Pat Hamer

Period 6

11/18/04

Intro to Julius Caesar

1.

2 Puns

• “mender of bad soles”
• “why sir cobble you”

2 Metaphors or Similes

• “I was born as free as Caesar”
• “Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
  Like a Colossus, and we petty men”

3 Images

• “Looks with such ferret and such fiery eyes”
• “And groaning underneath this age's yoke,”
• “Did I go through a tempest dropping fire.”

2 Scansions of Sentences

- u ` u ` u ` u ` u `

- That you/ might see/ your sha/dow. I/ have heard

- u ` u ` u ` u ` u `

- And since/ you know/ you can/not see/ yourself

2. Who Speaks in Poetry…?

Casca, 1^st and 2^nd commoner, and Cassius speak in prose. Casca and Cassius speak in prose because even though they are noble they are also conspirators and thus speak in prose. 1^st and 2^nd commoner speak in prose because they are everyday talk because they are commoners. Soothsayer also speaks in prose because he is also a commoner and would speak in everyday talk. Marullus and Flavius speak in blank verse and poetry because they is a noble and they are supposed to be educated and thus speaks in iambic pentameter but since they goes on to deface public property he speaks in blank verse rather than poetry. Cassius and Brutus speak in poetry because they are high nobles and are considered the main and most important characters. Through Cassius’ poetry it shows his intentions on what he wants to do with Caesar.