The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1913-11-07
Review Club.

The club meets with MIS-. w. n
Gardner, with Miss Mary Wallace Hay
don as leader
!. Note the way in which the party
OF Antony decide upon matters Of life
an Heath. Compare this passage with
Ant6ny's attitude in Act III, Scene, l.
>. Note Antony's treatment Of Gaze
sar's will. Compare his use Of it in Act
III, Scene II. Compare also his inten-
tons regarding Spidus.
3. What proportions does he now
begin to assume in the drama2 From
what point did his rise to prominence
begin.
A, What lines of action now seem
to be entering into the play to determine
it,
5. How is it shown that Antony's
party is not yet supreme.
SCENE III.
1. What is the cause Of the differ
ence between Brutus and Cassius2
2. Compare this cause with the mo-
tives that appear to control Antony and
Octavius in Scene /.
SCENE III.
/. What is Cassius grievance? What
Brutus'9 Which makes out the better
argument?
/. Does Cassius successfully answer
the charge made by Brutus2
5. Note that Cassius shifts the quar-
rel to personal grounds.
A. What ideals are shown to govern
Brutus? Has he become a weaker or
meaner man?
5. How does he prevail over Cassius
in their quarrel?
6. Is it penalty OF his crime that
he must now be brought into contact
with things that his better nature scorns?
7. Does this scene show his unfitness
to cope with the conditions into which
he has put HIMSELF
s. Note his opinion Of Caesar. Has
he perhaps felt some remorse for-Cae-
sar's DEATH
9. AS the quarrel is made up who
shows the greater soul?
TO- How does the poet serve to has
| ten the reconciliation?
IL. Why is Portia' IS death mentioned
here?
II. How does Brutus bear it.
is. What tribute does Cassius pay
to her worth.
IA. Why does Brutus feign igno-
rance and allow MESSIAH to announce
her death to him?
10. Why does Brutus override Cas-
sius' judgment about their plansY Was
it wisely done. (See Act v, Scene |,
lines 1-6.
l6. Note Brutus gentleness with
the boy. Lucius, with Varro and Claud-
ius; their attitude toward him; and his
love of books and music. How do these
things make us judge him2
/ II. Why has Shakespeare varied
from Plutarch (see introduction, page
15) in making the apparition the ghost
OF Caesar?
is. Why does he call up the sleepers
in his tent?
i 10. Was the vision real, or the pro-
duct Of his imagination?
20. Note the fortitude which he dis
PLAYS in the incident, and especially at
the end OF the scene. How has Act ~
advanced the action? Show how the
character OF Brutus has in part deter
mined it.
i ACT V.
| 1. Note that the first advantage in
| the contest is with Antony's party.
| .. Are Antony's reproaches just?
/ 8. Note that Cassius apprehends
evil. Has he had such forebodings be-
fore.
4. In what frame OF mind is Brutusf
5. Does he seem to repent the work
of the Ides Of March.
SCENES ii AND III.
l. BY what mistake is Cassius be-
trayed?
2. Does he show his accustomed
shrewdness here2
8. Note the prevalence here Of the
Roman idea Of suicide.
4. What is the meaning OF Brutus
speech, 20 Julius Caesar, thou arr
mighty YETI etc.
| S. Note his fortitude over Cassiusl
death2
SCENES w AND v.
1. How is the approaching downfall
OF Brutus party Indicated
2. How are the love and respect IN
which his friends held him indicatedY
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