Hope you enjoyed the activities connected to Act III, Scene I. I am sure that you are very familiar with that scene now through having to approach it as an actor might.
Here are the questions relating to Act III. Continue answering all questions in complete sentences, and be sure to read other's posts to see the quality of writing that is being produced by your classmates.
These responses will be due on Monday, Oct. 3.
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B. Parsons
Scene 1 -
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
Scene 2 -
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
Scene 3 -
1. There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
2. What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
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Act III, Scene I
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
Caesar's fate aligns with his wife's dream and with the soothsayer's warning. Both of these were foreshadowing of what was to come for Caesar.
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
"Et tu, Brute?" translates to "And you, Brutus?" in Latin. Caesar is shocked that someone who used to be his friend is now so much against him that he's going to kill him.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
He tells them to do so because he wants everyone to know that Caesar is dead, which he thinks will show people that there is now liberty and freedom.
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
He thinks that Marc Antony will attempt to persuade the people that killing Caesar was wrong.
Act III, Scene II
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
Marc Antony praises Caesar saying that he was a good friend and leader, but is also careful not to talk wrong of Brutus at first. He knows that he has to persuade the people from thinking Brutus was just in killing Caesar. He talks about how Brutus is a good man, as was Caesar. Then, he makes sure to tell them that Caesar was good enough to leave them things in his will.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
He wants people to think for themselves and decide what they want on their own. He also wants them to pay respect for Caesar and to love him still. I think that he expected that from most of the people.
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
Marc Antony tells them that Caesar left them things in his will because he loved them so much. The people are greedy enough to think that maybe it was wrong to kill Caesar because he was good enough of a leader to leave them something.
Act III, Scene III
1. There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
Cinna the Poet is mistaken for Cinna that was a conspirator. The plebeians get angry with him because he shares the same name and attack him.
2. What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
They plan to go to all the conspirators' houses and burn them down.
Scene 1 -
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
Answer- Earlier in the play, Caesar's wife has a dream of his fall. Also, the Soothsayer bewares Caesar of the ides of March. These incidents that were foreshadowed earlier in the play shows Caesar's aligned fate.
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
Answer- "Et tu, Brute" translates to "Even you, Brutus?" This is significant in that it shows how Brutus has befriended Caesar. Caesar is appauled that one of his friends is going to the extreme of killing him.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
Answer- After Caesar is killed, Brutus explains how that they are only helping Caesar by shortening his time of fearing death. Next they cover their swords in Caesar's blood. They preform this act to let the people of Rome that they now have, "Peace, freedom, and liberty."
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
Answer- Cassius is afraid that Mark Antony will turn the plebeians against him and Brutus. Cassius is also worried that people may get the wrong idea of why they killed Caesar, and thinking it wasn't the right thing to do.
Scene 2 -
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
Answer- Antony's speech is an important part of the play, in that it heavily influences the plebeians. Antony wants the people to believe that Caesar was an honorable and noble man. He shows the Romans the will of Caesar, showing what he left for the countrymen. By this, Antony tries to convey the message of how Caesars death may not have been the most appropriate thing to do. During his speech he also pays respect to Brutus.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
Answer- At first, the reader lead to believe that Antony is trying to persuade the people of Rome to decide their point of view on Caesar's death. He shows this by not taking sides. As the speech goes on, Antonys purpose is to change the point of view of the Romans by showing them things such as the will and Caesars wounds (by lifting Caesar's cloak).
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
Answer- The will is essential to Antony's speech. It provides sufficient evidence of how Caesar loved the civillians of Rome. The will allows the crowd to believe that since Caesar loved them so greatly, perhaps killing him was a mistake.
Scene 3 -
1. There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
Answer- In Scene 3, the mix up occurs between Cinna The Poet and Cinna The Conspirator. Cinna The Poet is mistaken for Cinna The Conspirator and attack him. This confusion was caused due to the fact that they share the name Cinna. This mishap allows Cinna The Conspirator to know that the mob is out to get him and his friends.
2. What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
Answer- The mob plans to burn the houses of the conspirators. The specific conspirators mentioned are: Brutus, Cassius, Decius, Casca, and Ligarius.
Act 3, Scene 1
1. Caesers fate aligns with the warnings of the other characters. Caesers wife has a dream showing his death. A soothsayer also warned Caeser that his death was coming. Both these things are forshadowing what is coming for Caeser.
2. The lines "Et tu, Brute?" thranslate to "And you, Brutus?" in Latin. As Caeser is dying he looks up at Brutus. He is shocked and upset that if Brutus would do this, than Caeser should die.
3. Brutus wants them to dip their weapons in Caeser's blood and wave them over their heads because they want everyone to know that Caeser is dead, and that they are released from tyranny.
4. Cassius does not want Marc Antony to speak at Caeser's funeral, because Cassius is afraid that Marc will try to turn the people aginst them.
Act 3, Scene 2
1. Marc Antony praises Caeser at his funeral, but is carful not to insult Brutus. He tries to pusuade the people were right to kill Caser, but then tells the people that Caeser was kind enough to leave them things in his will.
2. Merc Antony expects his speech to inspire people to form their own opinions about Caeser's death. He also uses his speech to pay tribute to Caeser.
3. Marc tells the people that Caeser was kind enough to leave them thing in his will. The Roman's are very greedy, and decide to to think that it was wrong to kill Caeser just because he left them stuff.
Act3, Scene3
1. The mix up occurs when Cinna the Poet is mistaken for Cinna the conspiritor, and is attacked by an angry mob.
2. The angry mob plans to burn down the other corspiritors houses after the are finished with Cinna.
Scene1
1. Caesar's fate aligns with many things. One being his wife's dream and thebad weather. The other being the soothsayer's warning.All of these were reflecting and foreshadowing what was tocome for Caesar, which was something horrible.
2. "Et tu Brute," said by Caesar, translates into few things. It translates into the Lain language meaning "And you Brutus?" Caesar is very surprised that Brutus would beray him this way. He thought that Brutus was a man who would was his friend. He trusted Brutus and never expcted this to come from him. Caesar didn't think that Brutus would ever betry him enough to kill him.
3. Brutus says this so that everyone within hearing distance can hear hm and know that Caesar is dead. Brutus thinks that the people will think that there is now freedom and liberty in their town.
4. He is affraid that Marc will say different things thn what the did. Cassius didn't want Antony to say that killing Caesar was the wrong thing to do.
Scene 2
1. Marc said that he was a great friend and had good leadership skills. He talked about Caesar not letting anythng drop that would insult Brutus. He knew he had to get the people to think that it wasn't all Brutus' fault. He talked about Caesar as well as Brutus bothe being great men. He made sure to tell everyone that Caesar left things to them in his will.
2.Marc wants the people to make their own decisions on everything. He wanted them all to still love and respect Caesar and that he expected that from most.
3. Antony said the reason Caesar left them stuff in his will was because he loved them all much. The people all thought it was wrong to kill Caesar but cool that they got free stuff.
Scene 3
1. Cinna the conspirator got cinfused with Cinna the Poet and plebians get mad because they share the same ideas.
2. They plan to go and burn down all the conspirator's houses.
ACT 3, SCENE 1
1. His fate was aligned to end badly. Both his wife's dreams and the soothsayers warning point toward a grim outcome.
2. "Et tu, Brute" means "And you, Brutus". He was confused and sad that one of his friends would turn on him, he was basically saying, "You too would betray me Brutus?"
3. He wanted the people to know that Caesar was dead and there is now freedom and liberty for Rome.
4. He believes that Marc Antony will be able to persuade the people of Rome that the murder of Caesar was wrong and that Brutus and his comrades should be arrested.
TO BE CONT.
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene?
Caesar's death aligns with his wife's dream and the soothsayer's warning which are both examples of foreshadowing.
2.The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
This line literally means "and you brutus". Caesar is amazed that the man who was once his friend is now the key instrument in his downfall.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
because he wants them to show the public that Caesar is dead and that freedom can reign now.
4.Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
Cassius is scared that Mark Anthony will cause a riot and blame him the death of Ceasar
Act III, scene II
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral
Marc Antony praises Caesar saying that he was a good friend and leader, first. He talks about how Brutus is a good man, as was Caesar. Then, he makes sure to tell them that Caesar was good enough to leave them things in his will.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
he wants the people of rome to think and decide on there own. all the wile respecting Caesar
3.What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
the greedy people of the roman empire then change their minds about killing Caesar the man that left them things in his will
Scene 1
1) How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
Caesar's fate is aligned when, the soothsayers warnings and when his wife had a dream.
2)The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line. "and you too, Brutus"? It means, Caesar's asking if Brutus has betrayed him as well.
3) Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
That other people that saw would no about caesar s demise and what they have done.
4) Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral. Marc antony will say how much he adored Caesar and admired him.
To be continued
2nd Period
Act III Questions
Scene 1:
1.) His fate aligns with both what his wife had dreamed earlier in the play and what the soothsayer had said. These things were both foreshadowing of what was going to happen.
