What are Antony Octavius and Lepidus doing when the scene opens Act 4 Scene 1?
What are Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus doing at the opening of the scene? They are planning how to maintain power after Antony has gained control. Antony plans to train and use Lepidus as he would a horse. He believes Lepidus can be trained because he is not intelligent enough to think on his own.
What are Antony and Octavius discussing when the scene opens?
Antony and Octavius are discussing who should live and who should die. Antony has changes because he is now ambitious and power hungry, egotistical and using people. What does Brutus condemn Cassius for doing?
What is Antony’s response to Octavius?
What is Antony’s response to Octavius’ opinion of Lepidus? Antony says his horse is also a brave soldier, who must be taught to fight, run, and stop, and be ruled by Antony, as must Lepidus. What news does Antony tell Octavius about Brutus and Cassius? They are raising an army in Greece and preparing for war.
What do Antony and Octavius discuss when Lepidus leaves and what does this reveal about Antony’s character?
What do Antony and Octavius discuss when Lepidus leaves to get the will? Antony says that Lepidus isn’t worthy of honor, but good for errands. He then asks if Lepidus should be a part of the triumvirate. Octavius says that Antony must respect him, since he let him help with the kill list.
What does Antony say about Lepidus?
What does Antony say about Lepidus after he leaves? He shouldn’t be apart of the triumvirate, he’s a follower, not a leader. Antony also compares him to a horse.
What does Antony think of Lepidus?
Octavius points out that Lepidus is a “tried and valiant soldier,” to which Antony responds, “So is my horse”: he goes on to compare Lepidus to a mere animal, calling him a “barren-spirited fellow” and a mere tool (IV.
Why does Brutus want to go meet Antony’s troops at Philippi?
He is afraid that Antony will gather new recruits if they wait for him. Why does Brutus want to go meet Antony’s troops at Philippi? f they cannot form a united front, they may not be able to defeat Antony.
What does Brutus see that Mak St my blood cold and my hair to stare?
That mak’st my blood cold, and my hair to stare? Speak to me what thou art. GHOST:Thy evil spirit, Brutus. It seems that the ghost predicts what Cassius has warned Brutus of–that the troops will be too exhausted to fight well if they must march to Philippi.
Why is Brutus the hero?
Character Analysis and Traits Brutus is known as a tragic hero in the play Julius Caesar because he faces a major conflict between his loyalty to his friend and his loyalty to his country. Although Brutus’ relationship with Caesar is strong, his relationship with the people of Rome is stronger.
How does Antony betray Brutus?
Yet the true betrayal happens when Anthony begins to discount everything Brutus has just said to the citizens, and he turns the citizens against Brutus and the other conspirators. The citizens become enraged as they feel that their leader, Caesar, has been betrayed by the killers.
What does Brutus say when he dies?
His last words are, “Caesar, now be still, / I killed not thee with half so good a will.”
Why did they kill Julius Cesar?
Caesar was killed for three reasons: First, the conspirators wanted to halt his power growth. Second, they tried to prevent him from becoming king and destroying the Roman Republic. Finally, some were motivated by basic human emotions – personal vengeance.
What does Et tu Brute mean?
and you (too)
Why is Et tu Brute important?
The phrase “Et tu, Brute?” (“You too, Brutus?”) is associated with the Roman general and ruler Julius Caesar. He purportedly said this as he was being assassinated, uttering it upon seeing that Marcus Junius Brutus, a man whom he had trusted, was among his assassins.
When Et tu Brute is spoken in Julius Caesar?
The quote appears in Act 3 Scene 1 of William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, where it is spoken by the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, at the moment of his assassination, to his friend Marcus Junius Brutus, upon recognizing him as one of the assassins.
What figure of speech is Et tu Brute?
To speak of yourself in the third person means to use your own name when referring to yourself, instead of saying “I.” If Caesar were speaking normally here, he would have said “Et tu, Brute?– “then I fall!” To speak of himself in the third person adds a little more drama to the scene.
What is Et tu Brute response?
i.e., You too, Brutus? Caesar and his train approach the Senate. He sees the soothsayer in the crowd and confidently declares, “The ides of March are come” (1). “Ay, Caesar; but not gone” (2), replies the soothsayer.
What did Caesar mean when he said Et tu Brute?
Unbelieving, Caesar says, ‘Et tu Brute? Then fall, Caesar. ‘ which means ‘You too Brutus? ‘ and gives up, saying, ‘Then fall Caesar.
What was Julius Caesar’s motto?
Veni, vidi, vici
What did Julius Caesar say about Armenians?
Julius Caesar When these people, these Armenians, grab each other’s hands, and shoulder to shoulder tread the earth under the sound of their drums and apricot instruments, more probable that the columns of my palace will be collapsed than one can stop them.