JC STUDY GUIDE 2

Name_Paxton Boyd______________________Block_4______________Julius Caesar: Act II Reading and Study GuideI. VOCABULARY: Be able to define the following words and understand them when they appear inthe play.taper________________________________________________________________________tyranny (t r -n )__________ _A form of government in which there is one absolute ruler___________________________________________________lest__________________________________________________________________________II. LITERARY TERMS: Be able to define each term and apply each term to the play.anachronism( -n k r -n z m)____________________________________________________Example:_______________________________________________________________complication__________________________________________________________________personification________________________________________________________________example:_______________________________________________________________irony:________________________________________________________________________Example: ________________________________________________________I. dramatic irony ________________________________________________________Example: ________________________________________________________II. situational irony ______________________________________________________III. verbal irony: ________________________________________________________aside________________________________________________________________________example:_______________________________________________________________III. Questions: answer the following questions.Scene 1:1. According to Brutus, why is it is necessary that Caesar be killed?2. What actions does Lucius perform that help the plot unfold?3. What is Brutus’s internal conflict?4. Why does Brutus disagree about taking an oath?5. Why does Metellus think it would be a good idea to ask Cicero to join the conspiracy?6. Why does Brutus say they should not ask Cicero to join the conspiracy?7. What does Brutus say about killing Marc Antony?8. What reason does Cassius give for why Caesar might not come out of his house today?9. By what method does Decius say he will use to get Caesar out of the house?10. Why is Portia, Brutus’s wife, worried about Brutus?11. How does she prove her strength to Brutus?Scene 2:12. Why does Calpurnia want Caesar to stay home?13. Describe Calpurnia’s dream.14. How does Decius interpret the interpret Calpurnia’s dream?15. What arguments does Decius use to change Caesar’s mind about going to the Capitol?Scene 3:16. What does Artemidorus plan to do?Scene 4:17. Why is Portia so nervous?18. What does Portia want Lucius to do?19.What does the soothsayer tell Portia?
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Name ____Donald Terry__________________________ Date ___________England in Shakespeare’s Day [p. 683]William Shakespeare is the greatest playwrite of all time.He lived in the country of England during theRenassanceHe was born in the year 1564 when Elezabeth I was queen of England.England was established as a world power in 1588, when English defeated an attempted invasion by roman forcesPlays in which dialogue is mostly poetry is calledTheatre in Shakespeare’s Day [p.684]In the 1590’s, Shakespeare’s theater group was called the Lord chamberlands men.The new London home of the group was a place called the GlobeTheater.When Queen Elizabeth I died, the group’s new sponsor was King James I and the group changed its name to The Kings MenThe Globe Theater was located on the banks of the Thames River.The theatre was __3____ stories high, made of _wood________, and could hold as many as __3,ooo_________ spectators. Customers, called ground lings______________ stood in the pit by the stage and paid t he lowest price for admission. Richer patrons sat in balconies, also called inner lings______________.Most theatres in that day had no artificial heating ______________ or ___lighting___________, so performances were given in _day light___________________ in warmer weather.Many commonly quoted phrases came from Shakespeare’s plays. Some examples are:friednds, romans, countrymen lend me your ears __________________________________________ from julis ceasar___________________.__o romeo o romeo where for art thou romeo ___________________________________________ from _romeo and juliet__________________._to be or not to me ____________________________________________ from ___hamlet________________.