2.) “Et Tu Brute” translates into “and you Brutus”. This shows that Caesar is in awe that his ‘friend’ would betray him this way and kill him.
3.) Brutus wants them to dip their swords in Caesar’s blood because this would show that he was dead and that Rome was free.
4.) Cassius doesn’t want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar’s funeral because he is afraid that he will say things to make it look like killing Caesar wasn’t the right decision.
Scene 2:
1.) He basically says what anyone today would say about their fallen friend, that he was kind, a good friend and leader, and then he tells them that Caesar left Brutus and the others things in his will.
2.) He wants the people of Rome to decide what they think on their own and not because of what he said. He also wants them to still respect and look up to Caesar even though he had fallen.
3.) They think that he was generous for leaving them things in his will, and that maybe it was wrong to kill him, which just shows the greed of the people.
Scene 3:
1.) The mix up is between Cinna the conspirator and Cinna the poet and this leads to Cinna the poet being attacked. This confusion lets all of the conspirators know that the mob is after them.
2.) After the mob deals with Cinna they plan to burn down the other conspirators houses.
Scene 1 -
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
Caesar did not take the warning given to him. Fate was against Caesar, it was fate that got him killed. Artemidorus wrote Caesar a letter warning him of the other. Artemidorus says “Here will I stand till Caesar pass along, and as a suitor will I give him this. My heart laments that virtue cannot live, Out of the teeth of emulation. If thou read this, O Caesar, thou mayst live. If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive.” If Caesar had read the letter he wouldn’t have been killed. Since he did not read the letter Caesar was killed.
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
Et tu, Brute means and you too, Brutus? Caesar does not believe that Brutus is against him also, he is shocked by this so he says and you too?
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
Brutus tells them to dip their swords in Caesar’s blood so when they go about the streets shouting “peace, freedom, and liberty” the people of Rome will know that it was them who killed Caesar.
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
Cassius says that people will be affected by what Marc Antony says. Cassius is also worried about what Marc Antony will say at the funeral.
Scene 2 -
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
Marc Antony is basically tring to get the people to decide for themselves what happened to Caesar. He’s not exactly saying that Brutus and the others killed Caesar. He says Brutus is an honorable man. He tells the people that Caesar left them things in his will.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
He wants the people to think for themselves. He also wants people to mourn Caesar and remember him.
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
The people think that it was wrong to kill someone who loved them so much to leave them something behind. They think he was a good leader if he could leave them something.
Scene 3 –
1. There is a mix up in identity in Scene 3...describe the mix up and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
The mix up was Cinna the poet and Cinna the conspirator. The plebeians mix up Cinna the poet with Cinna the conspirator and want to “tear him to pieces.” Cinna the poet tells him he is not Cinna the conspirator but the plebeians say that it doesn’t matter since his name is Cinna so they attack him.
2. What is the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
After they deal with Cinna the angry mob is planning to burn Brutus, Cassius, Decius, and Casca.
Act 3, Scene 1
1. During this scene, Caesar's fate almost perfectly aligns with his wife's dream. She had said that the romans would bathe in his blood, and after Brutus and the other conspirators killed him, they put they're blood on their arms and blades. His death also proves the soothsayer's warning mentioned earlier in the play.
2. The famous line "Et tu, Brute?" is latin for "You too, Brutus?" This line shows the amount of shock that Caesar is going through in being killed by his closest friend.
3. Brutus tells the conspirators to dip their swords in Caesar's blood to show that the people of rome were now free from the tyranny of Caesar.
4. Cassius does not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral because he is afraid that he will convince the people that there was no real cause to kill Caesar.
Act 3, Scene 2
1. Marc Antony's speech during Caesar's funeral shows just how much he loved Caesar. He tells the people how mistaken they are in feeling that Caesar was a tyrant, and shows them his will. He also says, however, that the conspirators may have had a perfectly good reason for killing Caesar, he just couldn't think of what it could be.
2. Marc Antony is expecting the people of Rome to show a sense of love and respect for Caesar, and to understand that he really loved them. He is also wanting them to make their own decision about what to do, even if that means doing nothing.
3. During Marc Antony's speech Caesar's will plays an extremely important role. As soon as Caesar's will is even mentioned the entire crowd begins to talk about how great Caesar was.
Act 3, Scene 3
1. During Scene 3 the mixup of identity is between Cinna the conspirator and a man named Cinna the Poet. Whenever Cinna the Poet tries to explain that he is no enemy of Caesar, the Plebians assume he is lying and quickly kill him.
2. After the mob kills Cinna, they plan to burn his body and light torches from the fire. They then plan to burn down the houses of the conspirators.
Act lll, Scene l
1) Caesars fate is aligned by his wifes dream, and the soothsayer saying to beware of the Ides of March. These incidents were foreshadowing in the play.
2) The famour line, "Et ti, Brute?" means, "and you, Brutus?" in latin. Caesar said this because someone that is supposed to be his friend, kills him.
3) Brutus tells everybody to dip their swords in Caesar's blood as a celebration. They think that killing him represents freedom and libery, which is why they killed him.
4) Cassius does not want Marc Antony to talk at Caesars funeral because he thinks that he will try to make everybody think that killing Caesar is wrong, and nobody will agree with their reasoning.
Act lll, Scene ll
1) When Marc Antony is speaking at Caesar's funeral, he spoken very well of Caesar. He made sure to say that Caesar was a good man, but then again he made sure that he was not saying anything bad about Brutus and his men. He speaks well of Brutus also, and he mentions that Caesar was nice enough to leave them things in his will.
2) He wants people to think well of Caesar, and to love and respect him. Though, he wants the people to think what they want about the killing of Caesar, to know if what the senate did was just or not just.
3) The citizens think that now that they know that Caesar left them things in his will, that it was not right to kill Caesar.
Act lll, Scene lll
1) The mistaken identity in Scene lll was between, Cinna the conspirator and Cinna the poet. The citizens do not like that Cinna the poet shares the same name with Cinna the conspirator, and they attack him.
2) They plan to go to the conspirators' house and burn all of their houses down.
Aaron Hieneman
5th period
9-24-08
Act III, Scene I
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
Answer: Caeser's fate is aligned with his wifes dreams of him dying and what the soothsayer had warned Caeser about. both were forms of foreshadowing for what was about to happen to Caeser.
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
Answer: the words "Et Tu, Brutus?" are translated to "And You, Brutus". Caeser is struck that his best friend would betray him as well and be the cause of his murder.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
Answer: he wants everyone to dip their weapons in blood because he wants everyone to know that Caeser is dead. He thinks that if he shows everyone that Caeser is dead then people will think of nothing but liberty and freedom.
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
Answer: he thinks that because Marc Antony was Caeser right hand man that he will persuade the people into thinking that kill Caeser was wrong and that they need to kill the conspirators
Act III, Scene II
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
Answer: In Marc Antony's speech he tells everyone how Caeser was a great man and also a great leader to them all. then he tells them that brutus was not killing Caeser for the good of rome but out of his own will for murder. so he tells them that Brutus is not a good person and lastly he tells them that Caeser was kind enough to leave them things in his will.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
Answer: Marc Antony more less wants the romans to start being more independent and think for themselves. He also would like it if they would pay there respects to Caeser one of his best friends and to love him as he was, thats what he expected most of the romans to feel like.
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
Answer: that was a very important part to Antonys speech. It gave the romans a new point of view of Caeser and that he love the romans so very dearly. they believe now after the will that kill Caeser was a very big mistake.
Act III, Scene III
1. There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
Answer: the mix up was between Cinna the Poet and Cinna the Conqueror. He was confused by the mob because they both share the same name Cinna. This leads to Cinna the Conqueror knowing that the mob is out to get him and the other conspirators.
2.What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
Answer: they plan to go to all of the conspirators houses and burn them all to the ground. the conspirators mentioned that they planned to burn were:Brutus, Cassius, Decius, Casca, and Ligarius.
Act III, Scene I
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
Caesar's fate was foreshadowed by his wife's dream of his down fall and the soothsayers warning.
2.The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
"Et tu, brute? translates to "and you, Brutus?" Brutus was Caesars friend and Caesar was shocked to see that he betrayed him.
3.Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
To show the City of rome that there is now "peace, freedom,and liberty."
4.Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
He is afraid that Marc Antony will turn the plebeians against them. He thinks that if he talks to them that he might try to persuade them that killing Caesar was wrong.
Act III scene II
1. He says Brutus and caesar are both noble men. He pays respect to Brutus while also trying to persuade the plebeians that Caesar was a good man and killing him my not have been the best idea. He shows them the will of Caesar and what he left them.
2.What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
At first, the readers are lead to believe that he wants the plebeians to decide their view an caesars death. It seems like he isn't taking sides, then his purpose is to change the plebeians point of view and does so by showing them Caesar's will and lifting up Caesar's cloak.
3.What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
It was an important part of Antony's speech because it allowed the people to see that Caesar loved them and was a great ruler. It helped them see that killing Caesar was a mistake.
