hearThat unicorns may be betrayed with trees,And bears with glasses, elephants with holes,Lions with toils, and men with flatterers.

He says he does, being then most flatterèd.Let me work.For I can give his humor the true bent,And I will bring him to the Capitol.

DECIUSDon’t worry about that. If he’s reluctant, I canconvince him. He loves to hear me tell himhow men can be snared by flatterers, just likeunicorns can be captured in trees, elephantsin holes, and lions with nets. When I tell himhe hates flatterers, he agrees, just at themoment when I’m flattering him the most.Let me work on him. I can put him in the rightmood, and I’ll bring him to the Capitol.



Of fantasy, of dreams and ceremonies.205

Never fear that. If he be so resolved,210

But when I tell him he hates flatterers,215





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CASSIUS CASSIUSNo, we’ll all go there to bring him.

BRUTUSBy the eighth hour. Is that the uttermost?

BRUTUSBy eight o'clock. Is that the latest we can doit?

CINNABe that the uttermost, and fail not then.

CINNALet’s make that the latest, but be sure to getthere before then.

METELLUSCaius Ligarius doth bear Caesar hard,Who rated him for speaking well of Pompey.

METELLUSCaius Ligarius doesn’t like Caesar, whoberated him for speaking well of Pompey. Iwonder that none of you thought about gettinghis support.

BRUTUSNow, good Metellus, go along by him.He loves me well, and I have given himreasons.Send him but hither and I’ll fashion him.

BRUTUSGood Metellus, go to him now. He likes me,and I’ve given him good reason to. Just sendhim here, and I’ll persuade him.

CASSIUSThe morning comes upon ’s. We’ll leave you,Brutus.

What you have said, and show yourselvestrue Romans.

CASSIUSThe morning is approaching. We’ll leave,Brutus. Friends, go your separate ways. Butall of you, remember what you’ve said andprove yourselves true Romans.

BRUTUS BRUTUS

Nay, we will all of us be there to fetch him.220

I wonder none of you have thought of him.225

—And, friends, disperse yourselves. But allremember

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Good gentlemen, look fresh and merrily.Let not our looks put on our purposes,But bear it as our Roman actors do,

And so good morrow to you every one.

Good gentlemen, look like you’re rested andhappy. Don’t let our faces betray our plans.Instead, carry yourselves like Roman actors,with cheerful spirits and well-composed faces.And so, good morning to all of you.

Exeunt. Manet BRUTUS Everyone except BRUTUS exits.



With untired spirits and formal constancy.235





Act 2 Scene 1


Boy! Lucius!—Fast asleep? It is no matter.Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber.Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies,

Therefore thou sleep’st so sound.

Boy! Lucius! Fast asleep? Well, enjoy thesweetness of deep sleep. Your brain isn’tstuffed with the strange shapes and fantasiesthat come to men who are overwhelmed byworries. That’s why you sleep so soundly.

Enter PORTIA PORTIA enters.

PORTIA Brutus, my lord.

PORTIABrutus, my lord.

BRUTUSPortia, what mean you? Wherefore rise younow?It is not for your health thus to commitYour weak condition to the raw, cold morning.

BRUTUSPortia, what are you doing awake? It isn’tgood for your health to expose your weakbody to the raw, cold morning.

PORTIA

Stole from my bed. And yesternight, atsupper,You suddenly arose and walked about,Musing and sighing, with your arms across,And when I asked you what the matter was,

I urged you further, then you scratched yourheadAnd too impatiently stamped with your foot.Yet I insisted; yet you answered not,But with an angry wafture of your hand

PORTIAIt’s not good for your health, either. You rudelysnuck out of bed. And last night at dinner, yougot up abruptly and paced back and forth withyour arms crossed, brooding and sighing, andwhen I asked you what was the matter, yougave me a dirty look. I asked you again, andyou scratched your head and stamped yourfoot impatiently. I still insisted on knowingwhat the matter was, but you wouldn’t answerme, instead giving me an angry wave of yourhand and telling me to leave you alone. So Ileft, afraid of further provoking anger that wasalready inflamed but still hoping this was

Which busy care draws in the brains of men.240

Nor for yours neither. Y' have ungently,Brutus,

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You stared upon me with ungentle looks.250


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Fearing to strengthen that impatienceWhich seemed too much enkindled, andwithalHoping it was but an effect of humor,Which sometime hath his hour with everyman.

