ATTENTION-
•This ppt. is for educational
purpose only. Specially for
syllabus of Julius Caesar. I hope
u use this to the utmost
purpose of u people. I hope my
efforts don’t go in waste.
• I.L=important lines; Q=questions;
, JULIUS CAESAR ACT 1 SCENE 1
FLAVIUS IMPORTANT EXCTRACTS:-
• Ally to Marullus ; Anti-Caesar tribune;Stern/patriotic/loyal to republic;
fears Caesar's ambition – foreshadows conspiracy • Practice "Wherefore rejoice?" – explain
• Leads rebuke; orders dispersal & removal of Caesar's decorations
• I.L-:"Hence! Home, you idle creatures... Wherefore rejoice?" "Disrobe
mob fickleness; link to puns like "bad
the images...“ soles" for wordplay
• Q-:What does Flavius instruct? Significance of removing decorations?
Traits shown?
• Justify how tribunes' loyalty to Pompey
contrasts plebeians' shift to Caesar; use
MARALLUS
evidence like rebukes for irony
• Ally to Flavius Anti-Caesar tribune; Passionate/eloquent/angry; highlights • Analyze irony in plebeians' celebration;
mob's ingratitude – dramatic irony in loyalty shifts Ally to Flavius Anti- e.g., forgetting Pompey foreshadows later
Caesar tribune
• Supports rebuke; questions plebeians' fickleness toward Pompey mob turns
• I.L-"You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!" "Knew • Take Marullus' rebuke extracts: identify
you not Pompey?"
• Q-: How does Marullus rebuke the crowd? What does it reveal about speaker, context, theme, effect on
plebeians? Foreshadowing?
plot/tone
PLEBIANS(CITIZENS) • For "Role of plebeians?" – quote
Cobbler puns/celebrations, describe rebuke
Engages in wordplay; represents festive, witty mob
• I.L-"A trade, sir, that I hope I may use with a safe conscience; which is
outcome (dispersal
indeed, sir, a mender of bad soles." (pun on souls/soles)” • Note Cobbler's puns for humor; Flavius'
• Carpenter 🟡
• Briefly responds; part of celebrating crowd Simple/obedient/fickle;
"feathers" metaphor for limiting Caesar's
exemplifies working-class shift from Pompey to Caesar power; link to overall tone shift from
• Q-Why are commoners celebrating? How do tribunes react?
• I.L-"Why, sir, a carpenter."
festivity to tension
• Q-Why are commoners celebrating? How do tribunes react?
•This ppt. is for educational
purpose only. Specially for
syllabus of Julius Caesar. I hope
u use this to the utmost
purpose of u people. I hope my
efforts don’t go in waste.
• I.L=important lines; Q=questions;
, JULIUS CAESAR ACT 1 SCENE 1
FLAVIUS IMPORTANT EXCTRACTS:-
• Ally to Marullus ; Anti-Caesar tribune;Stern/patriotic/loyal to republic;
fears Caesar's ambition – foreshadows conspiracy • Practice "Wherefore rejoice?" – explain
• Leads rebuke; orders dispersal & removal of Caesar's decorations
• I.L-:"Hence! Home, you idle creatures... Wherefore rejoice?" "Disrobe
mob fickleness; link to puns like "bad
the images...“ soles" for wordplay
• Q-:What does Flavius instruct? Significance of removing decorations?
Traits shown?
• Justify how tribunes' loyalty to Pompey
contrasts plebeians' shift to Caesar; use
MARALLUS
evidence like rebukes for irony
• Ally to Flavius Anti-Caesar tribune; Passionate/eloquent/angry; highlights • Analyze irony in plebeians' celebration;
mob's ingratitude – dramatic irony in loyalty shifts Ally to Flavius Anti- e.g., forgetting Pompey foreshadows later
Caesar tribune
• Supports rebuke; questions plebeians' fickleness toward Pompey mob turns
• I.L-"You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!" "Knew • Take Marullus' rebuke extracts: identify
you not Pompey?"
• Q-: How does Marullus rebuke the crowd? What does it reveal about speaker, context, theme, effect on
plebeians? Foreshadowing?
plot/tone
PLEBIANS(CITIZENS) • For "Role of plebeians?" – quote
Cobbler puns/celebrations, describe rebuke
Engages in wordplay; represents festive, witty mob
• I.L-"A trade, sir, that I hope I may use with a safe conscience; which is
outcome (dispersal
indeed, sir, a mender of bad soles." (pun on souls/soles)” • Note Cobbler's puns for humor; Flavius'
• Carpenter 🟡
• Briefly responds; part of celebrating crowd Simple/obedient/fickle;
"feathers" metaphor for limiting Caesar's
exemplifies working-class shift from Pompey to Caesar power; link to overall tone shift from
• Q-Why are commoners celebrating? How do tribunes react?
• I.L-"Why, sir, a carpenter."
festivity to tension
• Q-Why are commoners celebrating? How do tribunes react?
