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Act I, scene i.
1. How does Shakespeare make the common people appear to be less than noble?
Well, he basically brings on a sudden introduction. This introduction quite shocked me simply because the way these two characters started. Shakespeare didn’t waste no time as to introducing the actual characters. Shakespeare made the common people noble because of the way Cobbler and Marallus start their conversation. This includes the short line of the carpenter, which makes it even more important. In this scene, by far Cobbler is represented as a very highly characterized or noble man. You can see by the dialogue itself.
2. What are the people doing that angers Marullus and Flavius? Why does this anger them?
The people are out in the streets. Flavius and Marullus are upset simply because they wanted the people to work today. They’re wasn’t such a holiday neither. People actually wanted to take the day off because they wanted to celebrate with Caesar and his victory. This made Flavius and Marullus furious. “Wherefore Rejoice? What conquest brings he home?” These were just a couple of lines of what Marullus started to respond. In this part the Cobbler also took a big role. He informs the reader as to what is going on in the scene. The first excuse as to why they were outside was that he mentioned that he didn’t have any work to do. So he