Julius Caesar Act IV
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 legacies | money handed down by will |
| exigent | an urgent situation |
| engendered | instigate |
| envenomed | to make poisonous |
| contaminate | to corrupt |
| venom | malice; ill will |
| vile | bad, evil |
| hidden | done in secret |
| covert | secretive |
| choleric | short-tempered |
| testy | irritable |
| taper | slender candle |
| insupportable | not endurable |
| proscription | to denounce |
| provender | dry food for livestock |
| perils | danger |
| wrangle | to quarrel angrily |
| mirth | laughter |
| waspish | testy, irritable |
| durst | to dare, challenge |
| drachmas | silver coin |
| covetous | envious |
| infirmities | weaknesses |
| apparition | ghostly figure |
| they decide who to kill based on who they thought was against them | What do Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus do at Antony's house? |
| they were against Brutus and Cassius, Antony wants all the power to himself | What are Antony's internal and external feelings that threaten to divide the Avengers? |
| the soldiers would be weary | What is Cassius's reasoning for not marching to Phillipi? |
| the cause is right, afraid of the Sardinians joining Antony's army, they had a full army, and the metaphor of taking oppurtunities when you have the chance | What is Brutus's reasoning for marching to Phillipi? |
| he refused the letter asking for money, was covering for Lucius Pella, and was taking bribes | Why was Brutus angry at Cassius? |
| it's displaying the downfall of the Conspiracy and the retribution of Caesar | What is the significance of Brutus and Cassius having a fight in the tent? |
| it foreshadows Brutus and Cassius' deaths in Phillipi | Why is Caesar's spirit appearing to Brutus the eve of the march to Phillipi significant? |
| Brutus killed Caesar to end Caesar's reign of power, but even after he is dead he has even more power. | What's ironic about Caesar's spirit? |
| barren-spirited, objects, arts, imitations, fashion; Antony, Octavius | "A --- fellow, one that feeds/ On ---, ---, and ---/ Which, out of use and staled by other men, begin his ---." NEED TO MEMORIZE Who is speaking: ____ to ____ |
| affairs of men, taken at the flood, shallows and in miseries; Brutus, Cassius | "There is a tide in the ---/ Which, ---, leads on to fortune;/ Omitted, all the voyage of their life/ Is bound in ---..." NEED TO MEMORIZE Who is speaking: ____ to ____ |
| slight, unmeritable, sent on errands, threefold world divided; Antony, Octavius | "This is a ---, ---,/ Meant to be ---. Is it fit, The ---, he should stand,/ One of three to share it?" NEED TO MEMORIZE Who is speaking: ____ to ____ |
| Cassius, condemned, itching palm, offices for gold, underservers; Brutus, Cassius | "Let me tell you, ---, you yourself/ Are much --- to have an ---,/ To sell and mart your ---/ To ---. NEED TO MEMORIZE Who is speaking: ____ to ____ |
| alliance be combined, best friends, means, sit in council, disclosed; Antony, Octavius | "Therefore let our ---, / Our --- made, our --- stretched;/ And let us presently go ---/ How covert matters may be best ---/ And open perils surest answered." NEED TO MEMORIZE Who is speaking: ____ to ____ |
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