Julius Caesar Act II Graphic Organizer
Name
Brutus
Lucius
Cassius
Casca
Decius Brutus
Character Notes
Considers killing Caesar but has mixed feelings.
Finally decides that it is the best option after he
reads the fake letters.
Works for Brutus. Confirms that tomorrow is the
Ides of March and introduces the conspirators who
arrive at the house.
He fakes letters to Brutus from the
people urging Brutus to act against
Caesar on their behalf
A public figure opposed to Caesar’s
rise to power. He believes, however,
that Caesar is the consummate
actor, lulling the populace into
believing that he has no personal
ambition.
A member of the conspiracy.
Decius convinces Caesar that
Calpurnia misinterpreted her dire
nightmares and that, in fact, no
danger awaits him at the Senate.
Decius leads Caesar right into the
hands of the conspirators.
Cinna
Metellus
Cimber
Trebonius
Portia
Brutus’s wife, the daughter of a
noble roman who took sides against
Important Quotes
“And therefore think him as a
serpent's egg. Which hatched,
would as his kind grow
mischievous,
And kill him in the shell."
“If we do meet again, we’ll smile
indeed. If not, ‘tis true this
painting was well made.”
Evidence of Loyalty (to whom?)
Loyal to Rome
Caesar. Portia, accustomed to being
Brutus’s confidante, is upset to find
him so reluctant to speak his mind
when she finds him troubled.
Brutus later hears that Portia has
killed herself out of grief that
Antony and octavius have become so
powerful.
Ligarius
Caesar
Calpurnia
A conceited person, he is
susceptible to flattery and blind to
the plot to assassinate him.
He arrives at the Senate hoping to
be crowned King.
Caesar’s wife, She warns Caesar
against going to the Senate on the
Ides of March, since she has had
terrible nightmares and heard
reports of many bad omens.
Nevertheless, Caesar’s ambition
ultimately causes him to disregard
her advice
1. What does it mean about Cassius’s plan that he has to mislead Brutus to make it happen?
2. What does it mean about Brutus that he so readily believes what Cassius says?
3. What does it mean about Antony that Brutus refuses to kill him?