Act III Scene III
1.There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
the mixup was between Cinna The Poet and Cinna The Conspirator. They mistake Cinna The Poet For Cnna the Conspirator and attack him. this is because they share the same name. This allows Cinna the Conspirator to see that the plebeians are angry and out to get him and his friends.
2.What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
they plan to burn down The Conspirators' houses.
This includes: Brutus, Cassius, Decius, Casca, and Ligarius.
Scene 2
1) Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
Marc Anton's speech is telling us ow much he loved and admired CAesar.
2) What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
He's trying to change the people's point of view, of the romans.
3) What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
Marc Anthony told the people of Rome that Caesar left them gifts in his will because he loved them so much
Scene 3
1) There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
There's a mix up between Cinna The Poet and Cinna The Conspirator. They end up attacking.
2) What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?-
They plan to burn down the houses of the conspirators.
Act 3 Questions
Scene 1:
1. Caesar's fate warned him earlier in the play. Caesar's mistake was that he ignored this. Things like the soothsayer warning him of the Ides of March, and the letter he denied, were warnings to Caesar. Caesar just ignored these warnings, while instead he could have listened and maybe not even be murdered. This was reflected earlier in the play perhaps when his wife had the dreams of Caesars death, and Caesar just wouldn't listen.
2. The famous line "Et tu, Brute?" is translated into "And you too, Brutus?" With this, Caesar is shocked and heartbroken that who he thought was his friend, really wasn't and pretty much turned on him.
3. Brutus knows that the people were kind of apart of Caesar, and he wants them to come to the realization that now that he is gone there will be more freedom.
4. Cassius does not want Mark Antony to speak at the funeral because he realizes that Antony doesnt fully agree with Brutus, and that it could lead to the conspirators being killed.
Scene 2:
1. Mark Antony was pretty much saying that Caesar couldn't have been so ambitious if he turned down the crown three times. He was convincing the people that Caesar was killed for the wrong reasons.
2.He wants the people to not change their careful thoughts of Caesar. He wants them to still love him.
3. It shows the people how much Caesar really does care.
Scene 3:
1. There is a "Cinna the conspirator" and a "Cinna the poet". This mixup causes "Cinna the poet" to almost be killed, instead of the conspirator.
2. They are planning to burn down Brutus' house and kill the conspirators.
Act 3, Scene 1
1. Caesar’s fate aligns with the warnings of the other characters when Caesars wife has a dream showing his death. A soothsayer also warned Caesar that his death was coming. Both these things are foreshadowing for what will happen to Caesar.
2. The lines "Et tu, Brute?" translate to "And you, Brutus?" in Latin. As Caesar is dying he looks up at Brutus. He is shocked and upset that Brutus would do this. He also thinks that if someone as gentle as Brutus would do this, than he is not good enough to live. He proves this by adding, “then Caesar falls” after Brutus stabs him for the final time.
3. Brutus wants the conspirators to dip their weapons in Caesar’s blood and wave them over their heads because Brutus wants everyone to know that Caesar is dead, and that they are released from his tyranny.
4. Cassius does not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar’s funeral, because Cassius is afraid that Marc will try to turn the people against the conspirators He doesn’t want his plans undone by Marc Antony. Cassius does all of this for personal gain, and it would probably destroy everything if Marc turned everyone against him.
Act 3, Scene 2
1. Marc Antony praises Caesar at his funeral, saying, “When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept, ambition should be made of sterner stuff,”. He is saying that Caesar had empathy for his people, and that if this was ambition, than it should be stronger. He is very careful never to insult Brutus. He compliments Brutus, and say that he doesn’t like that Caesar is dead, but will accept it if it was necessary.
2. Marc Antony expects his speech to inspire people to form their own opinions about Caesar’s death. He also uses his speech to pay tribute to Caeser. He tells the plebeians that Caesar cared deeply for them, saying that “ Tis his will. Let the commoners hear his testament….and they would kiss Caesar’s wounds”, Marc is trying to tell the people that Caesar was kind and left them thing in his will. He goes on to dive them into a frenzy over the will, and the kindness of Caesar.
3. When Marc tells the people that Caesar was kind enough to leave them things in his will. The Roman's decide to think that it was wrong to kill Caesar just as Antony had intended. They become an angry mob, go after the conspirators to kill them and burn down their homes.
Act3, Scene3
1. A mix up in identity occurs when Cinna the Poet is mistaken for Cinna the conspirator, and is attacked by the angry mob. They have been turned against Cinna and the others by Marc Antony, so naturally, when they find a Cinna, they attack to avenge Caesar.
2. The angry mob plans to burn down the other conspirators’ houses after they are finished with Cinna. They want to kill them and make them pay for what they did to Caesar. Marc Antony, who loved Caesar, and wants to avenge his death, but doesn’t want to it himself, planted the ideas in their heads. So he convinces the people to do his bidding for him.
Scene 1:
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
-The fate being aligned against Caesar is shown when his wife has a horrible dream of his death. Also, the soothsayer recognizes that even though the ides of March has come, the day is not over with. Both of these examples can be interpreted as foreshadowing.
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
- The saying can be translated as "You too Brutus?". Caesar didn't expect for Brutus to do him wrong, being that they were bestfriends. Ceasar understood though, that since Brutus was turning against him, there must be a rational reason behind it.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
- He wanted everyone to know what they had done to Caesar and that it would bring peace among them.
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
- He thinks Marc Antony will turn people against them and make it seem like the death of Caesar was more of an unwanted murder rather than a favor.
Scene 2:
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
- Marc Antony was very careful with his words while speaking. He wanted the civillains to know that Brutus is a good, kind-hearted and trustworthy fellow. Yet at the same time, Marc kind of intended for them to see the bad side of the killing. While willing to let his listeners make up their minds for themselves on whether or not the death was needed, Marc insisted that Caesar loved them and proved it to be true by reading the will.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
- Marc Antony defenately wanted the people to respect Caesar even after his death; that was probably the main thing. He also wanted them to make their own decisions about the death and to just keep loving Caesar.
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
- The will let the people know how dearly Caesar loved them. This put an emotional toll on how they felt. Eventually, the civillains became enraged and wanted to get revenge.
Scene 3:
1. There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
- Cinna the Poet and Cinna the Conspirator were mistaken for one-another due to the fact that they had the same name. The civillians, though were so angry at this point, they attacked him anyway.
2. What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
-They plan to burn the houses of the conspirators which are: Brutus, Decius, Cassius, Casca, and Ligarius.
Act 3 Scene 1
1. Caesar's fate is aligned early in the scene with the presentation of his wife's dream, and again when the Caesar acknowledges that it is March 15 and the soothsayer tells him the day is not yet finished.
2. The line "Et tu, Brute" is literally translated from Latin as; "and you, Brutus". What Shakespeare was really trying to show was how taken back Caesar was that even his dear friend Marcus Brutus was willing to kill him. Basically, if even Brutus, my closest and dearest companion, thinks I should be dead, then I know it must be right... and fall Caesar.
3. The display of Caesars blood on their swords shows the truth to everyone; Caesar is dead so that now we may have freedom and liberty.
4. Cassius does not want Marc Antony to speak at the Funeral Beacause he fears that Marc Antony may make it seem like Caesar's death was unwanted.
Act 3 Scene 2
1. In Marc Antonys Speach at Caesars funeral, he praises Caesar, and speaks about how he has left things in his will, he also tries not to offend Brutus or turn the townspeople against him.
2. Marc Antony expects his speech to allow people to make their own decision but also still respect Caesar.
3. The will plays a major role in the outcome of the play. Because of the will, and the fact that in it Caesar leaves the townspeople things, they think that since he loved them enough to leave them these things that it must have been a bad decision to kill him.
Act 3 Scene 3
1. The mix up is between Cinna the conspirator and Cinna the poet. This leads to Cinna the poet being attacked. The confusion, in turn, lets all of the conspirators know that the mob is after them.
2. After the mob deals with Cinna they plan to burn the houses of the conspirators.
Scene I
1. Early in the scene, Caesar tells the soothsayer, “The ides of March are come,” to which he replies, “Ay Caesar but not gone.” Caesar believes, that the fifteenth of March has come, and he has not been harmed. However, the soothsayer correctly predicts that the day is not over, and just as he warned Caesar in Act I, something terrible is to befall on this day, which is Caesar’s death. Calphurnia’s dream also foretold Caesar’s fate, which he willingly ignored, and continued on to the Senate House, where he was murdered.
2. “Et tu, Brute?” can be translated to, “And you, Brutus?” Brutus is the last conspirator to stab Caesar, so Caesar questions him, “You are turning your back on me too, Brutus?” Brutus had been Caesar’s loyal friend all his life, yet he killed him for the better of Rome, much to Caesar’s disbelief.
3. Brutus says that Caesar’s death is a benefit, so the conspirators should take their swords covered with Caesar’s blood and proclaim “peace, freedom, and liberty,” throughout the streets of Rome.
4.Cassius knows that Mark Antony has a strong effect on the people of Rome, and believes if he speaks at Caesar’s funeral, he will convince the Plebians that killing Caesar was wrong, and give them a false reasoning behind the murders, further turning them against the conspirators.
