The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
ACT V
by William Shakespeare
What is the setting for scene i of
Act V?
What message do Antony and
Octavius receive?
What sign of the enemy has the
messenger seen?
About what do Antony and
Octavius argue?
Why do all four military
leaders— Octavius, Brutus,
Antony and Cassius— make
taunts?
What subject does Antony use to
taunt Brutus?
What famous quote does
Octavius use?
With what words does Cassius
offend Octavius? (Octavius was
21 years old and had seen several
years of military life.)
Why is this a special day for
Cassius?
About what is Cassius changing
his mind?
Why is Cassius changing
his mind about omens?
What has he seen?
What literary device has
Shakespeare used?
What major question does
Cassius put to Brutus?
What seems to be Brutus’s
choice?
How does scene i end?
Scene ii
What is the setting for scene ii of
Act V?
What order does Brutus give for
Messala to deliver? Why is this a
good time to proceed?
Brutus gives the order to attack
Octavius’s troops because he sees
a lack of fighting spirit in
Octavius’s troops (3-5).
What strategy has Shakespeare
used in scene 2? Why?
What is the setting for scene iii of
Act V?
What does Cassius ask Titinius to
do at top speed?
Which type of dramatic speech
does Cassius use in lines 23-25?
Paraphrase what Cassius is saying.
What does Pindarus report to
Cassius that pains him?
How did Pindarus become
beholden to Cassius?
What does Cassius tell Pindarus
to do that will make Pindarus a
free man?
What does Cassius say that will
now be accomplished by his
death?
What does Messala report to
Titinius?
What is the irony?
To what does Shakespeare
compare Cassius’s death? Quote
the line by Titinius.
What is the literary device used
in the figure of speech
“O Error”?
What does Titinius do out of his
grief for Cassius?
What do the following lines mean?
O Julius Caesar, thou art might
yet!
Thy spirit walks abroad, and turns
our swords
In our own proper entrails.
Scene iv
What is the setting for scene iv of
Act V?
Who does Lucilius impersonate?
Why?
Why does Antony show respect
toward Lucilius?
Scene v
What is the setting for scene v of
Act V?
What does Brutus ask his men to
do?
Who finally obliges Brutus?
When Antony hears about
Brutus’s death, what attribute
does he give Brutus? Why?
Who speaks the last lines of the
whole play?
Paraphrase what Octavius orders.
END OF ACT V
and the drama
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar