PPT-Julius Caesar Act III: Violence begets violence

Before the Murder CAESAR Are we all ready What is now amiss That Caesar and his senate must redress METELLUS CIMBER Most high most mighty and most puissant Caesar Metellus Cimber throws before thy seat. Rome . was growing and quite wealthy after the second Punic War, but the republic faced serious problems.. Many . Roman politicians took bribes and often encouraged violent mobs to help them rise to power. Soldiers returning home from years at war could not find work because rich landowners used slaves to do the work once done by poor Romans. . Caesar had more than a mere name and military reputation: his energy could never rest and his one disgrace was to conquer without war. He was alert and headstrong; his arms answered every summons of ambition or resentment; he never shrank from using the sword lightly; he followed up each success and snatched at the favor of Fortune, overthrowing every obstacle on his path to supreme power, and rejoicing to clear the way before him by destruction. --. True or False?. True or False?. Cassius influenced . Brutus to join the . conspiracy. .. True. Cassius advised the conspirators to kill both Caesar AND . Antony. True. Portia had a terrible dream and advised her husband not to go to the senate that . Act . IV . Literary Elements. Metaphor- . comparison not using “like” or “as”. Example: Antony compares Lepidus to his horse. Passage of Time- . a few months have passed since the assassination of Caesar. Octavian was the son of Julius Caesar’s niece. . The first eighteen years of Octavian’s life were unremarkable, but a surprise in Julius Caesar’s will eventually resulted in him becoming Caesar Augustus, the ruler who transformed Rome into . In . the 6th C. . B.C.E., . Rome was ruled by a . family of brutal tyrants called the . Tarquins. . Led by . Lucius. Julius Brutus, the Romans fought against the monarchy . and . established . Rome as a . julius. . caesar. By . william. . shakespeare. Warning: . This Play is based on . true events. Once again…. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar . is categorized as a . tragedy. , but it is based on real-life events.. By William Shakespeare. Ideas to Consider as We Read…... Most people resent others’ power….. Sometimes being superstitious is a good thing….. No cause, political or other, is worth dying for…. BCE. led . to . thirteen . years of war and ultimately . to . the end of the Roman Republic. . By . 33. BCE. , both Caesar’s . most . trusted . lieutenant . and the last queen of Egypt . would . be dead, and a young man . By William Shakespeare. Ideas to Consider as We Read…... Most people resent others’ power….. Sometimes being superstitious is a good thing….. No cause, political or other, is worth dying for…. Scene . i. , Preview. Two characters, Flavius and . Marullus. , are walking the streets of Rome where many citizens are celebrating Caesar’s triumph over Pompey. They run into two men, a carpenter and a quick witted cobbler, and inquire about their garb. The commoners are celebrating Caesar’s return, and Flavius and . The Play. The Characters. Julius Caesar – The Real Man. A historic figure who lived from 100 to 44 BC. Military Leader and Ruler of Rome. Statues currently exist in museums today. Caesar’s biography was written in . Julius Caesar Caesar Seizure Caesura: (in modern verse) a pause near the middle of a line. Czar: the title of the ruler of Russia before 1917 Cesarean section Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C .) Gaius Julius Gaius Julius Caesar Caesar had more than a mere name and military reputation: his energy could never rest and his one disgrace was to conquer without war. He was alert and headstrong; his arms answered every summons of ambition or resentment; he never shrank from using the sword lightly; he followed up each success and snatched at the favor of Fortune, overthrowing every obstacle on his path to supreme power, and rejoicing to clear the way before him by destruction. --