English exam part 1 Flashcards
(19 cards)
He is a dreamer; let us leave him
Caesar-he is saying that the soothsayer is crazy and to forget what he is telling him. This shows he was not trying not to be afraid of the ides of march even though he was inside
Beware of the ides of march
Soothsayer-it’s his way of warning Caesar of his death on the 15th of march.
I was born as free as Caesar. So were you. We both have fed as well, and we can both endure the winters cold as well as he.
Cassius-he is saying he was born as free as Caesar and so was Brutus. They both eat well and can endure the cold the same as Caesar, including everything else they do.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous
Caesar-he is saying that Cassius has a lean and hungry look. Men like him are dangerous.caesar doesn’t trust Cassius.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder. And that craves wary walking.
Brutus-evil can come from good, just as poisonous snakes tend to come into the open on sunny days, which means they have to walk carefully.
Let us be sacrifices but not butchers, Caius.
Brutus-he is saying that they are sacrificing Caesar for the sake or Rome and that they are not murderers
But when I tell him he gates flatterers, he says he does, being then most flattered
Decius- He is saying that when he tells Caesar that he hates flatterers he agrees just at the point when Decius is flattering him the most
Not heaven nor earth have been at peace tonight.
Ceasar-he is saying that neither heaven was at peace tonight
Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste if death but once
Caesar- he is saying that cowards have to re live death many times but the brave only die once with pride
I have a mans mind but a woman’s might. How hard it is for women to keep councel!
Portia- she is trying to convince Brutus that she can keep his secrets. She says that she has a man’s mind but only a woman’s strength and its not hard for her to keep secrets
Ambitions debt is paid
Brutus- he is saying that only Caesar had to die for his ambition. Also that there is no more ambition and Rome is safe.
Your swords, made rich with the most noble blood of all this world
Antony- he is saying that the swords they used to stab Caesar with are now covered in the most noblest blood in the world
Not that I loved caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.
Brutus- he is. Saying to the citizens of Rome that he didn’t love Caesar any less, but he loves Rome more and that’s why he killed him.
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lens me your ears. I come to bury Caesar and he is not here to talk to the Romans and buryCaesar, not praise him
Antony- he is saying that he has come to bury Caesar and he is not here to talk to the Romans or praise Caesar.
He was my friend, faithful just to me. But Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is a hornlike man.
Antony- he is saying that Caesar was his fiend and he as faithful to him and only him. But Brutus says Caesar was ambitious, and since he is an honorable man we should believe him.
He shall not live. Look, with a spot I damn him
Antony- he is saying that Brutus will die. See, he has sealed his date with this mark next to his name.
A friend should bear his friend’s infirmities; but Brutus makes mine greater than they are
Cassius-he is saying that a for d should put up with his fiends weaknesses but Brutus exaggerates this.
If we do meet again,why, we shall smile. If not, why then this parting was well made
Brutus-he is saying that if they meet again, then they will smile. If not, than this parting was well done. They are a out to go to war and they are saying their goodbyes
This was the noblest roman of them all. All the conspirators save only be did that they did in envy of great Caesar.
Antony- he is saying that brutus was the noblest roman if them all. All the rest if the conspirators acted out of jealousy if great Caesar.
