julius caesar act 3 study guide

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Julius Caesar: Act III Reading and Study Guide

I. VOCABULARY: Be able to define the following words and understand them when they appear in
the play.
vouchsafe (vouch-s f )_to grant or give _________________________________________________________

conspiracy (k n-spîr -s )__an agreement perform togeather an illegal act ______________________________________________________

foe_a person who feels enmity
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II. LITERARY TERMS: Be able to define each term and apply each term to the play.

climax___the highest or most intense point in the development ___________________________________________________________________



allusion: ___a passing or casual reference _________________________________________________________________

imagery_the use of vivid or fugurative languages _____________________________________________________________________

verbal irony_a figure of speech in which is what siad is the opposite __________________________________________________________________



III. Questions: answer the following questions.

Scene 1:
1. What reason does Caesar give for not reading Artemidorus’s letter? Because he is so egotistical

2. What Roles do the following characters play in the conspiracy?
Trebonius: talking with antony

Metellus Cimber: begs caesar for the repeal of his brothers banishment

Casca: to stab caesar first

3. What is Caesar’s opinion of himself? He doesn’t want to change himself


4. What does “Et tu, Brute?” mean? How do these words relate to the theme of friendship in the play?
Even you brutus ? keep your friends close and your enemys closer

5. Where does Caesar’s dead body lie? How is this ironic? In the senate, he tried to defend himself

6. What does Brutus tell the conspirators to do after killing Caesar? smear his blood on them


7. What promise does Brutus tell the servant to relay to Antony? praises and grants the request
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8. What does Antony say about the possibility of being killed by the conspirators? a terrible war will engulf rome of caesars murder


9. After being assured he is in no danger, what favor does Antony ask of the conspirators? speak at caesars funeral


10. What does Cassius think about granting Antony this favor? Antony will tell the people of rome that the conspiritors killed caesar


11. What restrictions does Brutus set? he is jealous of antony


12. Summarize Antony’s main points in his speech to Caesar’s body? to how caesar was killed by being stabbed to death by the conspiritors


13. Who is coming to Rome to meet with Antony? octavious, caesars heir

Scene 2:
14. According to Brutus’s speech to the commoners, what reasons does he give for Caesar’s death? caesar would have made all romans slaves


15. What is the mood of the crowd as Brutus finishes his speech? They would be happy to have a king


16. What does Brutus offer at the end of his speech? that he was a hero


17. List three points of Antony’s speech that work to persuade the crowd to turn on the conspirators. the conspiritors claimed that caesar was ambitious
Antony calls the conspiritors "honorable"
He found caesars will



18. What reason does Antony give for why he cannot read Caesar’s will? the plebeians wanted to hear it


19. What has Caesar bequeathed the Romans in his will? giving them money


20. How does the crowd react to Antony’s speech? Intending to kill the conspiritors and burning their homes