And could it work so much upon your shapeAs it hath much prevailed on your condition,I should not know you, Brutus. Dear my lord,Make me acquainted with your cause of grief.

merely moodiness, which everyone is affectedby once in awhile. Your strange mood won’tlet you eat or talk or sleep. If it had changedyour outward appearance as much as it hasaffected you on the inside, I wouldn’t even beable to recognize you, Brutus. My dear lord,tell me what’s bothering you.



Gave sign for me to leave you. So I did,255

It will not let you eat nor talk nor sleep,260





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BRUTUS BRUTUSI’m not feeling well—that’s all.

PORTIABrutus is wise, and were he not in health,He would embrace the means to come by it.

PORTIAYou’re smart, though, and if you were sick,you’d take what you needed to get better.

BRUTUSWhy, so I do. Good Portia, go to bed.

BRUTUSI’m doing so. Good Portia, go to bed.

PORTIAIs Brutus sick? And is it physical

Of the dank morning? What, is Brutus sick,And will he steal out of his wholesome bed,To dare the vile contagion of the nightAnd tempt the rheumy and unpurgèd air

You have some sick offense within your mind,Which by the right and virtue of my placeI ought to know of.(kneels) And upon my knees

By all your vows of love and that great vowWhich did incorporate and make us oneThat you unfold to me, your self, your half,Why you are heavy, and what men tonight

Some six or seven who did hide their facesEven from darkness.

PORTIAAre you sick? And is it healthy to walkuncovered and breathe in the dampness ofthe morning? You’re sick, yet you sneak out ofyour warm bed and let the humid anddisease-infested air make you sicker? No, myBrutus, you have some sickness within yourmind, which by virtue of my position I deserveto know about. (she kneels) And on myknees, I urge you, by my once-praised beauty,by all your vows of love and that great vow ofmarriage which made the two of us oneperson, that you should reveal to me, who isone half of yourself, why you’re troubled andwhat men have visited you tonight. For therewere six or seven men here, who hid theirfaces even in the darkness.

I am not well in health, and that is all.265

To walk unbracèd and suck up the humors270

To add unto his sickness? No, my Brutus.275

I charm you, by my once-commended beauty,280

Have had to resort to you. For here havebeen

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BRUTUS Kneel not, gentle Portia.

BRUTUSDon’t kneel, noble Portia.

PORTIA(rising) I should not need if you were gentle,Brutus.Within the bond of marriage, tell me, Brutus,

That appertain to you? Am I yourselfBut, as it were, in sort or limitation,To keep with you at meals, comfort your bed,And talk to you sometimes?

PORTIA(getting up) I wouldn’t need to if you wereacting nobly. Tell me, Brutus, as your wife,aren’t I supposed to be told the secrets thatconcern you? Am I part of you only in alimited sense—I get to have dinner with you,sleep with you, and talk to you sometimes?



Is it excepted I should know no secrets290





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Dwell I but in the suburbs

Portia is Brutus' harlot, not his wife.

Is my place only on the outskirts of yourhappiness? If it’s nothing more than that, thenI’m your whore, not your wife.

BRUTUSYou are my true and honorable wife,As dear to me as are the ruddy dropsThat visit my sad heart.

BRUTUSYou’re my true and honorable wife, as dear tome as the blood that runs through my sadheart.

PORTIA

I grant I am a woman, but withalA woman that Lord Brutus took to wife.I grant I am a woman, but withalA woman well-reputed, Cato’s daughter.

