Fill in the gap: "Who else would ＿＿＿＿＿ above the view of men" Flavius, Act 1 Scene 1

Answer: "Who else would soar above the view of men"

Fill in the gap: "Yet Brutus says he was ＿＿＿＿＿" Antony, Act 3 Scene 2

Answer: "Yet Brutus says he was ambitious "

Fill in the gap: "Against the Capitol I met a ＿＿＿＿＿" Casca, Act 1 Scene 3

Answer: "Against the Capitol I met a lion "

Fill in the gap: "Like a Colossus, and we ＿＿＿＿＿ men / Walk under his huge legs" Cassius, Act 1 Scene 2

Answer: "Like a Colossus, and we petty men / Walk under his huge legs"

Key quote: "for pulling scarfs off Caesar's images, are put to silence" Casca, Act 1 Scene 2

Analysis The euphemism "put to silence" hints that the tribunes have been killed. Caesar's power is already being used to remove anyone who questions him.

Key quote: "How that might change his nature, there's the question" Brutus, Act 2 Scene 1

Analysis In this soliloquy Brutus assumes that power would change Caesar for the worse. He agrees to the murder on an assumption rather than on evidence.

Key quote: "I was born free as Caesar; so were you" Cassius, Act 1 Scene 2

Analysis The short clause "so were you" makes a political claim sound like plain fact. This is manipulation : Cassius makes Brutus feel he is Caesar's equal.

Key quote: "Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves" Brutus, Act 3 Scene 2

Analysis The rhetorical question forces the crowd to choose between freedom and slavery. Brutus uses logic to make the assassination seem necessary.

Key quote: "A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March" Brutus, Act 1 Scene 2

Analysis The warning is repeated through the play, which foreshadows the assassination. It also builds dramatic irony , because the audience knows Caesar will ignore it.

Key quote: "death, a necessary end, / Will come when it will come" Caesar, Act 2 Scene 2

Analysis The repetition of "come" makes Caesar sound calm and brave about dying. His refusal to take the warnings seriously is what kills him.

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Julius Caesar (AQA GCSE English Literature): Flashcards

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Fill in the gap: "Who else would ＿＿＿＿＿ above the view of men"
Flavius, Act 1 Scene 1

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Fill in the gap: "Who else would ＿＿＿＿＿ above the view of men"
Flavius, Act 1 Scene 1
Answer: "Who else would soar above the view of men"
Fill in the gap: "Yet Brutus says he was ＿＿＿＿＿"
Antony, Act 3 Scene 2
Answer: "Yet Brutus says he was ambitious"
Fill in the gap: "Against the Capitol I met a ＿＿＿＿＿"
Casca, Act 1 Scene 3
Answer: "Against the Capitol I met a lion"
Fill in the gap: "Like a Colossus, and we ＿＿＿＿＿ men / Walk under his huge legs"
Cassius, Act 1 Scene 2
Answer: "Like a Colossus, and we petty men / Walk under his huge legs"
Key quote: "for pulling scarfs off Caesar's images, are put to silence"
Casca, Act 1 Scene 2
Analysis
The euphemism "put to silence" hints that the tribunes have been killed. Caesar's power is already being used to remove anyone who questions him.
Key quote: "How that might change his nature, there's the question"
Brutus, Act 2 Scene 1
Analysis
In this soliloquy Brutus assumes that power would change Caesar for the worse. He agrees to the murder on an assumption rather than on evidence.
Key quote: "I was born free as Caesar; so were you"
Cassius, Act 1 Scene 2
Analysis
The short clause "so were you" makes a political claim sound like plain fact. This is manipulation: Cassius makes Brutus feel he is Caesar's equal.
Key quote: "Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves"
Brutus, Act 3 Scene 2
Analysis
The rhetorical question forces the crowd to choose between freedom and slavery. Brutus uses logic to make the assassination seem necessary.
Key quote: "A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March"
Brutus, Act 1 Scene 2
Analysis
The warning is repeated through the play, which foreshadows the assassination. It also builds dramatic irony, because the audience knows Caesar will ignore it.
Key quote: "death, a necessary end, / Will come when it will come"
Caesar, Act 2 Scene 2
Analysis
The repetition of "come" makes Caesar sound calm and brave about dying. His refusal to take the warnings seriously is what kills him.

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