Act 5 Analysis

Dates:
Thursday, 4/23 - Act 5 analysis due
      *Please use www.turnitin.com  (We will discuss these questions in class)
        -Bring your JC work packets to class
Friday, 4/24 - All 6 Study Island exercises are due
Monday, 4/27 - Julius Caesar Test
                        -Act 5 projects are due
                       -Plot structure is due
                       -Completed Julius Caesar packets are due
                               -Make sure you complete the quote page (include Character, Act, scene and Line)
                              -Complete the short answer  and the crossword
**All answers must be in complete sentences
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Bell Ringer
Wednesday:
Who is alive and why did Shakespeare focus on these characters to conclude the play?

Act 5 Analysis
Complete all parts of each question.  Answer in complete paragraphs.

1. Now that you have read the play in its entirety, decide for yourself whether or not Shakespeare believed that the murder of Caesar was in the best interests of the Roman people?
-To answer this question, reflect upon the facts of the play: who lives? (were their acts just?), who dies? (were their acts unjust?), and how do the speeches associated with their deaths shed light on the way “God” (in the case of a fictitious story, the playwright himself) would judge them and their actions?


2. . Since Brutus himself is said to have been “the noblest Roman of all” (V, 74), why do you think he is referred to in this manner?  Do you agree with this statement?  Explain


3. . What is said and done in Act V that supports the comment: Brutus' and Cassius' defeat is revenge for Caesar's murder?

4. Using detail from the play, discuss a moral lesson learned from the tragic events that transpired

5. Who was/ were the tragic heroes?  Provide evidence from the play that proves they were tragic heroes

6. Julius Caesar is filled with examples of dramatic irony.  Define dramatic irony (from your notes) and give two specific instances of it from the play