Being so fathered and so husbanded?Tell me your counsels. I will not disclose 'em.I have made strong proof of my constancy,Giving myself a voluntary wound

And not my husband’s secrets?

PORTIAIf that were true, then I’d know your secret. Iadmit I’m only a woman, but nevertheless I’mthe woman Lord Brutus took for his wife. Iadmit I’m only a woman, but I’m still a womanfrom a noble family—I’m Cato’s daughter. Doyou really think I’m no stronger than the restof my sex, with such a father and such ahusband? Tell me your secrets. I won’t betraythem. I’ve proved my trustworthiness by givingmyself a voluntary wound here in my thigh. If Ican bear that pain, then I can bear myhusband’s secrets.

BRUTUS O ye gods,Render me worthy of this noble wife!

BRUTUSOh, gods, make me worthy of this noble wife!

Knock within A knocking sound offstage.

Of your good pleasure? If it be no more,295

If this were true, then should I know thissecret.

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Think you I am no stronger than my sex,305

Here in the thigh. Can I bear that withpatience,

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Hark, hark! One knocks. Portia, go in awhile.And by and by thy bosom shall partake

All my engagements I will construe to thee,All the charactery of my sad brows.Leave me with haste.

Listen! Someone knocks. Portia, go insideawhile, and soon enough you’ll share thesecrets of my heart. I’ll explain all that I havecommitted to do and all the reasons for mysad face. Leave me quickly.

Exit PORTIA PORTIA exits.

Lucius, who’s that knocking? Lucius, who’s that knocking?



The secrets of my heart.315





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Enter LUCIUS and LIGARIUS LUCIUS and LIGARIUS enter. Ligarius wearsa cloth wrapped around his head, indicatingthat he’s sick.

LUCIUS LUCIUSHere’s a sick man who wants to speak withyou.

BRUTUSCaius Ligarius, that Metellus spake of.—Boy, stand aside.—Caius Ligarius, how?

BRUTUSIt’s Caius Ligarius, whom Metellus spoke of.Boy, stand aside. Caius Ligarius! How areyou?

LIGARIUSVouchsafe good morrow from a feebletongue.

LIGARIUSPlease accept my feeble “good morning.”

BRUTUSO, what a time have you chose out, braveCaius,

BRUTUSOh, what a time you’ve chosen to be sick,brave Caius! How I wish you felt better!

LIGARIUSI am not sick if Brutus have in handAny exploit worthy the name of honor.

LIGARIUSI’m not sick if you’ve prepared somehonorable exploit for me.

BRUTUSSuch an exploit have I in hand, Ligarius,Had you a healthful ear to hear of it.

BRUTUSIndeed, I would have such an exploit for you,Ligarius, if you were healthy enough to hear it.

LIGARIUS LIGARIUS

He is a sick man that would speak with you.320

To wear a kerchief! Would you were not sick!325

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By all the gods that Romans bow before,I here discard my sickness! Soul of Rome,Brave son derived from honorable loins,Thou, like an exorcist, hast conjured up

And I will strive with things impossible,Yea, get the better of them. What’s to do?

(takes off his head covering) By all the godsthat Romans worship, I hereby throw off mysickness! Soul of Rome! Brave son ofhonorable ancestors! You’ve conjured up mydeadened spirit like an exorcist. Now say theword, and I will tackle all kinds of impossiblethings, and succeed too. What is there to do?

BRUTUSA piece of work that will make sick menwhole.

BRUTUSA deed that will make sick men healthy.

LIGARIUSBut are not some whole that we must makesick?

LIGARIUSBut aren’t there some healthy men whom wehave to make sick?

BRUTUS

I shall unfold to thee as we are goingTo whom it must be done.

BRUTUSThat too. My dear Caius, I’ll explain the taskat hand to you as we walk toward the man wemust do it to.