Scene II
1. Mark Antony claims that although Brutus is an honorable man, his claim that Caesar was ambitious is false, and that even if he was, he paid a high price for his ambition. He also tells how Caesar was compassionate, weeping right alongside the poor, how loved he was by all, and how his heart was buried with Caesar. To close his speech, Antony says men have become, “brutish beasts and lost their reason.”
2. He simply presents his thoughts, and lets the people choose how they feel. If anything, he wants the Plebians to feel as strongly about Caesar’s death as he does, and respect all the good he did while he was alive, instead of angering them.
3. The will stated that each Roman citizen was to receive seventy-five drachmas, as well as access to the beautiful arbors and orchards. They realize how kind-hearted Caesar was, and seek vengance on those who have killed him.
Scene III
1. In Scene III, Cinna the poet enters, and is asked several questions by the Plebians. When asked his name, he tells them Cinna. They mistake him for Cinna the conspirator, and although he tries to explain himself, he is killed simply because he shares the name of one of Caesar’s murderers.
2. After the Plebians deal with Cinna, they plan to spread the fire to burn the homes of the conspirators, including Brutus, Cassius, Dexius, Casca, and Ligarius.
Act III Scene I
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
His wife had a dream about his death and a soothsayer also warned him about his death.
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
The translation I found was "You too, Brute?" The way it was written in context meant that if even Brutus wanted him dead then he will die for the sake of Rome.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
He wants them to dip their swords in his blood so when the people of Rome see it they know immediately that Caesar and they are the ones who released them from tyranny.
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
He believes that Marc Antony will tell the people that killing Caesar was a bad decision and that it only hurt Rome.
Act III Scene II
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
He praises Brutus and Caesar. He says Caesar was a noble man. He conveys the message that Caesar’s death was not the right way to go.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
He expects it to make people form their own opinions on whether Caesar’s death was justified or not.
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
The greed of the Roman people persuades them to think that it was wrong to kill Caesar once they the see the things he left them in their will.
Act III Scene III
1. There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
The mixup was between Cinna the conspirator and Cinna the poet. A mob kills Cinna the poet and now the conspirators are aware that they are “wanted”.
2. What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
They plan to burn all of the other conspirators’ houses down.
Act 3 5th period
Scene 1
1. "How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?"
Throughout the play, Caesar was warned about his coming demise. such as the soothsayer telling him to "Beware the ides of March!" and his wife's dream. These reflect what was said early in the story because, Caesar does die in march, and just like with the whole's poring out blood in his wife's dream, he his stabbed multiple times.
2. "The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line."
"Et tu, Brute?" means "And you Brutus?". Caesar is surprised that the "noble" Brutus as also turned against him.
3."Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?"
Bruts did this so he could quickly gain the support of the people. He wanted to show them that they have "Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead!".
4. "Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?"
He thinks that if Antony speaks, the people will be turned against the conspirators.
Scene 2
1."Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral."
He tells the people how Caesar was good man, also making sure to pay his respects to Brutus. Using Caesar's will as evidence, he tries to tactfully inform the people that killing Caesar might not have been the best of actions.
2."What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?"
He wants his speech to help people form there own ideas about Caesars death. He also wants them to think fondly of and respect Caesar.
3."What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?"
The people saw that Caesar left them things in his will, and because the Romans are greedy, they think twice about weather Caesar's death was for their benefit.
Scene 3
1."There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity."
Cinna the poet is thought to be Cinna the conspirator. The mistaken identity causes the poet to be assaulted by a crowed of people.
2."What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?"
The mob plans set fire to the homes of the other conspirators.
Act III, Scene I
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
His fate is that of the soothsayer's warning and his wife's dream, earlier foreshadowed in the play
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
It means "And you, brutus" in Latin. He says this because he was the closest to brutus
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
It represents that they are free. Caesar cannot hurt Rome now.
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
He might say that it was wrong to kill caesar.
Act III, Scene II
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
He spaeks well of both Caesar and Brutus. He tries to make Caesar look good, without making the killing unjust, as to offnd brutus.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
He wants Caesar to still be remembered and respected, and for the people to decide some things, not just brutus
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
It shows that Caesar loved them so much to leave them all things in the will. It makes the murder seem unjust.
Act III, Scene III
1. There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
Cinna the poet is mistaken for cinna the conspirater and is beaten to death
2. What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
To burn the conspiraters' houses down
Act III, scene i
1. Many things happened earlier in this play that demonstrates foreshadowing of Caesar's death: his wife had a dream of his death, there were storms and lions in the city, and the soothsayer warned him of the ides of March.
2. "Et tu, Brute" can be translated as "Even you, Brutus." Caesar was surprised that all his friends would betray him. But when he said this, he was even more shocked and hurt that his close friend Brutus would take part in his murder.
3. Brutus wanted them to celebrate because Caesar was dead and they wouldn't have to live in fear of him abusing his power if he were to become king. He also wanted to let the people know about his death.
4. Cassius doesn't want Marc Antony to speak because he knows he loved Caesar and might want revenge for his death. Cassius is scared he will turn the people against them.
Act III, scene ii
1. In his speech, Marc Antony, whether he meant to or not, rebels the crowd against Brutus and Cassius. He tries to be fair and say that they were "honorable men" and they meant well, but he says so was Caesar. He reads them Caesar's will, which makes the crowd love Caesar and hate Brutus and Cassius even more.
2. I think Marc Antony was trying to turn the crowd against the conspirators from the beginning. At first, he doesn't exactly take sides. He talks about both equally. But he persuades them by telling of how great Caesar was and how much he loved the people of Rome. He reads them the will and shows them his wounds, asking them if he really deserved all of that.
3. The will shows how much Caesar loved the people of Rome. He left all of them something, rather than just one person. This makes the Romans think he was a great man and shouldn't have been killed in such a way.
Act III, scene iii
1. In scene iii, Cinna the Poet is mistaken for Cinna the Conspirator. Because of this mistake, Cinna the Poet, who is innocent, is killed.
2.After they deal with Cinna, the mob plan to punish the conspirators by burning down their houses.
Tyler Hurst – Act III Questions – Monday, September 29, 2008
Act III, Scene i
1. Caesar has had ample time to respond to the many omens and warnings he received from his wife, the soothsayer, and Artemidorous. Fate is overwhelmingly against him in that he ignores all the warnings, almost as if they are all coincidences. This reflects the vast array of warnings that have been directly visible to Caesar. The weather, the warnings from his wife, the soothsayer, and the many odd occurrences throughout the city of Rome, are just a few of these warnings.
2. The translation that I have been provided with is “Even you, Brutus”. This line goes to show the shock that Caesar had when seeing Brutus was a conspirator. If anyone was justified to go against Caesar, it was Brutus. When Caesar sees the one person in the Senate he trusts and considers to be his friend with a dagger, he can only question why even Brutus would commit such an act.
3. When all the conspirators have blood on them and their swords, it is symbolic in that they are all united. Brutus does this to show that they all did this in search of freedom and the opposition of tyranny.
4. He’s afraid that Antony could rally the people and muster support for the cause of revenge in the name of Caesar.
Act III, Scene ii
1. In Antony’s speech, he acts as if he is a humble servant of Caesar and never directly summons the plebians to action. In a clever maneuver, Antony downplays the claim that Caesar was ambitious and cared not for the common people of Rome. Antony sneaks around declaring that what the conspirators did was wrong, he instead makes Caesar take on the role of an innocent man who had the interests of the people of Rome at heart.
2. He expects his speech to cause war and completely disrupt all ordinary business in Rome.
3. The will helps Antony to declare that Caesar had very little self-ambition. Instead of being an egotistic leader, the will made it seem as if Caesar was willing to give all of his possessions to the people of Rome.
Act III, Scene iii
1. The plebian crowd mistook Cinna the poet for Cinna the conspirator who lended a hand in the assassination of Caesar. The people kill Cinna the poet, thinking they are killing the conspirator.
2. The mob is planning to go after the other conspirators and do to them what they did to Cinna the poet.
SCENE 1:
1.How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene?
Answer:Fate is aligned against Caesar in this scene when the soothsayer tells Caesar that March 15th was here and then Artemidorus wants him to read his letter telling him what he thinks is happening and that Caesar is in great danger. Also the dream that his wife had had earlier actually came true.
2.The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" Have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
Answer:The lines can be translated into "And you, Brutus?" He says this because out of everyone he didn't think that one of his good friends would kill him.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons o'er our heads."
Answer: They are celebrating that Caesar had been defeated. I also think it is because they don't want it to look like they murdered Caesar for no reason, but to watch out for the good of Rome.
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
Answer:Cassius is afraid because he knows that Marc Antony was very loyal to Caesar. Cassius thinks that Marc Antony is going to try to get the people of Rome mad at them and to be against the people who murdered Caesar. Cassius says that he fears Marc Antony and his hunches are usually right.
