1. Geller’s Splendiferous Sophomores Fall 2013

2. PLAGUE (N): CURSE, EPIDEMIC CONCAVE (ADJ): CURVING INWARD COGITATIONS (N): THOUGHTS DOUBLET (N): SNUG-FITTING MEN’S JACKET OR VEST (RENAISSANCE ERA)

3.  LAMENTED (V): MOURNED; EXPRESSED SORROW  PEEVISH (ADJ): IRRITABLE  PORTENTOUS (ADJ): IMPORTANT; SIGNIFICANT  KNAVE (N): RASCAL; DISHONEST OR UNSCRUPULOUS MAN  COUNTENANCE (N): FACE, APPEARANCE  HINDER (V): HOLD BACK, PREVENT

4.  DEFIANCE (N): OPEN RESISTANCE; BOLD DISOBEDIENCE  CUR (N): MONGREL DOG; MUTT  ENSIGN (N): FLAG  DEMEANOR (N): BEARING; ATTITUDE  TARRY (V): LOITER, LINGER

5.  VIRTUE (N): A POSITIVE QUALITY OR CHARACTERISTIC  SALUTATION (N): GREETING  DISCONSOLATE (ADJ): SAD; UNABLE TO BE COMFORTED  VAUNTING (V): BOASTING  MELANCHOLY (ADJ): SAD, GLOOMY, MOROSE

6.  CASSIUS AND BRUTUS HAVE RESOLVED THEIR DIFFERENCES  THE TWO GENERALS PLAN TO MARCH TO PHILIPPI, IN SOUTHERN GREECE, TO CONTEND WITH THE ARMIES OF ANTONY AND OCTAVIUS  CAESAR’S GHOST ASSURES BRUTUS THAT HE WILL SEE HIM THERE

7.  ACT V OPENS SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, ON THE BATTLEFIELD AT PHILIPPI  ANTONY AND OCTAVIUS, WELL-RESTED AND FORTIFIED, ARE PLEASED THAT THE CONSPIRATORS HAVE DECIDED TO MEET THEM THERE  A BIT OF FRICTION IS ALREADY EVIDENT BETWEEN ANTONY AND OCTAVIUS, PERHAPS FORESHADOWING OCTAVIUS’S ULTIMATE CONQUEST  THE CONSPIRATORS MEET THEM AND EXCHANGE INSULTS

8.  AS ONE MIGHT EXPECT, THE OUTCOME OF THE FINAL BATTLE WILL BE DETERMINED BY A SERIES OF STRATEGIC MISSTEPS, LAPSES IN JUDGMENT, AND GENERAL SHENANIGANS.

9. CHARACTER3 RD 6 TH 7TH OCTAVIUSCALEBCHRISDALTON ANTONYANTHONYPARKERWILL MESSENGERLANETIMTJ BRUTUSANDREWALEXRUBEN CASSIUSCCNICKTYLER LUCILIUSJAKEMICHAELCOLTON MESSALADREWBRAYDENANDREW TITINIUSJESSIEJEREMIAHSTUART PINDARUSTESSABRITTNEY P.REECE

10. CHARACTER3 RD 6 TH 7TH CATO*ZACHLILLYMATTHEW M. FIRST SOLDIERWESTLEYBRITTANY C.CODY SECOND SOLDIER DYLANKELSEYMCKENAH CLITUSTHOMASMADISONANDREA DARDANIUSNATHANJAKEDANIELLE VOLUMNIUSKYLEEMATTHEWJANIEL STRATORHYSGREYSONKASSI

11.  TRADITIONALLY, THE FINAL SPEAKER IN SHAKESPEARE’S TRAGEDIES WAS THE CHARACTER WHO WOULD INHERIT THE MOST AUTHORITY AFTER THE DEATH OF THE PLAY’S HERO.