Julius Caesar Act III Study Guide
ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES!
Act III.i
1. What does Artemidorus want Caesar to do?
2. How does the dialogue between Caesar and Artemidorus create suspense?
3. Why does Cassius get worried?
4. What do the conspirators do to Caesar?
5. What is Antony’s purpose in delivering his monologue when he first enters after
the stabbing?
6. What does Antony ask of the conspirators when he sees Caesar’s dead body?
7. What does Cassius want to know from Antony?
8. How does Antony respond to Cassius?
9. Why does Cassius wish to prevent the other conspirators from hearing what he
says to Brutus in his aside?
10. What rules must Antony follow in delivering his funeral speech for Caesar?
11. What does Antony reveal to the audience after the conspirators leave at the end of
Scene i ?
12.
Act III.ii
13. What is Brutus’ purpose in delivering his speech to the crowd?
14. What reason for killing Caesar does Brutus offer the plebeians?
15. How does Brutus emphasize his sincerity for doing what’s best for the country?
16. How do the plebeians respond to Brutus’ speech?
17. How does Antony describe Brutus’ character?
18. What effect does Antony’s speech have on the crowd?
19. What does Antony do that Brutus does not to win over the crowd?
20. Moved by Antony’s speech, what does the crowd do to Caesar’s body?
Act III.iii
21. Summarize the events of Scene iii.
Notable Quotes
Identify the speaker, to whom the speaker is speaking, and the
SIGNIFICANCE of the quote. Do not simply translate the quote.
Explain how it is important to the play!
1. “What touches us ourselves shall be last serv’d.”
2. “Et tu, Brute? Then fall Caesar.”
3. “That I did love thee, Caesar, O, ‘tis true! If then thy spirit look upon us now, shall
it not grieve thee dearer than thy death, To see thy Antony making his peace,
Shaking the bloody fingers of thy foes…”
4. “Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times.”
5. “Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war…”
6. “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.”
7. “If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.”
8. “This was the most unkindest cut of all.”
9. “For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, not utterance, nor the
power of speech To stir men’s blood; I only speak right on.
10. “Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot, Take thou what course thou wilt!”