Julius Caesar - Due 5/4 Beginning of Class
Answer Act 2 Questions on handout from class. It's also in the Dropbox and Drive (File: Julius Caesar Reading Questions)
Here's the Overview of ACT 2
Act II scene i:
(Brutus's garden) Alone in his garden, Brutus decides that Caesar must be
assassinated because of what he might become (a tyrant). The conspirators join
Brutus and decide they will kill Caesar the next day at the Capitol. Brutus
convinces them not to kill Antony because that would make them seem too
murderous. Portia, Brutus's wife, enters after the conspirators leave and
pleads with Brutus to tell her what is troubling him. Although he fears that
she will not be able to bear the news, Portia proves her strength by wounding
herself. After that act of courage, he tells her.
Scene ii:
(Caesar's house) Calphurnia, Caesar's wife, sees evil omens in the night's
storm and asks Caesar not to go to the Capitol. He agrees until Decius, one of
the conspirators, plays on his pride with a flattering interpretation of
Calphurnia's dream and convinces him to go.
Scene iii: (A
street near the Capitol) Artemidorus reads a paper he plans to give Caesar warning
him about the conspiracy.
Scene iv: (Another
part of the street) A very nervous Portia sends her servant boy Lucius to the
Capitol to gain news about Brutus. She also questions a soothsayer for news of
Caesar's whereabouts.
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