FRIDAY!

If you missed class today, just to let you know, we corrected your homework and then you got a study guide! I cannot recommend emphatically enough to make sure you understand all of the questions, and can answer them.

I haven't yet decided if I'm going to allow the study guide OR the play for your final, so best to be prepared for either situation.

There are far too many questions for me to put on here, so alas, you're going to have to utilize your friends as resources.

Enjoy your weekend!

Uh, it *is* a Tragedy...

Questions:
1. 860 l.8
2. What does Cassius have Titinius do?
3. What 'report' does Pindarus give Cassius? What do we learn is the reality?
4. How does Cassius die?
5. After Cassius dies, what does Pindarus do?
6. Why does Titinius die, and by whose sword does he do so?
7. Whom does Lucilius say he is and why do you think he does this?
8. How does Antony treat Lucilius?
9. Whom does Brutus ask to kill him? What are their responses?
10. Why does Brutus decide to take his own life?
11. Why does Antony refer to Brutus as 'the most noble Roman of them all"?

Game Plan:

Tomorrow we will hear soliloquies from individuals who were absent. We will then correct act 5.1 &5.2. (I know fourth period has already done this...)

Then we will finish act five, and of course answer some questions.

Study guide for our final test on Caesar! Whoo-hoo!
Friday we'll correct the homework, and then work on the study guide.

Monday- we'll take the test.

Nice job today guys! I know Shakespeare is difficult, and memorizing portions of a play and reciting it in front of your peers is challenging. Kudos to you, you vile bondmen, peevish schoolboys, and lover of words.

In the Home Stretch!

So we start Act Five! Yeay! Watch out now, this act moves very quickly! Today we read 5.1 and 5.2. Here are you questions:

1. 854. l.20
2. 855. l.47
3. 857. l.62 and Who is the masker and reveler?
4. l.70-88 What 'omen' makes Cassius concerned about the battle today?
5. 859. l.107 and 109
6. What preparations do Cassius and Brutus make with each other?
(5.2) 7. What orders does Brutus give his army and why?

HOMEWORK: SOLILOQUIES ARE DUE TOMORROW!!!!!!!

Drama in Art....

Drama Illustration.
For the first illustration, I’d like for you to illustrate any dramatic moment from Act 4. Also include quotes that encapsulates that dramatic moment.


Dramatic Elements:
On one half of your paper, I’d like for you to illustrate a metaphor or simile you can find in Act four. Make sure you write the metaphor/simile down on your illustration.

On the other half of your paper, I’d like for you to pick a dramatic element, and then find an example of the element within the play. Illustrate that dramatic element, and then write the quote containing the dramatic element somewhere on the illustration.

And for reference or for laughs, here's my stick Roman. Photo by Nikki, third period.

And a small note: I call assignments like these "Point Builders" primarily in that they're not too difficult to complete provided you take the time to look for the the elements within the text. Help yourself out, boost your grade by completing this and all remaining assignments to the best of your ability. And if you have questions, don't forget to post here as they come straight to my email...

PS- Zak's vastly superior new-and-improved stick Roman remains on my whiteboard. Check him out.

Conflict...

1. In scene three, why is Brutus very angry with Cassius?
2. How would you describe the relationship between Cassius and Brutus at the beginning of scene three?
3. What has Brutus accused Cassius of?
4. l.36, What threat is Cassius making to Brutus?
5. l.57. What did Cassius say to Brutus?
6. l.91 What does the dialogue between Brutus and Cassius reveal about their characters and feelings?
7. l.136. What is the point of this scene with the poet? (Shakespeare himself was a ‘jigging fool’)
8. l.144 How might Brutus deliver his next shocking line? What news does he reveal to the audience? Why does Portia do this?
9. l.145-160 Whom in this scene appears more emotional over this news?
10. l.179 An odd scene takes place where Brutus appears to have gotten ‘old news’ for the first time. There are many speculations as to why this scene has been added in. If you think about the importance of perception between soldiers and their leaders, can you come to an alternative reason as to why Shakespeare included this second scene intentionally?

Act Three- Comedy Central

Some memorable quotes from your plays..

Antony: "Pa-shaw, Caesar's my favorite."
Antony: "If I were Brutus, and he were me, he'd have you mutiny......I'm just putting it out there."
Antony: "He lies there dead because of Brutus' honorableness."
Cinna The Poet: "The rain...in....SPAIN yeah!"
Brutus: "Friends, Romans, Lovers, G's..."
Caesar: "Caesar says et tu Brute? Then Caesar says, Caesar dies."
Caesar: "Tis merely a flesh wound!"
Plebians: "Read us the will!"
Antony: "No"
Plebeians" The will!"
Antony: "I can't."
Plebeians" The will!"
Antony: "Okay!"
Questions from Act 4 scenes 1/2
1. Whom does Antony also include in 'death list'?
2. In four words (a list), describe Antony in Acts 1,2,3 &4. (Like for Caesar, I'd say 1.arrogant 2. clueless, and 3. dead)
3. pg 836 l.18
4. Why would Brutus want to converse with Cassius away from the troops?