My mortifièd spirit. Now bid me run,335

That must we also. What it is, my Caius,340





Act 2 Scene 1


LIGARIUS Set on your foot,And with a heart new-fired I follow you,To do I know not what. But it sufficeth

LIGARIUSStart walking, and with an energized heart, I’llfollow you—to what, I don’t know, but I’msatisfied, simply knowing that Brutus leadsme.

Thunder Thunder.

BRUTUS Follow me, then.

BRUTUSFollow me, then.

Exeunt They all exit.

That Brutus leads me on.345


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Act II, scene ii: Caesar's house.

"Nor heaven nor earth have been at peace tonight:Thrice hath Calpurnia in her sleep cried out, 'Help, ho! They murder Caesar!'— Caesar

Once the audience knows what is in store for Caesar, Shakespeare moves to Caesar's house to show what is happening there. Caesar is afraid.He is seen in his nightgown, pacing late into the evening. His wife has had nightmares that he has been murdered, and Caesar is worried.

Most of this scene deals with Caesar's decision about whether to go to the Roman Senate that day. Calpurnia begs him to stay home. He isuneasy, too, and tells her he will stay. However, he does not want to lie to his friends when they ask why he is not coming to the Senate.

What causes Caesar to change his mind?


Decius promised the other conspirators that he would bring Caesar to the Senate that day. What do you think of his tactics?

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Excerpt—Text VersionCaesarAnd you are come in very happy time,To beat my greeting to the senatorsAnd tell them that I will not come today:Cannot, is false, and that I dare not, falser:I will not come today: tell them so, Decius.

CalpurniaSay he is sick.

CaesarShall Caesar send a lie?Have I in conquest stretch’d mine arm so far,To be afraid to tell graybeards the truth?Decius, go tell them Caesar will not come.

Decius BrutusMost mighty Caesar, let me know some cause,Lest I be laugh’d at when I tell them so.

CaesarThe cause is in my will: I will not come; That is enough to satisfy the senate.But for your private satisfaction,Because I love you, I will let you know:Calpurnia here, my wife, stays me at home:She dreamt tonight she saw my statua,Which, like a fountain with a hundred spouts,Did run pure blood: and many lusty RomansCame smiling, and did bathe their hands in it:And these does she apply for warnings, and portents ,And evils imminent; and on her kneeHath begg’d that I will stay at home today.

Decius BrutusThis dream is all amiss interpreted;It was a vision fair and fortunate:Your statue spouting blood in many pipes,In which so many smiling Romans bathed,Signifies that from you great Rome shall suckReviving blood, and that great men shall pressFor tinctures , stains, relics, and cognizance.This by Calpurnia’s dream is signified.

CaesarAnd this way have you well expounded it.

Decius BrutusI have, when you have heard what I can say:And know it now: the senate have concludedTo give this day a crown to mighty Caesar.If you shall send them word you will not come,

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Their minds may change. Besides, it were a mock Apt to be render’d, for some one to say‘Break up the senate till another time,When Caesar’s wife shall meet with better dreams.’If Caesar hide himself, shall they not whisper‘Lo, Caesar is afraid’?Pardon me, Caesar; for my dear dear loveTo our proceeding bids me tell you this; And reason to my love is liable.

CaesarHow foolish do your fears seem now, Calpurnia!I am ashamed I did yield to them.Give me my robe, for I will go.

Caesar says that he trusts Decius Brutus, who is secretly one of the conspirators, with the truth about why heplans to stay home. It is because of a dream that Calpurnia had in which Caesar’s statue sprayed blood like afountain, and the people of Rome looked glad. Calpurnia sees this as a terrible omen of what will happen to herhusband. Decius offers a different interpretation.

Select the three reasons Decius gives for Caesar to come to the Senate.

Your statue spouting blood in many pipes,

Signifies that from you great Rome shall suckReviving blood, and that great men shall pressFor tinctures, stains, relics, and cognizance.

