Reflection and Review of âJulius Caesarâ: I.iii
Reflection and Review of Julius Caesar : I.iii Quotation Identification : Identify speaker and paraphrase the quotation . These growing feathers plucked from Caesar’s wing Will make him fly an ordinary pitch, Who else would soar above the view of men And keep us all in servile fearfulness. (1.1.7780) Meaning: Speaker:____________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ What is it that you would impart to me? If it be aught toward the general good, Set honor 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 honor more than I fear death. (1.2.9196) Meaning: Speaker:____________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ “Men at some time are masters of their fates. / The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings” (1.2.146148). Meaning: Speaker:____________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleekheaded men, and such as sleep anights. Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous. (1.2. 2025) Meaning: Speaker:____________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Well, Brutus, thou art noble. Yet I see Thy honorable mettle may be wrought From that it is disposed. Therefore it is meet That noble minds keep ever with their likes; For who so firm that cannot be seduced? (1.2. 32024) Meaning: Speaker:____________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Guiding Questions : Answer each question in complete sentences . What is one prominent characteristic of Caesar’s language? What effect does this create? What warning does Caesar receive at the beginning of the scene? How does he respond to it? Why has Brutus been acting strangely, according to Brutus himself? Why is Cassius indignant toward Caesar? What happened to Marullus and Flavius? What does Cassius really think of Brutus? Provide textual evidence that supports this interpretation.
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