Journal 8

Caesar Journal #8

Select 5 quotes from Act III. Complete the following for each quote:

1.   Identify the speaker

2.   Identify the person/people the speaker is talking to

3.   Explain the context of the quote (what is going on?)

4.   Explain the significance of each quote (why is it important?)

1. “ What touches us ourself shall be last served” Caesar says this to Artemidorus, when he asks Caesar to read a note telling him to be weary. It is important because it is yet another warning to Caesar that is ignored that ultimately causes his death.

2. “Et tu, Bruté? –Then fall, Caesar.” Caesar says this to Brutus right as he stabs him. It is important because this shows that Caesar knows that Brutus betrayed him.

3. “But as he was ambitious, I slew him.” Brutus says this during his speech to tell the people that he killed Caesar because he was ambitious. This is important because he is trying to convince the people that he killed Caesar for good reasons so they wont get mad.

4. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come to bury Caesar, not praise him.” Antony says this during his speech. He tell the people of Rome that he doesn’t want to say how good Caesar was, he just wants to give him a proper funeral. He says this because he knows that the people are in favor of Brutus and don’t want to hear how great Caesar was.

5.”Tear him for his bad verses, tear him for his bad verses!” A plebian says this when he finds a poet named Cinna. He thinks that Cinna is a conspiritor just because of him name. It is important because they just kill everyone they think is a conspirator to get the word out that they are now against Brutus.