I have, when you have heard what I can say:

To give this day a crown to mighty Caesar.

‘Break up the senate till another time,When Caesar’s wife shall meet with better dreams.’

Pardon me, Caesar; for my dear dear love

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AnswersCaesarAnd you are come in very happy time,To beat my greeting to the senatorsAnd tell them that I will not come today:Cannot, is false, and that I dare not, falser:I will not come today: tell them so, Decius.

CalpurniaSay he is sick.

CaesarShall Caesar send a lie?Have I in conquest stretch’d mine arm so far,

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To be afraid to tell graybeards the truth?Decius, go tell them Caesar will not come.

Decius BrutusMost mighty Caesar, let me know some cause,Lest I be laugh’d at when I tell them so.

CaesarThe cause is in my will: I will not come; That is enough to satisfy the senate.But for your private satisfaction,Because I love you, I will let you know:Calpurnia here, my wife, stays me at home:She dreamt tonight she saw my statua,Which, like a fountain with a hundred spouts,Did run pure blood: and many lusty RomansCame smiling, and did bathe their hands in it:And these does she apply for warnings, and portents,And evils imminent; and on her kneeHath begg’d that I will stay at home today.

Decius BrutusThis dream is all amiss interpreted;It was a vision fair and fortunate:Your statue spouting blood in many pipes,In which so many smiling Romans bathed,Signifies that from you great Rome shall suckReviving blood, and that great men shall pressFor tinctures, stains, relics, and cognizance.This by Calpurnia’s dream is signified.

CaesarAnd this way have you well expounded it.

Decius BrutusI have, when you have heard what I can say:And know it now: the senate have concludedTo give this day a crown to mighty Caesar.If you shall send them word you will not come,Their minds may change. Besides, it were a mock Apt to be render’d, for some one to say‘Break up the senate till another time,When Caesar’s wife shall meet with better dreams.’If Caesar hide himself, shall they not whisper‘Lo, Caesar is afraid’?Pardon me, Caesar; for my dear dear loveTo our proceeding bids me tell you this; And reason to my love is liable.

CaesarHow foolish do your fears seem now, Calpurnia!I am ashamed I did yield to them.Give me my robe, for I will go.

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Caesar says that he trusts Decius Brutus, who is secretly one of the conspirators, with the truth about why heplans to stay home. It is because of a dream that Calpurnia had in which Caesar’s statue sprayed blood like afountain, and the people of Rome looked glad. Calpurnia sees this as a terrible omen of what will happen to herhusband. Decius offers a different interpretation.

Select the three reasons Decius gives for Caesar to come to the Senate.

Your statue spouting blood in many pipes,

Signifies that from you great Rome shall suckReviving blood, and that great men shall pressFor tinctures, stains, relics, and cognizance.

I have, when you have heard what I can say:

To give this day a crown to mighty Caesar.

‘Break up the senate till another time,When Caesar’s wife shall meet with better dreams.’

Pardon me, Caesar; for my dear dear love

Decius Brutus first tells Caesar that his wife’s dream was a positive one about the power of Caesar’s rule. Next,he tells Caesar that the Senate plans to give him a crown that day. Finally, he asks Caesar whether he will avoidgoing to work on all days when his wife has had a bad dream.

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Act II, scene iii and iv.Act II, scene iii: The same. A street near the Capitol. Act II, scene iv: Another part of the same street, before the house of Brutus.

Caesar, beware of Brutus; take heed of Cassius;— Artemidorus

Scenes iii and iv are very short. In fact, there is only one person in scene iii and only three people in scene iv.

Both parts show people worrying about the fates of Caesar and Brutus.

In scene iii, a character named Artemidorus reads a letter he plans to give to Caesar that morning. What does he want to tell Caesar?

What causes Caesar to change his mind?