SCENE 2
1.Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
Answer: Marc Antony is trying to play off at first that he respects Brutus and all the other men that had done that to Caesar. But as his speech continues things gradually change. He tells Rome that Caesar was not ambitious because he had refused the crown more then twice. He says that his will shows how much that Caesar had loved Rome. As he says this, the people of Rome starts changing their ideas about Brutus and the honorable men and saying that they were traitors. He tells everyone about Caesar's will and the people of Rome go to revenge Caesar's death.
2.What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
Answer: He knows that the people of Rome will turn against Brutus and the other men and he is glad because he loved Caesar, and wants the right thing to be done.
3.What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
Answer: When Caesar left things for the people of Rome, they knew that he was a respectable man and did not deserve to die.
SCENE 3
1.There is a mixup in the idenity in Sene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken idenity.
Answer: The mixup was between the two Cinna's, Cinna the conspirator and Cinna the poet. They still decide to kill the wrong Cinna because he had the same first name as the others.
2.What is the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
Answer:They plan to burn all of the conspirators houses' down.
Act 3, scene 1
1.)The scene starts with "its the ides of march" so it shows his fate because the soothesayer told him to beware the ides of march but he didnt listen.
2.)"et tu, brute?" means even you brutus? This shows that caesar was hurt by the betrayal from his best friend. His last minutes become the sudden realization that the people he knew best and conspired againest him.
3.)He wants to make a scene. brutus wants the people to know that Caesar is dead by being as bloody as possible.He wants the people to think that they are stronger than Caesar and he hopes to prove that killing Caesar was a good thing.
4.)He fears that Antony will blame the conspirators in his speech. He is afraid that thespeech will turn the people againest them.
scene 2
1.)It starts off with how caesar was secretly a bad person, or at least not as good as everyone thought. It also tlked about how Brutus and the conspirators helped Rome. Antony says that what Brutus says is true becuase he is an honorable man. Then he starts to change his point of view. hE brings up times when Caesar was ambitous and that he isnt there to prove brutus wrong, he just says what he knows. except what he knows is that Brutus is wrong. Antony knows what he has done, so he keeps talking in circles and praising Caesar AND the conspirators just in case they accuse him of not following their plan.
2.)I think he knew that what he said could rally the people. He wanted the speech to turn the people againest Brutus and the conspirators. He thought ahead though and worded it so that it could follow the Conspirators rules and still show how bad they were and get revenge for his friend.
scene 3
1.)A man is going to Caesars funeral so the mob askes him about himself. But they are so angry that anything the man says could potentially get him in trouble. Then the man had the misfortune to share the same name as the traitor Cinna, and his poetry skills were bad so the mob thought he was lying so they attacked him.
2.)They are going to split up and burn down all the conspirators houses.
act 3 scene 1
1.) How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
Casesar's fate is alligned with the soothsayer's warning, which happened in his wife's dream. Those things and many nore were foreshadowing of what was to come for Caesar.
2.)"Et tu, Brute?" has been translated in many different ways. One of the most common translation is "And you, Brutus". Caesar is so shocked that Brutus, the man who was supposed to be his friend had turned on him. The shock led him to say "Et tu, Brute."
3.)They perform the dipping of Caesars blood to let the people know they are now free and have liberty.
4.) Cassius does not want Marc to speak at the funeral because he is afraid that he will try to make people think that killing Caesar was wrong.
Act 3 Scene 2
1.) Marc begins to give Caesar the praise, saying how good of a man he was. He didn't want people to think that Brutus was just in the killing of Caesar so he persuades them to not believe such. To him Brutus was a good man, Just like Caesar. Caesar was good enough to leave him and others things in his will.
2.)Marc hopes that his speech will help the people of Rome to decide their veiw on Caesar by theirselves. He does this by staying nuetral in the speech, and not picking sides.
3.)The will was a key point in Marc's speech. It showed the citizens of rome that Caesar was not greedy, that he loved them.
Act 3 Scene 3
1.)The mixup came between Cinna the poet and Cinna the conspirator. The plebeians became very angry because the two people shared the same name and attacked him.
2.)They plan to visit each one of the conspirators' houses and set fire upon them.
Act 3 Questions
9/23/08
2nd period
Amanda Harris
Scene 1:
1) Not only is the people who Caesar believe are faithful and loyal to him against him but fate is also against him. There were many warnings and signs that were given to Caesar. But, he chose not to listen. Fate was against him because it was planned that he would die that day. It reflects what was said in earlier scenes because people were trying to warn him, and keep him from going to the senate house, but because he is hard headed he didn’t listen.
2) The meaning of the line “Et tu Brute?” means And you Brutus. Whenever Caesar said this line he was looking at Brutus. He just couldn’t believe that Brutus of all people were caniving against him, and that he was trying to kill him.
3) Brutus says that to the people so that everyone will know that Caesar was dead. And also, he wanted to show that people that freedom and liberty had been giving back to them.
4) Cassius doesn’t want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar’s funeral because he is afraid that he will begin to make people think that killing Caesar was wrong.
Scene 2:
1) He said that Caesar was good as a friend and a leader. But, he had tried to not talk bad about Brutus. That could have gotten him into some trouble. So he said that he was a good man. And he talks about his will.
2) He wants them to still love Caesar the way that the others still loved Pompey. And I think that he wanted the people to decide whether the death of Caesar was a good thing or a bad thing on their own.
3) The people end up thinking that Caesar loved them because he left them things in his will. And they began to believe that it was wrong to kill Caesar because he was so good.
Scene 3:
1) The plebeians end up attack the poet Cinna because they believe that he is the Cinna that was one of the conspirators that kills Caesar.
2) They are planning to get back at all the conspirators by going to their houses and burning them to the ground.
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
Answer- Earlier in the play, Caesar's wife has a dream of his fall. Also, the Soothsayer bewares Caesar of the ides of March. These incidents that were foreshadowed earlier in the play shows Caesar's
inevitable death.
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
Answer- "Et tu, Brute" translates to "Even you, Brutus?" This is significant in beacuse it demonstrates how Brutus has befriended Caesar and Brutus stabs him in the back. Brutus had Caesars trust and he betrayed him.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
Answer- After Caesar is killed, Brutus explains how that they are only helping Caesar by shortening his time of fearing death. Next they cover their swords in Caesar's blood. They preform this act to let the people of Rome that they now have, "Peace, freedom, and liberty." Ceasars death was all political to Brutus.
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
Answer- Cassius is afraid that Mark Antony will turn the plebeians against him and Brutus. Also, they don't want the people to get the wrong idea. Plus they dont want the people to turn on them.
Scene 2 -
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
Answer- Antony's speech is a very important part of the play, in that it persuades the plebeians. Mark Antony wants the people of Rome to believe that Caesar was an honorable and noble leader. He shows the Roman people what Caesar stood for, by showing what he left for the countrymen. By this, Antony tries to convey the message of how Caesars death may not have been the best thing to do. During his speech he also pays respect to Brutus for trying to do the right thing for Rome.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
Answer- At first, the reader is lead to believe that Antony is trying to persuade the people of Rome to decide their view on Caesar's death. He shows this by not really taking either side. As the speech goes on, Antonys purpose is to change the point of view of the Romans by showing them things such as the will and Caesars wounds.
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
Answer- The motive is essential to Antony's speech. It provides sufficient evidence of how Caesar loved the Roman people. The motive pushes the crowd to believe that since Caesar loved them very much, maybe killing him was a huge mistake.
Scene 3 -
1. There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
Answer- Cinna the Poet was mistaken for Cinna that was a conspirator. The plebeians get mad at him because he shares the same name and attack him.
2. What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
Answer- The angry mob plans to burn down the all the other corspiritors houses after the are finished with killing Cinna.
Scene 1 -
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
Earlier on in the play,
Caesar is warned many times about his fate. The soothsayer warns him about the "Ides of March", and his wife also warns him by telling him about her dream. Each of these examples from the story align Caesar's fate to come.
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
The famous quote "Et tu, Brute?" translates to "you too Brutus?" This is question is Caesar's way of asking Brutus, "How could you do this to me? I thought we were friends." It's sort of letting Brutus know that Caesar feels greatly betrayed.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
Brutus believes that when the people of Rome see that Caesar is dead, they will rejoice in the fact that a better ruler is soon to come.
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
Cassius believes that Marc antony will only lead the people of Rome to think that the killing of Caesar was unjust.
Scene 2 -
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
Marc Antony was a very important part in the play. He says that Caesar was a good man, and that it wasn't a fair death. He also lets them know that he left them all things in his will.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
He wants the people of Rome to respect their dead leader, and to remember him as a good person.
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
They feel, in a way, guilty for killing Caesar, because he left them things in his will, which represents his love for them.
Scene 3 -
1. There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
There were two differents Cinnas. One was a poet, and one was a conspirator. People were confused between the two of them because of their names, and attacked Cinna the poet, instead of Cinna the conspirator.
2. What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
They plan to go to all of the other consiprators' houses, and burn them down.
