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Act 1 review

This review covers the order of events, character descriptions, and key questions from Act 1 of Julius Caesar. It explores themes of loyalty, weaknesses, hubris, and the use of prose. It also includes relevant quotes and their explanations.

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Act 1 review

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  1. Act 1 review Review for quiz

  2. Order of events • 1. d • 2. e • 3. a • 4. c • 5. b

  3. Character description • 6. c • 7. b • 8. d • 9. e • 10. a

  4. Question 26 • He questions their change in loyalty from Pompey to Caesar since Caesar is the one who killed Pompey.

  5. Question 27 • 1st weakness- weakness for physical labour, not being able to swim the Tiber river • 2nd weakness- having epilepsy • To show that Caesar is not a god, he is human and has weaknesses

  6. Question 28 • Various answers

  7. Question 29 • Various answers

  8. Question 30 • Various answers

  9. Question 31 • Hubris • Hubris: Excessive pride within the tragic hero, especially evident when he attempts to defy fate and control his own destiny. To fight against the will of the gods or Fate was a recipe for disaster.

  10. Questions 32 • He speaks in prose because it is a method used by Shakespeare to signify a change in mood or tone by a character • In this case it shows just how upset Casca is with what he has just seen. It shows he is not in control because the way the lines are written is not as controlled as a set metrical line (i.e. iambic pentameter)

  11. Question 33 • They are killed by Caesar. • This shows that Caesar is more than willing to get rid of anyone who opposes him.

  12. Question 34 • He intends to write letters to Brutus and pretend that they are from several different people. • He hopes that by doing this Brutus will be convinced that not everyone is following Caesar and that he should join Cassius’ plan.

  13. Question 35 • Sign 1- a man holding a flame without being burned • Sign 2- a lion walking past him without attacking • Sign 3- a group of men covered in fire walking through the streets • Sign 4- an owl out during the daytime

  14. Quote 11 • “O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not Pompey?” (Act 1, Scene 1) • Speaker: Marullus • Explanation: He is wondering why the people are praising Caesar for killing Pompey when only a little while ago they were praising Pompey. He is calling them fickle.

  15. Quote 12 • “These growing feathers plucked from Caesar’s wing will make him fly and ordinary pitch, Who else would soar above the view of men And keep us all in servile fearfulness.” (Act 1, Scene 1) • Speaker: Flavius • Explanation: He compares Caesar to a bird getting it’s wings plucked so it can’t fly (get any more powerful in Caesar’s case) If they can keep control of Caesar he won’t get out of control.

  16. Quote 13 • “Forget not, in your sped, Antonius, To touch Calpurnia; for our elders say, The barren, touched in this holy chase, Shake off their sterile curse.” (Act 1, Scene 2) • Speaker: Caesar • Explanation: Caesar wants Antony to touch Calpurnia because he believes it will make her able to have children.

  17. Quote 14 • “I turn the trouble of my countenance Merely upon myself. Vexed I am Of late with passions of some difference, Conceptions only proper to myself” (Act 1, Scene 2) • Speaker: Brutus • Explanation: Brutus is having difficulty making a choice about a very important decision and is not acting like himself.

  18. Quote 15 • “If it be aught toward the general good, Set honour in one eye and death i’ th’ other, And I will look on both indifferently: For let the gods so speed me as I love The name of honour more than I fear death.” (Act 1, Scene 2) • Speaker: Brutus • Explanation: Brutus sees death and honour as being equal but knows that he will always do the more honourable thing, even if it results in death

  19. Quote 16 • “It doth amaze me A man of such feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone.” (Act 1, Scene 2) • Speaker: Cassius • Explanation: After Cassius has just tried to show Brutus the negative qualities of Caesar he is showing how repulsed he is by Caesar and the power he holds. He basically says that it doesn’t make sense that a man who could get so sick and be so weak in sickness can also rule the world and be the only ruler!

  20. Quote 17 • “Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.” (Act 1, Scene 2) • Speaker: Caesar • Explanation: Caesar is stating his perception of Cassius and telling the others, including Cassius why he feels Cassius is a dangerous man and why he doesn’t trust him; because he thinks too much. This shows us how Caesar is willing to state his opinions of others, even in their presence.

  21. Quote 18 • “to my thinking, he would fain have had it” And “he was very loath to lay his fingers off it” (Act 1, Scene 2) • Speaker: Casca • Explanation: He is talking about Caesar really wanting to take the crown but only pretending he doesn’t want it to put on a show for the crowd.

  22. Quote 19 • “if Caesar had stabbed their mothers, they would have done no less.” (Act 1, Scene 2) • Speaker: Casca • Explanation: By fainting in front of the crowd he is trying to get sympathy from them and Casca believes that he got so much sympathy that if Caesar had killed any of their mothers they would have been ok with it.

  23. Quote 20 • “Thy honourable metal may be wrought” (Act 1, Scene 2) • Speaker: Cassius • Explanation: He is saying that Brutus’ honour can be moulded, like metal, so Brutus can be made to think following Cassius’ attack on Caesar is honourable.

  24. Quote 21 • “it is a strange-disposed time: But men may construe things after their fashion, Clean from the purpose of the things themselves.” (Act 1, Scene 3) • Speaker: Cicero • Explanation: Cicero is trying to say that he thinks men see what they want to see and that the “signs” Casca saw earlier might be just strange coincidences.

  25. Quote 22 • “But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.” (Act 1, Scene 3) • Speaker: Cassius • Explanation: Life may be tiring and you may feel confined but you always have the choice to break free of whatever is holding you down. In this case he sees Caesar as being what’s holding him down.

  26. Quote 23 • “he would not be a wolf, But that he sees the Romans are but sheep” (Act 1, Scene 3) • Speaker: Cassius • Explanation: Caesar wouldn’t be in power if it weren’t for the weakness of the majority of the people in Rome.

  27. Quote 24 • “I will set this foot of mine as far As who goes farthest” (Act 1, Scene 3) • Speaker: Casca • Explanation: Casca is telling Cassius that he is going along with the plan until they complete it, or no one else is able to any farther.

  28. Quote 25 • “that which would appear offence in us, His countenance, like richest alchemy, Will change to virtue and worthiness.” (Act 1, Scene 3) • Speaker: Casca • Explanation: He is stating that what they see in Caesar as being negative, Caesar is able to change/alter in some way so everyone else sees it as something great.

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