In scene iv, Brutus's wife, Portia, expresses fear about her husband's day at the Senate. Her lines show that she is very nervous about what mayhappen. She asks Lucius and the Soothsayer how things are going with Caesar and asks them to give her news.

O, I grow faint.— Portia


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Artemidorus—Text VersionAct 2, scene 3

ARTEMIDORUS‘Caesar, beware of Brutus; take heed of Cassius;Come not near Casca; have an eye to Cinna, trust notTrebonius: mark well Metellus Cimber: Decius Brutusloves thee not: thou hast wronged Caius Ligarius.There is but one mind in all these mind, and it isbent against Caesar. If thou beest not immortal,look about you: security gives way to conspiracy.The mighty gods defend thee! Thy lover,‘ARTEMIDORUS’Here will I stand till Caesar pass along,And as a suitor will I give him this.My heart laments that virtue cannot liveOut of the teeth of emulation.If thou read this, O Caesar, thou mayst live;If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive.

Artemidorus states his concerns very openly in this letter. There are several people around whom he feels Caesarshould be careful. Select the person who Artemidorus believes has a personal problem with Caesar.

BrutusCascaCassiusCinnaTreboniusMetellus CimberDecius BrutusCaius Ligarius

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AnswersArtemidorus states his concerns very openly in this letter. There are several people around whom he feels Caesarshould be careful. Select the person who Artemidorus believes has a personal problem with Caesar.

BrutusCascaCassiusCinnaTreboniusMetellus CimberDecius BrutusCaius Ligarius

In this letter, Artemidorus lists the conspirators and gives reasons behind some of their feelings. He mentions thatCaesar has “wronged,” or done something bad to, Caius Ligarius.

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Ethical Dilemmas Matching—Text VersionLet’s review the situation. Match the character to his or her ethical dilemma.

Character

1. Caesar2. Decius Brutus3. Brutus4. Cassius

Ethical Dilemma

1. Will he kill a friend to save an empire?2. Will he lie to his friends to appease his wife?3. Will he lie to a colleague to save an empire?4. Will he give a worried man false comfort to save an empire?

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AnswersLet’s review the situation. Match the character to his or her ethical dilemma.

1. Caesar / 2. Will he lie to his friends to appease his wife?2. Decius Brutus / 4. Will he give a worried man false comfort to save an empire?3. Brutus / 1. Will he kill a friend to save an empire?4. Cassius / 3. Will he lie to a colleague to save an empire?

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AssignmentAssignmentAssignment1. Complete the lesson and self-checks.2. In the Assessment area, complete the 04.03 Julius Caesar, Act II Quiz.

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In writing the play Julius Caesar, Shakespeare

drew from real historical figures and real historical events

created his own characters but drew from real historical events

referenced specific and accurate details of Caesar's rise to power

ignored historical facts but referenced real historical figures


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Which themes are most heavily explored in Acts I through II of Julius Caesar?

Dreams and love

Greed and failure

Honor and ambition

Rebirth and change


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In Act II of Julius Caesar, which character says, “Thrice hath Calpurnia in her sleep cried out 'Help, ho, theymurder Caesar!"

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Brutus

Cassius

Caesar

Decius


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In Act II of Julius Caesar, what does Brutus mean when he says, “And therefore think him as a serpent's egg,Which, hatched, would, as his kind, grow mischievous.”?

Antony will grow to become a mischievous but effective ruler.

Cassius should be destroyed before he becomes dangerous.

Caesar might not be dangerous now, but he will in the future.

Decius is serpent-like and therefore he cannot be trusted.


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Which statement best contrasts the character of Cassius with the character of Antony?

Antony has a bigger ego and speaks of himself grandly, while Cassius is more modest.

Antony is conflicted in his goals, while Cassius has a very clear vision for Rome.

Cassius has a guilty conscience, while Antony does not seem to feel guilty at all.

Cassius is willing to deceive to get ahead, while Antony is loyal and honorable.

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