Act III, Scene i
1.Caesar has had time to respond to the many warnings he received from his wife, soothsayer, and artemidorous. Fate is against him. Caesars ignores all the these warnings, just as they were simple misunderstandings. This reflects the vast array of warnings that have been directly visible to Caesar. The weather, the warnings from his wife, soothsayer, and the many odd going scenes throughout the city of Rome.
2. The translation that I have been provided with is "Even you, Brutus?" in Latin. Caesar is shocked that someone who used to be his friend (brutus) is now so much against him that he's going to kill him.
3. it symboled to me that they now have the freedom and justice to do whatever now that caesar is dead.
4. He’s afraid that Antony could get the people of Rome to believe that killing Caesar is wrong.
Act III, Scene ii
1. Sir Antony speaks of Caesar saying that he was a good friend and leader, but is also trying to not to talk bad of Brutus. He knows that he has to persuade the people from thinking Brutus was just in killing Caesar. He talks about how Brutus is a good man, as was Caesar.
2. He expects his speech to cause war and make things difficult in Rome.
3. Antony tells them, that Caesar left them things in his will because he was a great and man, and had love for them. The people are greedy enough to think killing Caesar was a bad idea, if he was willing the give them things they wanted.
Act III, Scene iii
1. Cinna is mistaken for the Cinna that was a conspirator. The plebeians get angry with him because he shares the same name and attack him.
2. The mob is planning to go after the other conspirators and burn their houses down, while attacking the men as well.
Act III, Scene I
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
Caesar's fate was aligns with the soothsayer yelling about the streets to Caesar "beware the ideas of march" and his wife having a dream that Caesar will be killed. They are foreshadowing what will soon happen to Caesar.
2.The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
"Et tu, Brute?" means and you, brutus? the meaning of this was that Caesar was shocked to see his formar friend in and planning to kill him.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
Brutus told them to put thier swords and their hangs in Caesar's blood to show the city of rome that liberty and freedoms has come and they wanted everyone to know that they was the one's who brought it.
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
Cassius did not want Marc Antony to speak at his funeral because he was scared he would try to turn the city of rome against them.
Act III, Scene II
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
Marc Antony's speech was plain he didnt try to turn the citizens against Brutues and his clan. he also praised Caesar saying he was a great man and didnt need to die and he told all the citizens he left them something in his good will.
2.What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
Marc Antonys expects people to show thier respect to Caesar.He wants them to make thier own choise because he does not pick a side and try to defend anyone.
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
After Marc Antony tell's the citizens that Caesar was kind enough to leave them stuff they turn against brutues amd they think that Caesar would have been a great king after all.
Act III, Scene III
1. There is a mixup in identity in Scene
The mixp is between cinna the conspiritor and cinna the poet.
2.What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
The angry mob plans to burn down other conspiritors houes down the conspiritors they plan do do this to are brutus, cassius, decius, casca, and ligarius.
Scene 1 -
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
Answer - Fate plays a major role in scene one, and it reflects much about earlier events. His aligned fate is revealed through his wife's dream, as well as his early suspicion of Cassius, and his encounters with the Soothsayer.
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
Answer - The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" means "you too, Brutus?" By saying this, Caesar is basically saying that if even Brutus, whom Caesar thought was his deeply trusted companion can betray him, then he has nothing to live for.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
Answer - Brutus tells them to do this so they can publicly announce that Caesar is dead, along with the tyranny he believed Caesar caused.
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
Answer - Because Cassius believes that since Antony was so loyal to Caesar, he will try to turn the citizens of Rome against the conspirators for murdering Caesar.
Scene 2 -
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
Answer - Mark Antony's speech praised Caesar, whom he was so loyal to, as well as Brutus. He was careful not to insult or reflect blame of Caesar's death on Brutus, but rather praise the both of them and also inform the people that Caesar was kind enough to leave the people things in his will.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
Answer - He wants his speech to convince the Romans to form their own thought and opinions of Caesar's murder, as well as make them realize how great of a man he was.
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
Answer - The will plays a major role in Antony's speech, proving to the people that even in death, Caesar loved Rome. The selfish Romans, glad that they benefit from Caesar's demise, may realize that it was a mistake to kill Caesar.
Scene 3 -
1. There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
Answer - The mix-up is between Cinna, the conspirator, and Cinna, a poet. The mob, even after hearing the poets pleads, attack him in their anger.
2. What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
Answer - After dealing with Cinna, the mob plans to burn down the houses of the conspirators
Act Ⅲ, Scene Ⅰ
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
-In the play Caesar's wife had a dream of his fall, and Soothsayer warned him of the ides of march. These are examples of foreshadowing Caesars death, that defined his fate.
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
-"Et tu, Brute?" translates to "And you, Brutus?" in Latin. Caesar is saying these words because he is shocked that, who he thought was a good friend was going to kill him.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
-He tells them to do this to show that Caesar his dead. He's trying to let the Rome realize there is know peace, freedom, and liberty.
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
-He thinks that Antony will persuade the people to believe different of Caesar. He's afraid the people of Rome will turn on them.
Act Ⅲ, Scene Ⅱ
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
-When Marc Antony began his speech, he began to praise Caesar. He said Caesar was a good friend and leader to Rome. Though he was trying hard not to talk bad upon Brutus. He was still trying to persuade them to think kindly of Caesar hoping they will turn on them.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
-He's hoping it will make the people of Rome think for themselves, how they really feel about Caesars death.
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
-Antony tells them that Caesar left them things in his will. This shows that Caesar loved the me, it made the people think of him as a good leader.
Act III, Scene III
1. There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
-Cinna the Poet is mistaken for Cinna who was a conspirator. The plebeians get mad and attack him.
2. What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
-The mob plans to go to the conspirators houses and burn them.
Act 3, Scene 1
1.In the play Caesar’s fate is aligned with many things. First the soothsayer talks about the ides of March and Caesars wife had that bad dream of the things that were to come about Caesar. Also the omens showed that something bad was going to happen.
2."Et tu, Brute?" means “And you, Brutus.” He was in shock because he wouldn’t have thought Brutus would ever do such a thing to him. Some even thought Brutus was his son, so either way a friend or son someone that was close to him was shocking to him.
3.They wanted to show the people of the act they done and show that they are released from Caesar’s grips and have peace and freedom while tyranny is dead.
4.He was afraid that Marc Anthony would turn the people against them and they wouldn’t understand the act was for them the people.
Act 3, Scene 2
1.In his speech he showed the people that the act of killing Caesar was right and that it was the right thing to do while trying to show Caesar was a good man by leaving things in his will.
2.In his speech he tries not to take sides but he wants the impact of letting the people make their own conclusions about Caesar’s death.
3.The will helps the people in thinking that Caesar wasn’t such a bad person. The gifts encouraged their minds that he was a nice and thoughtful, not greedy, person.
Act 3, Scene 3
1.Cinna the poet was mistaken for Cinna the conspirator because they shared the same name and so was attacked by an angry mob. It showed that there were people out to get him and his group who killed Caesar.
2.The people of the angry mob planned to burn the houses of the conspirators who killed Caesar. Like, Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Metellus, ect.
Act 3, Scene 1
1. Fate is aligned against Caesar in more than one way in Scene 1. For example, the death of him in his wife's dream, and when the soothsayer warns him to "beware the ides of March". This both displays foreshadowing by showing what Caesar's life has in store for him.
2. The famous lines "Eu Tu, Brute?" have been translated to mean "And you, Brutus". What Caesar means by this is that if someone who used to care for him, and be a friend would stab him, then he really has no motivation to survive.
3. He wanted to let all of Rome understand that they now had freedom and liberty, also that Caesar was now dead.
4. He is fearful that Marc Antony will turn the people against him and the conspirators, and make everyone consider the fact that Caesar's death was not a good occurrence.
Scene 2
1. Marc Antony's speach was not entirely degrading toawrd Brutus. He was very cautious with the words he spoke. Antony just wanted to make it clear that Caesar's death was wrong, but that Brutus and Caesar were both great men.
2.He wanted people to come to their on conclusions, but still love and cherish Caesar.
3. The will takes a big part in Marc's speech. It justified that Caesar did love Rome, and the citizens of Rome. This started to pursuade people that the killing of Caesar was a mistake.
Scene 3
1. The mixup in scene 3 was between Cinna the conspirator and Cinna the poet. This was caused by them sharing the same name. This angered the plebeians and it resulted in attack.
2. After handling the Cinna situation, they planned to journey to the conspirator's houses and burn them all to the ground.
Scene 1 -
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
In this scene, fate is aligned against Caesar, because when Artemidorus tries to hand Caesar his letter, which consists of him warning Caesar about what is about to happen, and who to fear, Caesar refuses to read the letter then. Artemidorus tells Caesar that it just pertains to him, so Caesar says he will deal with it last.
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
The line, "Et tu, Brute?" that is said by Caesar, in one translation, is translated to "And you too, Brutus?" Caesar thought that Brutus was his friend and that if Brutus wants to kill him, then he should be killed.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
Brutus tells the other conspirators to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and wave them over their heads, because he wants to show that Caesar is dead, and now there is peace and liberty.
