Bell Ringer Who is the most manipulative character in the book so far? Why do you think that? Name specific circumstances from the book. Who do you think should be in power of all the characters we’ve met so far? Why?

Objective! I can infer personality traits about a character based on the text. I can use text evidence to support my answers. I can determine how characters develop plot.

Direct Characterization The writer tells you exactly (directly) what the character is like. Mr. McCarthy has an obnoxiously loud voice which he uses to intimidate his students. Betsy was a determined three year old, who knew what she wanted and often got her way, if she cried loud enough. Did you eat your stupid chips for lunch today?

Indirect Characterization – writer shows you what character is like by revealing: Speech: What does the character say? Thoughts: What does the character think? Effect on others: Other character’s comments or reactions. How do people respond to them? Actions: What does the character do? Looks: What does the character look like?

BUT FIRST!! I want to get an idea of where you are. Let’s review! Scene 1? Scene 2? Scene 3? let’s go through the questions from the group work!

Plan for today: We’re going to read the beginning of Act II. As we read, we’ll stop and write so get a sheet of paper out. I need someone to play: Lucius, Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Cinna, Metellus, Decius, Trebonius After each stop and write, we will discuss the question, but I am walking around to see what you have so far as you answer.

Question 1: Based on the exchange between Brutus and Lucius at the beginning of the scene, describe their relationship.

Question 2+3: A monologue — from the Greek monos ("single") and legein ("to speak") — is a speech given by a single person to an audience. Are Brutus’s lines 10-24 better defined as a monologue or a soliloquy? Explain. What is Brutus’s primary concern regarding Caesar being in a position of power? But a soliloquy — from the Latin solus ("alone") and loqui ("to speak") — is a speech that one gives to oneself. In a play, a character delivering a soliloquy talks to herself — thinking out loud, as it were — so that the audience better understands what is happening to the character internally.

Question 4: Where in this scene do we see references to elements of plot development and conflict that were revealed in Act 1 of the text?

Question 5: What do we learned about Brutus from lines 61-62?

Question 6: How is Cassius using rhetoric in lines 90-94?

Question 7: Why does Brutus discourage the conspirators from swearing an oath about what they are planning to do? What does that tell you about his motive?