1. Aim: How does Cassius try to convince Brutus to join the conspiracy Do Now: Do you know the difference between a monarch and a republic? EXAM on ACT 1 on Monday!

2. “I do fear, the people / Choose Caesar for their king.” 1.2 81-82 What is Brutus’ internal conflict when it comes to Caesar? What is Cassius’ view of Caesar? What does he imply about him? What kind of man is Cassius?

4. “I want the men around me to be fat, healthy- looking men who sleep at night. That Cassius over there has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Men like him are dangerous.” 1.2 Why does Caesar want the men around him to be, “fat, healthy-looking men who sleep at night”? Why does Caesar consider men like him to be dangerous? Do you agree with Caesar’s assessment?

5. Theme: Fate vs. Free Will Who are two characters that begin to represent this theme? “Men at some time are masters of their fates / The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars / But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” “Men can be masters of their fate. It is not destiny’s fault, but our own faults, that we’re slaves.” Famous Line Alert!

7. Reading Comprehension Read Casca’s summary of events on p. 29. What can we infer by the way he describes Caesar’s behavior? How do the Roman’s feel about Caesar? What was Caesar trying to prove to them?

8. Recap: Caesar’s Refusal of the Throne How many times was Caesar offered the crown? How was Caesar trying to behave as the crown was being offered to him?

9. Cassius’ Soliloquy A Soliloquy is a speech given by a character to himself – an audience members we are being told the character’s true feelings What does Cassius reveal in his soliloquy? “Yet I see / Thy honorable mettle may be wrought / From that it is disposed. Therefore it is meet / That noble minds keep ever with their likes, / For who so firm that cannot be seduced?” “Yet I see that your honorable character can be bent from its usual shape, which proves that good men should stick only to the company of other good men.”