JULIUS CAESAR- ACT 2

JULIUS CAESAR- ACT 2

1. CAESAR, BRUTUS, CALPURNIA, PORTIA,, LUCIUS, CASSIUS, CASCA, ANTONY, ARTEMIDORUS

   • DECIUS, METELLUS, CINNA, TREBONIUS, LIGARIUS, SOOTHSAYER, SERVANT

2. CALPURNIA'S NIGHTMARES- CAESAR'S MURDER

   • THREE TIMES
   • CAESAR INSISTED BY CALPURNIA TO NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE AFTER NUMEROUS BAD SIGNS
     • CAESAR REFUSES

3. AUGERS RECOMMEND THAT CAESAR STAY HOME

4. ARTEMIDORUS WRITES TO CAESAR

   • WARNS HIM ABOUT BRUTUS, CASCA AND OTHER CONSPIRATORS
   • ARTEMIDORUS SCARED THAT CAESAR WILL NOT READ THE LETTER AND MAY NOT LIVE
     • BUT STILL KEEPS HOPES HIGH

5. PORTIA SENDS BRUTUS' SERVANT TO SENATE

   • TO OBSERVE CAESAR

6. BRUTUS' LOYALTY DIVIDED BETWEEN FOUR PEOPLE

   • CAESAR, CASSIUS, PORTIA AND HIMSELF

7. PORITA, JUST LIKE BRUTUS- HAS TROUBLED THOUGHTS JOSTLING IN HER MIND

8. DECIUS PERSUADES CAESAR TO GO TO THE CAPITOL

   • CAESAR SENDS A MESSAGE TO DECIUS EXPLAINING WHY HE WILL NOT ATTEND THE CAPITOL
   • CAESAR SAYS, "THE CAUSE IS IN MY WILL. I WILL NOT COME."

9. CAESAR- A SERPENT'S EGG

10. CONSPIRATORS SWEAR AN OATH TO KILL CAESAR

11. PORTIA NOTICES BRUTUS' STRANGE BEHAVIOUR

12. THE POWER OF LANGUAGE: RHETORICAL QUESTIONS

13. CAESAR- MORE CONCERNED FOR CALPURNIA THAN BRUTUS TO PORTIA

14. CAESAR'S BLEEDING STATUE

15. CASSIUS WANTS TO KILL ANTONY

16. CAESAER GOES TO CAPITOL AFTER DECIUS' PERSUASION

17. LUCIUS- THE SILENT WITNESS

18. PORTIA REVEALS A SELF- INFLICTED WOUND

19. THEMES: POWER, FRIENDSHIP, MANIPULATION, FATE AND FREE WILL