1. Passage 5 – Respond to each of the following directives or question
Passage 5 – Respond to each of the following directives or question. You may mark your responses on the passage itself in the form of annotations (notes connected to specific areas of text).
1. Identify any literary devices Shakespeare used, as well as the purpose and/or effect of using each device.
2. Characterize Brutus in this passage.
What is revealed about his character?
What is his objective in this passage?
What does his objective say about him?
3. What is the purpose of the conversation between Cassius and Decius in lines 59-77?