Thursday, 13 December 2012
Bell Ringer: Given excerpts from Julius Caesar, students will paraphrase
and choose the correct meaning from the provided choices.
Literature: Given time to read Act III solo or in small groups, students will
answer the questions assigned to each group to review together as a whole
class.
Friday, 14 December 2012
STUDY FOR ACT 2 QUIZ!!!
LOOK OVER YOUR VOCABULARY, TOO.
Review: Given a study guide questions to aid in the analysis of Act II,
students will review together one last time before the quiz.
Quiz: Given analysis of characters, plot, and language in JULIUS CAESAR,
Act II, students will be assessed with a quiz.
Literature: Given time to read Act III solo or in small groups, students will
answer the questions assigned to each group to review together as a whole
class.
1-3
4-6
7-10
11-13
13-15
all 16
1. “Then fall Caesar.”
A)
Then Caesar dies.
B)
Then Caesar falls
down.
C)
Then Caesar cries out.
D)
Then Caesar is
mourned.
2. “Thus did Mark Antony bid me fall down.”
A)
Mark Antony wants to be carried in.
B)
Mark Antony cries for revenge.
C)
Mark Antony asked me to kneel before you.
D)
Mark Antony asked me to die before you.
3. “I know that we shall have him well to friend.”
A)
It is good to keep him away.
B)
It is good if he’s on our side.
C)
He is already a close friend.
D)
He was Caesar’s friend.
Bell Ringer: Given specific lines to review from earlier reading, students will
determine if the lines are a soliloquy, dialogue, monologue, or an aside.
1. Cassius & Brutus @ III.i.231-243 (p. 906-7)
2. Antony @ III.i.254-275 (p. 908)
3. Brutus & Antony's servant @ III.i.122-142 (p. 903)
4. Antony @ III.ii.73-107 (p. 912-13)
Literature: Given time to read sections of Julius Caesar, Act III and answer
analysis questions in small groups, groups will "teach" their work to the
class.
Given time to complete Act III, students will view the film version for further
understanding through performance of the drama.
1. What is ironic about the timing of Caesar's murder (Pay attention to what
he was saying right before it happened (58-74)?
He has just finished saying how he is one who is as "constant as the
Northern Star" and comparing himself to Olympus. He is destroyed just
after proclaiming his magnificence and invincibility.
2. Who stabs Caesar first?
3. What do Caesar’s dying words express?
surprise and sadness that Brutus is
one of the conpirators
"Et
tu, Brute?" (III.i.77).
(You too, Brutus?)
4. In the moments following Caesar's death, what do the conspirators
proclaim to justify their deed?
"Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead!"
5. Antony's servant brings a message to Brutus. What does he say?
Antony praises Brutus for being honest and noble and requests to be able
to come safely to hear the reason Caesar was murdered.
6. Antony wants to speak at Caesar's funeral. What reaction does Brutus
have? Cassius?
Brutus agrees to let him speak. Cassius thinks it is too dangerous to let
Antony speak to the people and "move" them.
7. Under what conditions will Antony speak at the funeral?
He will be allowed to speak if he doesn't blame the conspirators, admits he
speaks by their permission, and speaks last (after Brutus).
8. What happens that allows us to infer Antony is only pretending to
cooperate with the conspirators?
Speaking to Caesar's dead body, he apologizes for shaking hands with the
conspirators and vows to take revenge.
9. What did Brutus say to the people at the funeral?
10. What does Brutus mean when he says, “Not that I loved Caesar less,
but that I loved Rome more” (III.ii.21-22)?
9 & 10. He said he loved Caesar, but he loved Rome more. He asked them
if they would "rather Caesar were living and die all slaves then that Caesar
were dead, to live all freemen." He asked anyone who felt offended to
step forward (which no one did).
11. What did Antony say to the people at the funeral in his now famous
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" speech? By saying
this, Antony causes what kind of reaction in the crowd?
Antony called the conspirators "honorable men" and does not obviously
attempt to turn the crowd against them. Instead, he points out how
Caesar's actions contradict the accusations of tyrrany and ambition made
by the conspirators. By the end, he actually moves the mob toward a near
riot against the conspirators.
12. What is the difference in the way the two funeral speeches are
delivered? How do the plebeians (commoners) react to the speeches
delivered by Brutus and Antony?
Brutus tries to appeal to the crowd's reason in a very rational way. He tells
them the assassination was the only logical way to do the best thing for the
people. They agree this makes sense, until. . .
Antony is fiery and appeals to their emotions. He is a master at swaying
their emotions to the point they are praising Caesar in the end.
13. In Scene 2, Antony turns a shocked, confused crowd of mourners into
an angry mob of rioters. Cite at least three specific ways by which Antony
achieves this effect. (Provide a direct quote and your own interpretation of
that quote for each example.)
Antony calls Brutus noble and repeats the phrase “he is an honorable man” until it
appears ridiculous in contrast with the nobility of the slain Caesar. (III.ii.82, 87, 94,
99).
Antony points out that he had offered Caesar the crown three times, "Which he did
thrice refuse" (97) to show Caesar was not ambitious. He also speaks of Caesar
sharing the spoils of war (money & glory)with Rome (98-99) and weeping with the
poor (91).
He breaks down emotionally before the crowd, showing himself to be loyal and
loving, saying: "Bear with me; / My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, / And I
must pause till it come back to me" (105-107)
Antony holds up Caesar’s torn cloak as a way of showing how excessively violent
the murder was; Antony also treats the cloak as if it were Caesar himself. While
telling touching tales of Caesar, Antony keeps bringing up the will until the crowd
insists he read it. The will reveals Caesar’s legacy to every citizen, which incites the
crowd and makes them exact revenge on the conspirators.
14. Why did Brutus and Cassius flee Rome?
Their lives were in danger after Antony's remarks at the funeral!
15. What is the point of Act III Scene III?
This scene shows the violent mood of the crowd. Even when they are told
they have the wrong Cinna (the poet instead of the conspirator), they still
want to destroy him anyway for his bad verses and for having the same
name as Cinna the conspirator. (Not exactly a logical state of mind!)
16. What is the turning point of this drama? Choose one and defend it!
Br
utus's decision to join the conspiracy?
Caesar's decision to go to the Capitol?
Caesar's assassination?
Antony's apology to Caesar?
Antony's speech?
Other?