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    Act 2, Scene 1
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    1. 22brusatg 20 Apr 2020
      Good gentlemen, look fresh and merrily. Let not our looks put on our purposes, But bear it as our Roman actors do, With untired spirits and formal constancy. And so good morrow to you every one. [Exit all but Brutus.] BrutusGood gentlemen, look bright and cheerful. Don't let our appearances give away our intentions. Keep up the cheerful appearance like Roman actors do, with tireless spirits and composed faces. And so good day to everyone.[Exeunt all but Brutus]Boy! Lucius! Are you fast asleep? It doesn't matter. Enjoy the sweetness of heavy slumber. You have no troubling figures or visions that worry makes in men's brains; that's why you can sleep so deeply.[Enter Portia]Boy! Lucius! Fast asleep? It is no matter. Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber. Thou hast no figures, nor no fantasies, Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep'st so sound. [Enter Portia.]

      I read this quote and thought I understood it. I used the text bubble and what I thought was happening was completely different than what was actually happening. I also want to figure more out about what was happening with the second part of the quote after everyone but Brutus leaves.

    2. 22brusatg 20 Apr 2020
      Cassius                                               Yet I fear him, For in the engrafted love he bears to Caesar — Brutus Alas, good Cassius, do not think of him: If he love Caesar, all that he can do Is to himself — take thought and die for Caesar. And that were much he should, for he is given Cassius Still, I'm afraid of him, for he's extremely attached to Caesar... BrutusOh come on, good Cassius, don't think about him. If he loves Caesar that much, the only one he would harm is himself, becoming so grief-stricken that he kills himself. And that’s the most he would do, given how he lives just for the pleasures of life: sports, parties, and socializing.TreboniusNothing to fear from him. Don't kill him, he'll laugh at this afterwards.[Clock strikes]BrutusHush! Count the clock chimes.CassiusIt's 3am. TreboniusIt's time to split up.To sports, to wildness, and much company. Trebonius There is no fear in him.  Let him not die, For he will live and laugh at this hereafter. [Clock strikes.] Brutus Peace! Count the clock. Cassius                                        The clock hath stricken three.Language"The clock"Shakespeare has committed a humorous anachronism, which is the attribution of something to a time period to which it doesn’t belong. It will be 1500 years before the invention of a mechanical clock that can chime on the hour.Language"The clock" Trebonius 'Tis time to part.

      While I was reading this part really confused me so I had it read it to me aloud and then I used the text bubble to help me see what it meant. I feel like this was telling me how they solidified their plan to kill Caesar and how Antony is attached to Caesar and how he would laugh after the fact that Caesar was dead.

    3. 22brusatg 20 Apr 2020
      Casca Indeed he is not fit. Decius Brutus Shall no man else be touched but only Caesar? Cassius CassiusThen leave him out.CascaIndeed, he's not a good fit.Decius BrutusAre we just going after Caesar?CassiusGood question Decius. I don't think it's a good idea for Mark Antony, who is so beloved by Caesar, should be left alive. You'll find him a cunning strategist, and if he builds up his power, it may grow so much as to harm all of us. To prevent this, let's kill Caesar and Antony together.Decius, well urged.  I think it is not meet, Mark Antony, so well beloved of Caesar, Should outlive Caesar.  We shall find of him A shrewd contriver; and, you know, his means, If he improve them, may well stretch so far As to annoy us all; which to prevent, Let Antony and Caesar fall together.

      When I was reading this I was using the word bubble whenever I needed it. This was one of the moments that I used it to help me understand what this was saying and that it was telling me that Cassius , Casca, and Brutus were going after Caesar and to also kill Antony when they killed Caesar.

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    Act 1, Scene 3
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    1. 22brusatg 07 Apr 2020
      What trash is Rome, What rubbish and what offal, when it servesWord Nerd"offal"[Click to launch video] For the base matter to illuminate
      1. I feel like this is going to be important later in the story because it is talking about how the people of Rome could unite to maybe plan an assassination on Caesar because of his actions.
    2. 22brusatg 07 Apr 2020
      Poor man, I know he would not be a wolf, But that he sees the Romans are but sheep.
      1. I feel like the authors intention is to show how Caesar sees his people, how he treats them, what they will do to him if he kept on acting the way he did. The reson for this is because he sees the Romans as sheep which are defenseless and he is all high and mighty with power over them.
    3. 22brusatg 07 Apr 2020
      Mean to establish Caesar as a king,Historical Context"Caesar as a king...save here in Italy"The Senate was willing to allow Caesar rule as a king out in the provinces of the empire, whose inhabitants they considered not much better than barbarians. But they didn't want him to rule in Italy, where they still maintained the pretense of having a noble Republican form of government.Historical Context"Caesar as a king...save here in Italy"[Click to see note.] And he shall wear his crown by sea and land, In every place save here in Italy.
      1. An inference I made while reading this line is that they want to establish that Caesar as a king but that he will save Italy and he will wear the crown no matter where he goes and what he does whether it be on the sea on on land.
    4. 22brusatg 07 Apr 2020
      Three parts of him Is ours already, and the man entire CinnaEveryone except Metellus Cimber—and he went to look for you at your house. Well, I'll get going and put all those papers where you told me.CassiusAfter you've done that, come back to Pompey's Theater.[Exit Cinna]Come one, Casca, you and I will go see Brutus at his house before daybreak. He's three-quarters disposed to join us already, and we'll have the whole man after this meeting.CascaOh, everyone thinks highly of him. Actions which would seem offensive will, with his support, will magically change into actions of virtue and worthiness.CassiusYou've very well understood him, his worth, and how much we need him. Let's go. It's after midnight, and before sunrise we'll wake him and make sure he's with us.[Exeunt.]Upon the next encounter yields him ours.
      1. A theme that I found in Act 1 of Scene 3 was the theme of deception. Casca and Cassius are trying to get revenge on Brutus and Cassius talks about how "three parts of him is ours already" and how "upon the enxt encounter yields him our". This helps us see that Cassius is trying decieve Brutus and that the next encounter they have with him, he will be yeilded to them.
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