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
Cassius does not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral because Cassius believes that the people of Rome will be affected by what Marc Antony says. Cassius has a hunch that the plan will go wrong for them, even though Brutus says it will help them more then hurt them, and Cassius' hunches are usually accurate.
Scene 2 -
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
In Marc Antony's speech that he gives at Caesar's funeral, he keeps repeating that Brutus was an honorable man, even though he said that Caesar was ambitious. He mourns over Caesar, asking why they aren't mouring with him. He then mentions that Caesar left a will and that he left something for them, despite Brutus saying that he was ambitious.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
Marc Antony wants the Romans to decide for themsleves whether Brutus and the others were just in their decision to kill Caesar. He wants them to see that Caesar still loved them, despite what other people have said.
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
The will that Marc Antony shows the Romans, is evidence to the Romans that Caesar loved them and wasn't just an ambitious man. The Romans are convinced that the conspirators that killed Caesar were wrong, and now they want revenge.
Scene 3 -
1. There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
The mixup was that the Plebeians thought that Cinna the Poet, was Cinna the conspirator. Since that thought that he had helped in the killing of Caesar, they killed him.
2. What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
The mob is planning to burn down the houses of some of the conspirators. These include houses of Cassius, Brutus, Decius, Casca, and Ligarious.
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Act lll, Scene 1
1. Fate is aligned against Caesar in this scene in a few ways. The first one is Portia, his wife’s dream, where he dying, and also the weather. Then the soothsayer was trying to warn, or beware of Caesar ‘s his death. This reflects with what had been said earlier in the play, because they are kind of predicting about Caesar’s death to come.
2. “Et tu, Brute” is a translation of “And you Brutus”. When Caesar saw that Brutus was part of killing him, he was surprised, because he thought that he was his friend. Also wondering why someone that he called his best friend would betray him, like that.
3. Brutus told them to dip their swords in Caesar’s blood and “wave our red weapons/o’er our heads, because it would be proof that he was dead and that they were free of tyranny.
4. Cassius doesn’t want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar’s funeral because he didn’t want him to say something out of line, to make people turn against them, for killing him.
Scene 2
1. Marc Antony said in his speech that he had come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. He said that the evil things that people do is remembered after they die, also the good ones are too. He talked about how good of friends they were, and how Caesar was an ambitious man, and how Brutus was a honorable man at that himself. Before he said his last few words to the crowd, he said, "Bear with me, my heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause till it come back to me".
2. The impact that Marc Antony expects his speech to have, is to make the people of Rome feel bad about Caesar's death. He wants to make the people angry, and a rivaly to start. He must work on them slowly, since they are supporters of Brutus, so that he can turn them aganist him.
3. The role that the will has in chaning the Roman crowd's point of view is it makes them want to go burn down Brutus's house.
Scene 3
1. The mixup in identity is between Cinna the poet, and Cinna the conspirator. The citizens don't believe him when he saiy that he is the poet, and not the conspirator, so they threaten to beat him. Then they said, "It's no matter; his name is Cinna! Pluck but his name out of his heart, and turn him going".
2. After the angry mob deals with Cinna, they plan to go to Brutus', to Cassius', to Decius', to Casca's, and to Ligarius' houses and burn all.
Scene 1 -
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
The fate is aligned against Caesar because he was going to die. earlier in the play the storms and the crazy actions of the people were justified by the fact that Caesar should die. Then the soothsayer said beware the ides of march which is when Caesar died.
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
In the play Caesar said this because he was really surprised by Brutus being apart of the group that killed him. He thought that Brutus was only loyal to him.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
Brutus felt that this would show everyone liberty and freedom. It would also show the people that Caesar is dead. Brutus felt that it shortened the time Caesar spent afraid of death.
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
Cassius believes that marc antony will try to sway the people into thinking that killing Caesar was wrong.
Scene 2 -
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
At first Marc Antony praises Caesar and talks about how great of a friend that he was. He doesn't start talking badly of Brutus just yet. He knows that he needs to persuade the people from thinking that they where right about killing caesar. then he talks about how great Brutus was and that he left everyone things.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
He wants the people to think for themselves and to love and honor Caesar.
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
When the people think that Caesar left them things they got greedy and thoungh that they were wrong for killing caesar.
Scene 3 -
1. There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
The Poet named Cinna got what the Crowd meant for Cinna the conspritatir. because they shared the last name
2. What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
Go to all the houses and kill the others.
Scene 1
1.)Early in the play the soothsayer warns Caesar and his wife has a dream about the same thing and it actually happens to him.
2.)This phrase translates into "And you Brutus. The reason that Caesar said this was because he was shocked that one of his best friends betrayed him.
3.)He wants them to do this because this will show what they have done.
4.)He is afraid that Antony will betray them and tell them that Caesar should not have been killed.
Scene 2
1.)Antony is telling everyone how good of a leader and a person Caesar was. he tries to make the people think that Brutus did not kill Caaesar.
2.)
3.)The citizens started to think that they should not have killed Caesar. They remembered how good of a ruler he was and felt bad.
Scene 3
1.)Both Cinna the poet and Cinna the conspirator get mixed up and when this happens the plebeians attack the wrong guy.
2.)They are going to burn the houses down of all conspirators.
Act 3 Scene 1
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
Earlier in the play his death was obviously foreshadowed by the soothsayer. The soothsayer told Caesar to beware the ides of March. Which happens to be the day that Caesar is murdered. Caesars wife also had a dream depicting Caesars death and he warned him not to go out that day but he didn't listen.
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
The famous line "Et tu, Brute?" just means Even you Brutus? This a famous line because caesar considered Brutus a loyal and noble man and a friend. So caesar was shocked and deeply offended when brutus stabbed him. Caesar could believe that the others would turn on him but he didn't expect Brutus too.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
Brutus wants everyone to know about their "Noble " deed. Brutus believes that he is helping Rome so he wants everyone to remember what he and the others did. So Brutus tells them to dip their swords in Caesars blood and wave them around as a symbol or banner of their heroic actions.
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
Because cassius is unsure if Antony is a friend or foe. Cassius doesn't want Antony to turn the people against him. He is afraid Antony will since he was such good friends with Caesar.
Act 3 Scene 2
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
Marc Antony tells all the good things about Caesar saying that he was a good friend and leader and not ambitous. However he is also careful not to talk bad about Brutus and the others at first. He calls them noble men but kind of contradicts himself by saying oh their noble men but so was Caesar. He knows that he has to persuade the people from thinking Brutus was just in killing Caesar. He talks about how Brutus is a good man and so was Caesar. Then, he makes sure to tell them that Caesar was good enough to leave them things in his will. he makes it known to them that Caesar was a great leader who didn't deserve to die.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
He expects his speech to make the people realize how much they love caesar. he wants to make them grieve for Caesar. He expects it to enrage the people and get them fired up about Caesars death. And he dies. he wants them to turn on the conspirators and see him as a noble man.
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
It really makes them realize that caesar was a great leader who cared deeply about his people. Then they want to avenge Caesars death by killing those responsible. They feel it is their job to right this terrible wrong.
Act 3 Scene 3
1. There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
There is a poet named Cinna who lives near the capitol. And one of the conspirators names was Cinna and the murder happened near the capitol. Even though the man says he is a poet and that they have the wrong guy, they drag him away with them.
2. What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
They're going to get the rest of the conspirators. They want to burn them and their houses down.
Scene 1-
1. Caesar's wife had her dream turn to reality which was the foreshadowing.
2. Et Tu Brute in Latin means And you Brutus. Caesar was amazed that Brutus was in fact an enemy rather than a Foe.
3. He wants everybody to know Caesar is dead.
4. Cassius thinks Antony will the people think that Caesar's death was wrong.
Scene 2-
1. Caesar is a good friend/leader and Marc Antony was careful not to speak wrongly of Brutus.
2. Marc Antony wants the crowd to form their own opinion.
3. Marc Antony reminds the crowd that Caesar was kind enough ti leave them their will.
Scene 3-
1. Cinna the poet is killed instead of Cinna the conspiritor.
2. the mod panned to burn down the homes of the other conspititors.
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Act 3
Scene 1
1How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
Answer: Caesar’s fate is foreshadowed all throughout the play. In the beginning the soothsayer warns him to watch out for the ides of March. Also his wife has a dream that people are washing in his blood and he is dead. This aligns Caesars fate perfectly with what is displayed in the beginning and what is to happen.
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
Answer: “Et Tu Brute?” translates into “And you, Brutus.” Caesar spoke this famous line before Brutus stabbed him. Caesar was hurt and couldn’t believe a person so close to him that he loved would do something so horrible against him.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads?”
Answer: Brutus wants the, to dip their swords and Caesar’s blood because he wanted to show all the people of Rome, that they are now free and Caesar is in fact dead.
4) Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
Answer: Cassius does not trust Marc Antony. He thinks Antony will try to get the people of Rome to believe Caesar’s death was not right. He’s afraid Antony will persuade them to turn against Cassius and other for killing Caesar.
