2.2: Caesar’s house
In this scene, Calpurnia, Caesar, and Decius all use persuasion.
Choose one of those characters and answer the following:
1. What is their claim? (What are they trying to convince someone else to do or believe?)
2. What is their reasoning and/or evidence?
3. Is their reasoning and/or evidence sufficient or insufficient?
4. Fully explain your answer to #3. (What makes it sufficient or insufficient?)
2.3: A street near the Capitol, close to Brutus’ home
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2.4: Another part of the street
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3.1: Rome, in front of the Capitol
5. Write Caesar’s famous dying words in this play. Why does Shakespeare choose those words, or what do those words suggest?
6. As Antony talks with the conspirators, what clues suggest that he is going to betray them?
7. Based on all that has happened, who seems like the “good guy” in your opinion, if anyone? Is Shakespeare trying to make us agree with one side or the other, or is he withholding judgment?
