Julius+Caesar+Scene+5.5

__ **Scene 5.5:** __ Brutus/Lucilius -** Christina
 * Actors (Student names and roles):
 * Clitus/Antony -** Caitlin
 * Dardanus -** Ava
 * Volumnius -** Cassandra
 * Octavius -** Joanne
 * Messala -** Natalie
 * Strato -** Carrie

- Brutus asks Clitus, Dardanus, Volumnius, and the rest of them to kill him. - Strato is the one who holds the sword that Brutus runs onto and kills himself - Marc Antony finds Brutus dead and calls him an honorable man
 * Important Events:**

“Now is that noble vessel full of grief, That it runs over even at his eyes”(Julius Caesar 5.5). [Brutus is grieving, he is crying] a. Clitus b. Dardanus c. This takes place when Brutus is first begging his followers to assist him in his suicide. d. This is significant because it shows that Brutus is truly sorry for anything he's done and feels really guilty about first killing guilty and then fighting. He is ready to kill himself because he feels like it is his duty.
 * Important Lines *MLA format* :**

“Caesar, now be still. I killed not thee with half so good a will”(Julius Caesar 5.5). a. Brutus b. aside/ dead Caesar c. Brutus says this seconds before he dies after he ran into Strato's sword. These are his last words. d. This is significant because Brutus is saying his final apology to Caesar. He is saying that he killed himself a lot more willingly than he killed Caesar. He regrets the decision he made to murder Caesar and is ending his life because he knows he lost the battle with Mark Antony and his supporters.

“This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the conspirators save only he Did that they did in envy of great Caesar. He only in a general honest thought And common good to all made one of them. His life was gentle and the elements So mixed in him that nature might stand up And say to all the world 'This was a man'” (Julius Caesar 5.5). a. Antony b. Octavius c. This takes place only a little while after Brutus kills himself with the help of Strato. Antony is speaking of Brutus and comparing him to the other conspirators because he now sees that Brutus was a truly good man. d. This is significant because it shows that Brutus' act of killing himself was noble enough to make even his enemies honor him. It shows that Brutus was a good man who had truly good intentions throughout the whole time of Caesar's death until the end of his life. While the other conspirators killed Caesar because of jealousy, Brutus was the only one who had a good reason with honest intentions to save Rome and its people.

“Free from bondage you are in, Messala. The conquerors can but make a fire of him for Brutus only overcame himself, and no man else hath honor by his death”(Julius Caesar 5.5). a. Strato b. Messala c. This takes place right after Brutus kills himself and when Messala asks where Brutus is. d. This is significant because it shows that Brutus was the only one who was honorable and felt bad enough to kill himself. He did an honorable act.

-Brutus, holding true to his personality, kills himself and therefore shows how honorable he is -Strato is the only one brave enough (or mean enough?) to be the one who helps Brutus kill himself -Mark Antony has respect for Brutus now
 * Character Development:**

-When you give someone a funeral, it shows that they were honorable people -"Night hangs upon mine eyes; my bones would rest, that have but labored to attain this hour" (//Julius Caesar// 5.5). - Brutus says this and it repeats that night is is an ominous time and it foreshadows that he will die because it says that his bones would rest.
 * Motifs *Any new examples for the previous motifs? Any new motifs? :**

-The conspirators are just doing the best for the country in the public eye. In private they all just really want power. -Marc Antony in the public eye is just one of Caesar's closer senators who is trying to get the conspirators In private he is very smart and deceptive and wants to get back at conspirators at any cost.
 * New Material for Old Topics *Look at the notes for Acts 1-3 – Any new events or examples to add to those topics?** **:**

Because Brutus chose to kill himself in return for his actions, Mark Antony gains a new respect for Brutus and his courage.
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