Which details best support the theme that loyalty to one's spouse is important? Select two options.
Read the passage from act 5, scene 4, of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.ANTONY. This is not Brutus, friend, but, I assure you,A prize no less in worth. Keep this man safe.Give him all kindness. I had rather have Such men my friends than enemies. Go on, And see whether Brutus be alive or dead,And bring us word unto Octavius’ tentHow everything is chanced.
Read the passage from act 5, scene 3, of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.CASSIUS. Come down; behold no more. O coward that I am, to live so long,To see my best friend ta’en before my face![PINDARUS descends]Come hither, sirrah: in Parthia did I take thee prisoner,And then I swore thee, saving of thy life,That whatsoever I did bid thee do Thou shouldst attempt it. Come now, keep thine oath.Now be a freeman, and, with this good sword,That ran through Caesar’s bowels, search this bosom.Stand not to answer: here, take thou the hilts,And when my face is covered, as 'tis now, Guide thou the sword.
Read the excerpt from act 2, scene 1, of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.BRUTUS. Let 'em enter.[Exit LUCIUS]They are the faction. O conspiracy, Shamest thou to show thy dangerous brow by night,When evils are most free? O then by dayWhere wilt thou find a cavern dark enoughTo mask thy monstrous visage? Seek none, conspiracy.Hide it in smiles and affability; For if thou path, thy native semblance on,Not Erebus itself were dim enoughTo hide thee from prevention.[Enter the conspirators: CASSIUS, CASCA, DECIUS BRUTUS, CINNA, METELLUS CIMBER, and TREBONIUS]CASSIUS. I think we are too bold upon your rest.Good morrow, Brutus. Do we trouble you?BRUTUS. I have been up this hour, awake all night.Know I these men that come along with you?CASSIUS. Yes, every man of them; and no man hereBut honours you; and every one doth wishYou had but that opinion of yourself Which every noble Roman bears of you.
What evidence from this passage supports the theme that there can be honor in defeat? Select three options.
Read the two excerpts from act 5, scene 5, of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.Excerpt 1:BRUTUS. Come hither, good Volumnius. List a word.VOLUMNIUS. What says my lord?BRUTUS. Why this, Volumnius.The ghost of Caesar hath appeared to meTwo several times by night—at Sardis once, And this last night, here in Philippi fields. I know my hour is come.VOLUMNIUS. Not so, my lord.BRUTUS. Nay, I am sure it is, Volumnius.Thou seest the world, Volumnius, how it goes. Our enemies have beat us to the pit;[Low alarums]It is more worthy to leap in ourselvesThan tarry till they push us. Good Volumnius,Thou know'st that we two went to school together.Even for that, our love of old, I prithee, Hold thou my sword hilts, whilst I run on it.VOLUMNIUS. That's not an office for a friend, my lord.Excerpt 2:BRUTUS. Hence, I will follow.[Exeunt CLITUS, DARDANIUS, and VOLUMNIUS]I prithee, Strato, stay thou by thy lord.Thou art a fellow of a good respect.Thy life hath had some smatch of honour in it. Hold then my sword, and turn away thy face While I do run upon it. Wilt thou, Strato? STRATO. Give me your hand first. Fare you well, my lord.
What is the definition of catharsis?
Read the excerpt from act 5, scene 3, of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.TITINIUS. O Cassius, Brutus gave the word too early, Who having some advantage on Octavius Took it too eagerly: his soldiers fell to spoil, Whilst we by Antony are all enclosed.[Enter PINDARUS]PINDARUS. Fly further off, my lord, fly further off, Mark Antony is in your tents, my lord: Fly, therefore, noble Cassius, fly far off.CASSIUS. This hill is far enough. Look, look, Titinius, Are those my tents where I perceive the fire?TITINIUS. They are, my lord.CASSIUS. Titinius, if thou lovest me, Mount thou my horse and hide thy spurs in him, Till he have brought thee up to yonder troops And here again, that I may rest assured Whether yond troops are friend or enemy.TITINIUS. I will be here again, even with a thought.
Which statement best describes the theme of a fictional text?
Read the passage from act 2, scene 1, of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.[BRUTUS.] And to speak truth of Caesar,I have not known when his affections swayed More than his reason. But 'tis a common proofThat lowliness is young ambition’s ladder,Whereto the climber-upward turns his face;But when he once attains the upmost round,He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degreesBy which he did ascend. So Caesar may.Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrelWill bear no colour for the thing he is,Fashion it thus: that what he is, augmented, Would run to these and these extremities;And therefore think him as a serpent’s eggWhich, hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous,And kill him in the shell.
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