Aim How does Cassius try to convince Brutus
Aim: How does Cassius try to convince Brutus to join the conspiracy Do Now: Do you know the difference between a monarch and a republic? EXAM on ACT 1 on Monday!
“I do fear, the people / Choose Caesar for their king. ” 1. 2 81 -82 • What is Brutus’ internal conflict when it comes to Caesar? • What is Cassius’ view of Caesar? What does he imply about him? • What kind of man is Cassius?
“I want the men around me to be fat, healthylooking men who sleep at night. That Cassius over there has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Men like him are dangerous. ” 1. 2 • Why does Caesar want the men around him to be, “fat, healthy-looking men who sleep at night”? • Why does Caesar consider men like him to be dangerous? Do you agree with Caesar’s assessment?
Theme: Fate vs. Free Will Who are two characters that begin to represent this theme? “Men at some time are masters of their fates / The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars / But in ourselves, that we are underlings. ” “Men can be masters of their fate. It is not destiny’s fault, but our own faults, that we’re slaves. ” Famous Line Alert!
Reading Comprehension • Read Casca’s summary of events on p. 29. • What can we infer by the way he describes Caesar’s behavior? • How do the Roman’s feel about Caesar? • What was Caesar trying to prove to them?
Recap: Caesar’s Refusal of the Throne • How many times was Caesar offered the crown? • How was Caesar trying to behave as the crown was being offered to him?
Cassius’ Soliloquy • A Soliloquy is a speech given by a character to himself – an audience members we are being told the character’s true feelings • What does Cassius reveal in his soliloquy? “Yet I see / Thy honorable mettle may be wrought / From that it is disposed. Therefore it is meet / That noble minds keep ever with their likes, / For who so firm that cannot be seduced? ” “Yet I see that your honorable character can be bent from its usual shape, which proves that good men should stick only to the company of other good men. ”
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