Two Puns
The cobbler fixes shoe soles and mends their souls. The cobbler is a shoe make but cobbler also means he is a clumsy work man as well.
Two Metaphors
“I am, indeed, sir, a surgeon to old shoes.”
“…Cassius is a wretched creature and must bend his body…”
Two Similes
“As well as I do know your outward favor.”
“Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.”
Three Images
“Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder…”
“To hear the replication of your sounds made in her concave shores?”
“These growing feathers pluck'd from Caesar's wing will make him fly an ordinary pitch…”
Two Scansions
“They van1 | ish tongue2 | tied in3 | their guil4 | ti ness.5 |”
“You know1 | it is2 | the feast3 | of Lup4 | er cal. 5 |”
Who speaks in poetry? Why?
Royalty and nobility speak in poetry. What they say is more important and they have the ability to do so.
Who speaks in prose? Why?
Plebeians and commoners speak in prose. This is because prose is normal, everyday language and what they say is not very important.
Who speaks in blank verse? Why?
The main characters speak in blank verse because they have the most important lines out of everyone in the play.
Identify at least 5 characteristics found in the characters of Caesar, Brutus, and Cassius.
Caesar
Has epileptic seizures
Is not completely power-hungry but likes it
Is supported by the large working class
Cares about what others think of him and does not want to have a bad image
Has prowess
Brutus
Powerful in the eyes of the public
Good friend
Has prowess
Determined
Hoity-toity (arrogant)
Cassius
Self-righteous
Sees himself as a “patriot”
Opportunistic
Rash and hasty
Untrustworthy