Scene 2
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
Answer: He wants to stay loyal to what Brutus had told him he was allowed to say, but he also wanted people of Rome to know the facts and decided weather they believed Caesar’s death was in fact rational. He tells the Roman people what Caesar has waiting for them in his will and home honorable and noble he really was.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
Answer: The people of Rome start to decide that Caesars death was wrong. They want the ones who killed him to pay for it.
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
Answer: After Brutus had talked to the crowed they all agreed Caesar was a tyrant. After Marc Antony read the will they saw how honorable and noble Caesar was. The ones who had killed him were wrong
Scene 3
1. There is a mix up in identity in Scene 3...describe the mix up and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
Answer: The mix up was between Cinna the poet and Cinna the conspirator. The Roman people believed since Cinna the poets name was Cinna (the same name as the conspirator) he should die. The Roman people killed him because the mix up of names.
2. What is the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
Answer: After they deal with him the angry mob is planning to burn Brutus, Cassius, Decius, and Casca’s house down.
ACT 3 SCENE 1
1.) How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
A. Caesars death was foreshadowed by many earlier in the play... the exact day of March 13 was warned by a soothsayer, his wife had a horrifying dream of his blood being hed and a letter was sent to him telling him he could not trust his friends. This day aligned with many warnings stated throughout the play.
2.) The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind the lines.
A. "Et tu, Brute" translate to "and you, Brutus" In this famous line, as Caesar is being murdered by a man he percieved as his true friend, he is questioning him. He is the last person he would expect to betray him and he is struggling to understand his motives.
3.) Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/ o'er our heads"?
A. As a means of celebration proclaming "Peace, Freedom and Liberty" showing the sacrifice that had to be done for the sake of Rome.
4.) Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
A. Cassius did not trust Anotony to begin with, he had a bad feeling about him and feared his influence on the people of Rome: persuading them to turn against him and Brutus' deed.
ACT 3 SCENE 2
1.) Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
A. He predicts a curse among the bodies of the men. He plans to infuriate the people telling of Caesars honest and loving actions and the way his blood was shed.
2.) What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
A. He plans to stir up a war of mutiny in Rome against the conspirators.
3.) What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
A. The will shows what an homorable man Caesar is by giving the men of Rome money. It showed how much Caesar loved them and therefore held the power to persuade men.
ACT 3 SCENE 3
1.) There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3... describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity?
A. The outraged plebeians in there plot to kill the conspirators, mistake Cinna the poet for Cinna the Conspirator. This causes the wrong man to be attacked.
2.) What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
A. They plan to tear apart all of the other conspirators as well. The head to burn down there houses immediatly.
Act 3, Scene I
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
Answer- Caesar's death aligns with his wife's dream and the soothsayer's warning which are both examples of foreshadowing.
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line
Answer- “Et tu, Brute” translates into “and you Brutus”. This shows that Caesar is in awe that his ‘friend’ would betray him this way and kill him.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
Answer- Brutus wants them to dip their swords in Caesar’s blood because this would show that he was dead and that Rome was free.
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
Answer- He thinks that Marc Antony will attempt to persuade the people that killing Caesar was wrong.
Act 3, Scene II
1. Summarize Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral.
Answer- He wants to stay loyal to what Brutus had told him he was allowed to say, but he also wanted people of Rome to know the facts and decided weather they believed Caesar’s death was in fact rational. He tells the Roman people what Caesar has waiting for them in his will and home honorable and noble he really was.
2. What impact does Marc Antony expect his speech to have?
Answer- Marc wants the people to make their own decisions on everything. He wanted them all to still love and respect Caesar and that he expected that from most.
3. What role does the will have in changing the Roman crowd's point of view?
Answer- Marc Antony tells them that Caesar left them things in his will because he loved them so much. The people are greedy enough to think that maybe it was wrong to kill Caesar because he was good enough of a leader to leave them something.
Act 3, Scene III
1. There is a mixup in identity in Scene 3...describe the mixup and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
Answer- Cinna the Poet is mistaken for Cinna that was a conspirator. The plebeians get angry with him because he shares the same name and attack him.
2. What are the angry mob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
Answer- The mob plans to burn the houses of the conspirators. The specific conspirators mentioned are: Brutus, Cassius, Decius, Casca, and Ligarius.
Act 3 scene 1
1.First off in the play a soothsayer shouts, “Beware the ides of March” to Caesar from a large crowd. This is foreshadowing that something bad will occur on the fifteenth of March. Then later on Portia has a dream that he dies, foreshadowing his death.
2. "Et tu, Brute?" This means even you, Brutus in Latin. This means that Caesar is surprised that his friend Brutus even wants to kill him and he is asking Brutus is this is true.
3.He does this because he believes that Caesars death will bring liberty and freedom to Rome and he wants to do this to show the people what has been done,
4.He thinks that he will twist everything around and convince the people that Caesar was murdered and it was wrong and make the people believe that this was wrong.
Act 3 scene 2
1.Mark Antony’s speech at Caesars funeral was all about how great of a person Caesar was and how he was a good leader and had always been a good friend. In his speech he also talks about how Brutus, like Caesar, is a good person and makes sure that he makes the crowd feel that Caesars death was justified.
2.He doesn’t take sides and makes sure that the people decide what they believe instead of telling them what to think.
3.Caesars will give great evidence of how he truly loved the people of Rome and wanted to the best for them. This makes the people think that his death may have not been justified after all.
Act 3 scene 3
1.The mix-up was between Cinna the conspirator and Cinna the poet. This occurred because they have the same name Cinna. The mob attacks Cinna the poet allowing the other Cinna to be aware that they are actually looking for him.
2.They want to burn the homes of all of the conspirators against Caesar, killing them.
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act III scene I
2the line "Et tu Brute?" translated in Latin means "and you, Brutus?" Caesar was suprised and did not know what to think, he just wondered why such a good friend would kill him.
3 He had told them that because he was in rejoice and wanted the world to know that Caesar rules no more.
4 he thinks that Marc Antony will persuade every one will make everyone believe that killing Caesar was wrong.
act III scene II
Marc Antony made sure to tell everyone there that he was a good man. Yet he also had to show that Brutus was a good man also, for various reasons. He had to show the people that Brutus was right in killing Caesar. But he had made it clear that Caesar was good man.
2. He wants them to see both sides clearly and understand both of them and to keep an open mind.
3. It changed the mood dramaticly, from an angry crowd to a silenced more thoughtful like crowd. They found that he was a good enough leader to leave things in his will for his people.
act III scene III
1 Cinna the Poet gets mixed up with Cinna the one that was a conspirator, the get angry and attack him instead.
2 they plan on burning down all of the conspirator's houses.
Act 3 Questions
Scene 1
1. How is fate aligned against Caesar in this scene? How does this reflect what has been said earlier in the play?
Caesars fate aligns with his wife’s dream and also with the soothsayers warning about the ides of March. Both of theses are foreshadowing Caesars death.
2. The famous lines "Et tu, Brute?" have been translated in a number of different ways. Find a translation and discuss the meaning and context behind this famous line.
Supposedly the last words of Julius Caesar. Literally 'and you, Brutus?’ In 44 BC, Julius Caesar was murdered by a group of senators. Marcus Brutus, who had previously been a close friend of Caesar, led them. There's no substantiated evidence to show that Julius Caesar spoke those words. They come to us via Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar that, like many of his history plays, tends to massage historical record somewhat for dramatic effect. In the play Caesar begins to resist the attack but resigns himself to his fate when he sees that his friend is amongst the plotters.
3. Why did Brutus tell them to dip their swords in Caesar's blood and "wave our red weapons/o'er our heads"?
So they have proof that they had slain Caesar.
4. Why does Cassius not want Marc Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
They think that since Caesar was Mark Antony’s friend that he will tell everybody that they did it
Scene 2
1. Summarize Mark Antony’s speech at Caesars Funeral.
He asks that everyone has his attention then he said he had come to bury Caesar not praise him. He announced that the evil men do is remembered after their deaths, but the good is often buried with them. Mark Antony continued by saying that Caesar had brought home so many captives that brought wealth to Rome. He is stating the evil Caesar has committed. Then he changes his standpoint by saying, “ Is this the work of an ambitious man? When the poor cried Caesar cried to, yet Brutus said he was ambitious, and he is an honorable man.” “You all loved him once, and not without reason. Then what reason holds you back from mourning him now? My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause until it returns to me.”
2.What impact does Mark Antony expect his speech to have?
He hopes it has a positive effect and that the citizens of Rome will realize that he had suffered a great wrong.
3. What role does the will have in changing the roman crowds point of view?
The will causes everybody to want to kill the traitors because they had seen Caesars cloak and the stab wounds that they had made
Scene 3
1. There is a mix-up in identity in Scene 3...describe the mix-up and the consequences of the mistaken identity.
Cinna the Poet is mistaken for Cinna that was a conspirator. The Plebeians get angry with him because he shares the same name and attack him.
2. What are the angry ob planning to do after they deal with Cinna?
The mob is planning to go to the Conspirators house and burn it to the ground.
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