What does Brutus mean in this quote?
"To speak truth of Caesar,
I have not known when his affections sway'd
More than his reason."Act 2, Scene 1, Line 21–22
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Question #14
What does Portia mean in this quote?
"Dwell I but in the suburbs
Of your good pleasure? If it be no more,
Portia is Brutus' harlot, not his wife."Act 2, Scene 1, Line 309–310
Question #15
What does Caesar mean in this quote?
"What can be avoided
Whose end is purposed by the mighty gods?
Yet Caesar shall go forth; for these predictions
Are to the world in general as to Caesar."Act 2, Scene 2, Line 27–30
Question #16
What does Decius Brutus mean in this quote?
"Besides, it were a mock
Apt to be render'd, for some one to say
'Break up the senate till another time,
When Caesar's wife shall meet with better dreams.'"
Question #17
What does Artemidorus mean in this quote?
"My heart laments that virtue cannot live
Out of the teeth of emulation."Act 2, Scene 4, Line 13–14
Question #18
Look where the message to Brutus reads "Speak, strike, redress!" What does "redress" mean in this context?
Question #19
Look where Calpurnia tells Caesar, "Alas, my lord, / Your wisdom is consumed in confidence."
What does "consumed" mean in this context?
Question #20
Look where Decius Brutus says that Calpurnia's dream "Signifies that from you great Rome shall suck / Reviving blood."
What does "signifies" mean in this context?
Question #21
Were there any words that weren't clear to you?
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