(3) Oscar has the appetite of a starving lion. ![]() (Caesar has become a giant.) (2) Ten thousand oceans cannot wash away my guilt. Examples: (1) He doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus, and we petty men walk under his.huge legs.–Shakespeare. The closing phase of the play is dominated by the sinister image of the sword as Cassius, Titinius, and Brutus all commit suicide by it.Įxaggeration overstatement. The latter half of the play even assumes an eerie mood with the appearance of Caesar's ghost, returning to seek revenge. ![]() The weighty political intrigue is always present throughout the drama. Images of violence, blood, and death dominate the visual texture of the play. Friends can no longer be trusted, as they turn to manipulation and conspiracy and plot their next moves. From the beginning, danger lurks in every corner. The mood of Julius Caesar is one of impending doom and catastrophe. In the movie Ben-Hur, Charlton Heston anachronistically wears a wristwatch during the chariot race. In Julius Caesar, a clock strikes though there were no clocks in Caesar’s day. Something that is misplaced in a story because it is out of time. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!." That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!. "O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, Requests for inspiration from the muses in poetry are examples of apostrophe, as is Marc Antony's address to Caesar's corpse in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar : Dramatic irony occurs in a play when the audience knows facts that the characters in the play are ignorant of. In Julius Caesar, when Mark Antony refers in his funeral oration to Brutus as "an honorable man" repeatedly, he really means the opposite. Verbal irony is saying one thing but meaning another. Shakespeare used two types of irony: verbal and dramatic. Many times it is the exact opposite of what it appears to be. Example Shakespeare's Julius Caesar : "And Brutus is an honorable man."Ī literary term referring to how a person, situation, statement, or circumstance is not as it would actually seem. One of the devices of repetition, in which the same phrase is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines. The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs. Luke Skywalker and rebel pilots attack the base, and after the deaths of some rebel pilots, Skywalker successfully fires his missile into the death star's vulnerable spot and destroys the death star, saving the rebel forces. In the climax to the film "Star Wars," the empire's death star is ready to destroy the rebel base. In Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" the climax occurs at the end of Marc Antony's speech to the Roman public. This is the crucial part of the drama, the part which determines the outcome of the conflict. The decisive moment in a drama, the climax is the turning point of the play to which the rising action leads. Philippi: The site of the final battle between Brutus and Cassius' army and Antony and Octavius' army. Sardis: The site of Brutus' army encampment prior to the battle with Antony and Octavius. Senate (Capitol): The location of the gathering of the Roman Senators, and the site where the members of the conspiracy murder Caesar. ![]() Aemelius Lepidus plan to lead as Triumvirs. Rome 44 B.C: The city of which Caesar is about to be crowned King, the residence of all the characters in Julius Caesar, and the future center of the Roman empire that Octavius Caesar, Marcus Antonius, and M. Take home the notes to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and STUDY them because you will not be able to use the play or notes to help you on the final exam! All that you need to bring on the day of the Final is a number 2 pencil with an eraser and/or black ink pen. We will be returning our books to the library. View the CHS Finals Schedule located below to see which day you are scheduled to take the English II (CP) Final Exam.ĬHS 2nd Semester Finals MONDAY JUNE 15 - WEDNESDAY JUNE 17, 2015 Please remember to bring your Julius Caesar Book and your English Literature Book with you to class on Thursday June 11th. Use the Power Point Presentation located below to help you prepare for the test. Study for Final Exam: Shakespeare & Julius Caesar.
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