Group Work
Puns
�I am, indeed, sir, a surgeon
to old shoes;� The Second Commoner is stating that he is a surgeon but works on old shoes, instead of bodies.
�sir, a mender of bad soles� The second commoner is stating that he is a mender of bad soles, the word soles can be referred to as the soles found on shoes, or the souls found in a body.
Metaphors
�These growing feathers pluck'd from Caesar's wing� FLAVIUS is comparing Caesar to a bird.
�O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome� MARULLUS is saying that the men have hearts made of stone.
Similes
�I was born free as Caesar� CASSIUS is saying that him and Caesar were born with the same freedom.
�we can both endure the winter's cold as well as he� Cassius is saying that he and Brutus can live through the cold weather as well as Caesar.
Images:
�Walk under his huge legs� CASSIUS is saying that Caesar has a lot of power.
�To find ourselves dishonourable graves� Cassius creates a picture of a grave with a plaque with the words �dishonourable� written across it.
�I am glad that my weak words
Have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus.� This quote lets me picture Brutus full of emotions and heated up by Cassius� words.
Scansion:
The an/gry spot/ doth glow/ on Cae/sar's brow = pantameter
And all/ the rest/ look like/ a chid/den train = pentameter
Being/ mechan/ical/, you ought/ not walk = pentameter
Different tones:
Poetry = Cassius: �And after this let Caesar seat him sure;
For we will shake him, or worse days endure.� He speaks towards the high class.
Prose = CASCA
�I know not what you mean by that; but, I am sure,
Caesar fell down. If the tag-rag people did not
clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and
displeased them, as they use to do the players in
the theatre, I am no true man.� He spoke the lower class.
Blank Verse = BRUTUS �What a blunt fellow is this grown to be!
He was quick mettle when he went to school.� He speaks in a normal tone towards the middle class.
The 3 people talk in different ways to attract the different people in the audience.
Characteristics:
Caesar: He loves power, he is powerful, he gets ahead of himself, he is well liked by the community, he isn�t too well liked by the government people, he doesn�t really Cassius.
Brutus: He is loyal to Caesar, he is one of the few who likes Caesar, he is virtuous, he is more of a leader than a follower, he is the person who is needed to ruin Caesar.
Cassius: He is power-hungry, he wants to ruin Caesar, he is jealous of Caesar, he tries to persuade Brutus to help ruin Caesar, he is fake.