-
Caesar
Give a character description of:
- Julius Caesar
- Mark Antony
- Octavius
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ca/Calprnia.html
Give 3 details about Calpurnia, Caesar’s wife.
Give 2 details about Marcus Brutus
Give 2 details about Gaius Cassius
Describe these characters:
- Lepidus
- Portia
- Casca
http://www.bartleby.com/65/tr/Treboniu.html
Who is Trebonius?
http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/julius_caesar/julius_caesar.3.3.html
What can you tell about Cinna’s poetry as reported by the citizens?
What seems to be Decius Brutus’s function in the play?
http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/julius_caesar/
What function does Shakespeare have for Metellus Cimber in the play?
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/caesar/commentary/act_ii.htm
By his speech, you get to know a bit about Caius Ligarius. What kind of person is he?
http://www.roman-empire.net/republic/pompey-index.html
Pompey was a great Roman and a great General. Find 4 historical facts about him, and comment why Caesar went after him to kill him.
http://www.livius.org/caa-can/caesar/caesar01.html
How many years before the birth of Christ did the action of the play take place?
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/juliuscaesar/themes.html
Identify three themes in Julius Caesar.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hubris
Define hubris.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tragic%20flaw
Define tragic flaw