Gulde Julius Caesar Act

Decius

Their one job was to bring Caesar to the Capital

Lucius

Servant of Brutus

Portia

Daughter of Cato, has a secret she needs to keep, stabs herself in the thigh, and compares herself to a harlot.

Cassius

Made multiple suggestions shot down by Brutus

Antony

He parties

Cicero

Old and also would make their plan seem wise and not childish

Soothsayer

Wants Caesar to befriend himself

Caius Ligarius

Last to join the group

Caesar

called for an interpretation by augurers and then interprets the sign differently

Calphurnia

had a bad dream

Artemedorius

rhetoric teacher

Simile

Comparison using like or as

Soliloquy

an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

Monologue

A lengthy section of dialogue given by one character to other character(s)

Aside

Trebonius says that Caesar will regret keeping him so close

paradox

cowards die many times before their death

metaphor

think him as a serpent’s egg

dramatic irony

Caesar calling those around him friends before leaving to the capital

External conflict

The plot to kill Caesar

Internal conflict

Brutus arguing with himself over whether to join the plot against Caesar

Rhetoric

the art of persuasive speaking

Anachronism

The mechanical clock that strikes 3

Apostrophe

Brutus addressing Rome

Personification

the application of human characteristics to a non-human object

Situational Irony

The plot to kill Caesar

Verbal Irony

Decius hailing Caesar good morning and calling him “worthy”

Stage directions

Exeunt

Archetypal symbol

blood

What does the 3 times the clock tolled symbolize to the elizabethean people

Peter betraying Christ thrice before the rooster crowed

what are the 3 parts of Decius’ deception?

flip the dream, tell Caesar he would receive the crown, tell Caesar the senators would laugh at him