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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Part 4: Monologues Answers

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Which steps are part of the process of citing supporting details? Select four options.

finding repeated ideas, words, and phrases

determining the central idea you want to support

writing a summary of the complete text

looking for facts and examples that support your purpose

considering all the evidence to ensure your response is complete

including only the minor details to be certain nothing is missed

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What is the purpose of a monologue?

to quickly share a speaker’s thoughts without other characters hearing

to disclose a speaker’s thoughts quietly to the audience

to express a speaker’s innermost thoughts only to themselves without other characters engaging or responding to their words

to reveal their thoughts and emotions to the audience and characters through a moving speech that builds to a climax

What are the central ideas of this soliloquy? Select three options.

Antony wants Caesar to forgive him for being nice to his conspirators.

Antony is pleased by Caesar’s death because he too saw Caesar growing strong with greed.

Antony predicts that soon the land will be bloodied by men fighting men.

Antony expects Caesar’s ghost will eventually praise the conspirators for their bravery.

Antony compares Caesar’s wounds to mouths wishing to speak.

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.CAESAR. I must prevent thee, Cimber.These couchings and these lowly courtesiesMight fire the blood of ordinary men,And turn preordinance and first decreeInto the law of children. Be not fondTo think that Caesar bears such rebel bloodThat will be thawed from the true qualityWith that which melteth fools: I mean sweet words,Low-crookèd courtesies, and base spaniel fawning.Thy brother by decree is banished.If thou dost bend and pray and fawn for him,I spurn thee like a cur out of my way.Know Caesar doth not wrong but with just cause,Nor without cause will he be satisfied.

Caesar will not reverse the exile of Cimber’s brother in response to begging and flattery.

Caesar tells Cimber to leave the senate for pleading to release his brother.

Because Cimber flattered Caesar, Caesar agrees to free Cimber’s brother.

Caesar is willing to hear new arguments to free Cimber’s brother.

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.[ANTONY.] First, Marcus Brutus, will I shake with you—Next, Caius Cassius, do I take your hand—Now, Decius Brutus, yours;—now yours, Metellus;—Yours, Cinna;—and my valiant Casca, yours;—Though last, not last in love, yours, good Trebonius.Gentlemen all,—alas, what shall I say?My credit now stands on such slippery groundThat one of two bad ways you must conceit me:Either a coward or a flatterer.That I did love thee, Caesar, O, 'tis true.If then thy spirit look upon us now,Shall it not grieve thee dearer than thy death,To see thy Antony making his peace,Shaking the bloody fingers of thy foes—Most noble!—In the presence of thy corse?

Antony shakes all the conspirators’ hands, starting with Brutus and ending with Trebonius. He says he knows that they must not know what to think of him.

Antony shakes the hands of all the conspirators and says he knows that his love for Caesar puts him in an unstable position. Then he imagines that it would break Caesar’s heart to see Antony making peace with his assassins.

Antony makes peace with the conspirators and acknowledges that while that would hurt Caesar, he is unconcerned.

Antony laments making peace with the conspirators in the presence of Caesar’s body and wishes he would have done it after Caesar was buried.

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.BRUTUS. Grant that, and then is death a benefit.So are we Caesar’s friends, that have abridgedHis time of fearing death. Stoop, Romans, stoop, And let us bathe our hands in Caesar’s bloodUp to the elbows, and besmear our swords;Then walk we forth, even to the market-place,And, waving our red weapons o’er our heads,Let’s all cry "peace, freedom and liberty!"

Brutus directs the conspirators to bathe themselves and their swords in Caesar’s blood to celebrate both the life and death of Caesar.

Brutus convinces himself and the others that they freed Caesar from spending time fearing death.

Brutus says that death is a benefit and that they did Caesar a favor by killing him, because that means he had less time to worry about dying. Then he asks everyone to bathe their hands and swords in Caesar’s blood so that they can walk to the marketplace, crying, “Peace, freedom and liberty!”

Brutus tells them they did Caesar a favor by killing him, and then he says, “Let’s all cry ‘peace, freedom and liberty!’”, and someday perhaps someone will pay them the same favor.

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.ANTONY. Post back with speed, and tell him [Octavius] what hath chanced.Here is a mourning Rome, a dangerous Rome,No Rome of safety for Octavius yet.Hie hence and tell him so.—Yet stay awhile.Thou shalt not back till I have borne this corpseInto the market-place. There shall I tryIn my oration how the people takeThe cruel issue of these bloody men;According to the which, thou shalt discourseTo young Octavius of the state of things.Lend me your hand.[Exeunt with CAESAR’s body]

Antony wants to send Octavius’s servant to give Octavius a report of the events in Rome.

Antony sends Octavius’s servant to Octavius to tell him that Rome is dangerous and that it is not safe for him to return yet.

Antony tells Octavius’s servant to tell Octavius what has happened and to say that Rome is not safe for Octavius yet. Antony tells him to hurry, but then tells him to wait until after he takes Caesar’s body to the marketplace to see how the people react to his eulogy. Once Antony’s speech is done, the servant have a better idea of what will happen next with Rome and can give Octavius the most up-to-date information.

Antony tells Octavius’s servant to hurry back to Octavius to tell him what has happened and warn him not to come to Rome. Then Antony takes Caesar’s body to the marketplace.

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.[CAESAR.] So in the world: 'tis furnished well with men,And men are flesh and blood, and apprehensive;Yet in the number I do know but oneThat unassailable holds on his rank,Unshaked of motion; and that I am heLet me a little show it even in this—That I was constant Cimber should be banished,And constant do remain to keep him so.

Caesar says that he will eventually release Cimber from exile because “men are flesh and blood, and apprehensive,” and he thinks that all men deserve forgiveness.

Caesar explains that we are all flesh and blood and also apprehensive. He does not know any man who cannot be moved by reason, except possibly one.

Caesar refuses to reverse Cimber’s banishment. He says that, although the world is full of reasonable men, he is the only one who stands firm, and he will stick by his sentence to prove it.

Caesar explains that the world is full of men who are flesh and blood. They are capable of letting reason change their minds, and occasionally he is one of them who does change his mind. Because Cimber made a good argument, he will reverse his decision.

Read the two excerpts from act 3, scene 2, of Julius Caesar.[BRUTUS.] If then that friend demandwhy Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer:not that I loved Caesar less, but that I lovedRome more. Had you rather Caesar were living, anddie all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to liveall free men? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him.As he was fortunate, I rejoice at it. As he wasvaliant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, Islew him. There is tears for his love, joy for hisfortune, honour for his valour, and death for hisambition. Who is here so base that would be abondman?[ANTONY.] Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept.Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,And Brutus is an honourable man.You all did see that on the LupercalI thrice presented him a kingly crown,Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,And sure he is an honourable man.

Both Brutus and Antony ask rhetorical questions to make points.

Brutus describes Caesar’s generosity and compassion, while Antony describes his heartless nature.

Both Brutus and Antony describe Caesar’s weakness in battle.

Neither Brutus or Antony addresses the crowd directly.

Which statements are true of both monologues? Select three options.

The speaker uses sarcasm.

The speaker uses repetition.

The speaker uses imagery.

The speaker uses humor.

The speaker uses parallelism.

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