through ones veins. Brutus is one to speak of blood in this tense. Brutus speaks: "every drop of blood That every Roman bears‚ and nobly bears‚ Is guilty of a several bastardy" (II.i.136-138) Similarly‚ Brutus while confirming his own love for Portia‚ dreams of his own blood coursing in an orderly‚ yet gloomy matter‚ flowing through his veins. "You are my true and honorable wife‚ As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart." (288-290) Before Caesar is murdered‚ he uses blood
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Shakespeare develops characters through their words and actions as well as through the words of others. William Shakespeare makes it known that even the minor characters are important to the play. Brutus is the protagonist of the play‚ yet Portia and Calpurnia were just valuable to the play as the men were. Mark Antony is portrayed as a foil in the play‚ Julius Caesar. He was Caesar’s friend who did everything and anything for him. Mark Antony was a true friend to Caesar and stood up for him whenever
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Throughout world history there have been many memorable figures and substantial events to enlighten our past as well as diminish it. To begin‚ Julius Caesar‚ Roman general and politician‚ lived from about 100 to 44 B.C. One of the greatest military leaders in Roman history‚ he conquered land now known as present day France and Belgium‚ which originally went by the name of Gaul (Applebee 689). Marcus Brutus‚ a perpetual dictator‚ lived from about 85 to 42 B.C. (Biography.com). Mario‚ or originally
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Name_____________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE UNIT TEST 1 - Julius Caesar I. Matching/Identify _____ 1. Strato _____ 2. Lucilius _____ 3. Octavius _____ 4. Artemidorus _____ 5. Brutus _____ 6. Caesar _____ 7. Casca _____ 8. Calpurnia _____ 9. Mark Antony _____ 10. Portia _____ 11.Lepidus _____ 12. Decius _____ 13. Pindarus _____ 14. Cassius _____ 15. Soothsayer A. Captured by Antony’s soldiers‚ mistaken for Brutus B. Persuades Caesar to attend Senate meeting C. First to stab Caesar D. convinces
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Caesar is dishonorable because he does not listen to Calpurnia. She is trying to warn him of his fate because she had a dream about him dying. She says “What mean you‚ Caesar? Think you to walk forth? You shall not stir out of your house today” (II.ii.7-8). She is trying to warn him about her dream she had of
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26). Caesar believes that he is more importance than the soothsayer‚ and does not pay attention to what the soothsayer is saying‚ all because of his pride. Another instance when his pride gets the better of his judgment is in act 2 scene 2‚ when Calpurnia has a dream that Caesar as a statue has 100 holes in it‚ and blood is flowing out. Caesar immediately tells a servant to ask the priest what it means. News comes back that when the priests went to
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Valerie Espinoza Shakespeare‚ Period 5 Ms. Paniagua 10 October 2012 Portia’s Kindness Out Shines Portia is a rich and beautiful woman who has to host a “game” for suitors to win her hand in marriage. There are currently six suitors in her house and Portia tells her servant Nerissa to choose one and she will say what she does not like about them. Once that was done; Nerissa walked down to the suitors and mentioned that it was be great if they left‚ so they did. The next person to come to the
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has a constant presence. The idea of trust is shown in a momentous scene with the character Portia attempting to persuade Brutus that he can entrust her‚ this point in the book can relate to a logos or pathos emotion. In Act II of Julius Caesar‚ Portia uses emotional and logical appeal to convince Brutus that she is not only worthy‚ but as his wife‚ obligated to be informed of what is troubling him. Portia uses logical appeal at a heated point in the argument‚ to try and convince
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Bassanio is presented as a character who is the right match for an astonishingly fair lady‚ Portia. However‚ a new opinion regarding Bassanio ’s worth - contradicting with other theories - is revealed. Bassanio is not worthy of Portia‚ as his dishonesty‚ his inability to keep his word‚ and
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