Julius Caesar Act V/ Leach/ English 225 – Flashcards

It can best be described as hostile.

This statement hints at Brutus' tragic flaw because if Cassius was in charge none of this would have happened. Cassius wouldn't have trusted everyone, especially Antony, like Brutus had.

He falls short of being a tragic hero because Cassius didn't have a tragic flaw, but he did have flaws. Cassius didn't have just one flaw that made everything happen and lead to his death. Plus, he is greedy and dishonest, he is not noble.

Brutus says that Cassius' death and Titinius' death was Caesar getting revenge and that Caesar was still very powerful. He says that Caesar makes them turn their swords on their own stomachs. He says that Cassius and Titinius are good roman's and that Rome will never produce their equals. Brutus says that he owes tears to them and he will find time to cry for them. He doesn't want to have a funeral at their camp because everyone might end up being too sad to fight. This reaction shows that he is stoic and he practices stoicism, but there are sometimes that he has to show his emotions, especially when his best friend kills himself.

It is considered a tragedy because a main character is involved in a struggle that ends in disaster. Brutus is the tragic hero in this tragedy because he struggles between whether to kill Caesar or not and later whether he did the right thing or not. This leads up to his death.

Brutus doesn't want to be walked through that streets captured and chained up. He believes that his mind is too great for that.

Disconsolate means that someone is so unhappy that nothing brings comfort. Cassius is disconsolate because he sent Titinius down to the tents to see what was going on. We as the audience know that it is Brutus' men celebrating that they are winning. They pulled Titinius down to give him a makeshift crown. However, Cassius thought it was Antony and Octavius' men and they were capturing Titinius to kill him. Cassius is disconsolate because he thinks that he sent his best friend down to his death.

Brutus: --Noble. Honest, Honorable: killed Caesar for the good of Rome. --Soic, unemotional Cassius: --Greedy: most likely killed Caesar for personal reasons. --hot headed, shows his emotions I do agree with Antony. Brutus was the most noble, but not the smartest. Brutus did kill Caesar for the good of Rome and out of honesty. I believe that Cassius and every other conspirator did it out of jealousy and they just didn't want Caesar in power anymore.

Brutus is a tragic hero because he had a tragic flaw, thinking everyone is trustworthy and noble, and he ended up dying at the end of the play.

The theme or central message of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is that you can never have an ideal world. All Brutus wants are noble honest people and a world where everyone is happy, but this can never be true. There is always going to be people who aren't happy.

In this play, Antony's attitude towards Brutus changes a lot. At the beginning of this Act he didn't like Brutus and was mad at everyone involved in Caesar's death. By the end of Act Antony was calling Brutus the most noble Roman of all. According to Antony, Brutus's actions against Caesar were different because Brutus didn't kill Caesar out of Jealousy. Antony truly believes that Brutus thought he was doing the right thing. Brutus's reasons were also different because Brutus did it for what he thought was the good of Rome and he did it out of honesty. An example from Act V is when Brutus says that if Octavius was the noblest in his family, than there would be no more honorable way to die than on Brutus's sword. This shows that Brutus thought he did the right thing and that Caesar couldn't have died more honorably.

Caesar's ghost comes to visit Brutus in his sleep and warns him that Brutus will see him again at Philippi. This foreshadows Brutus's death. Brutus has internal conflict of whether he did the right thing killing Caesar or if he should have not joined the conspiracy. At Philippi, Brutus sees Cassius and Titinius bodies. They had stabbed themselves. Brutus thinks that it was Caesar's ghost, who is still powerful, walking around making men turn their sword son themselves because Brutus had killed him. He thinks Caesar is getting his revenge. These experiences convince Brutus that he was wrong to kill Caesar, because now good men our killing themselves. Brutus is so full of grief that he has Strato old his sword out so he can run onto it and die.

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He says this because he thinks his own sword is the most noblest way to die. Also, because Julius Caesar died honorably on his sword.

He is not really confident that he is going to win. He thinks he is going to lose. Cassius is a rational thinker, but the bad omens do bother him.

Brutus thinks it is cowardly and unhonorable way out of pain and suffering because he is stoic.

Brutus pledges that he will never be walked through the streets of Rome as a prisoner.

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It creates suspense and the hope that Brutus and Cassius might win.

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He is suppose to get higher on the hill and see what is going on down by the tents. He sees Titinius get pulled off his horse and thinks Titinius is going to be captured and killed. However, it is just Brutus' men celebrating and making Titinius and makeshift crown to bring back to Cassius.

He then has Pindarus stab him in the chest with the same sword that killed Caesar. This is for Pindarus' freedom.

As the audience we know that Titinius is being pulled off his horse by allies and not enemies. They are giving him a makeshift crown to bring to Cassius and to tell him to deliver the message that Brutus is winning. However, Pindarus misinterprets this as the enemies pulling Titinius off the horse to capture and kill him. This makes Cassius disconsolate and he has Pindarus stab him.

Brutus says that Caeasar is getting his revenge by having his men turn their swords on themselves. Brutus thinks that Caesar is still powerful and is mad at Brutus. Also, Cassius was stabbed by the same sward that killed Caesar.

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He pretends to be Brutus. This also gives Brutus time to run and escape.

Because Antony thinks he is loyal and wants loyal men around him.

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He holds Brutus's sword for Brutus so he can run onto it and "kill himself."

He was more willing to kill himself than to kill Caesar.

He says that Brutus was the noblest Roman out of them all and he did not kill Caesar out of jealousy, but because he thought it was for the good of Rome. He killed Caesar out of Honesty, unlike the rest of the Conspirators. Antony says this because he actually believes Brutus though it was the right thing to do and that it was for the good of Rome.

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conference between enemies

so unhappy that nothing brings comfort

misinterpreted