Question

Julius Caesar and Antony reveal something their character in their words and actions. We also learn about them from what other people say. Pick out the words that describe them from the box given below. Also, pick out lines from the play to illustrate your choice.

superstitious	arrogant	loyal	clever
over-confident	manipulative	good orator	ambitious
brave	great conqueror	generous	fearless
loves flattery	firm	shrewd	crafty

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Person	Extract from play	What it tells us about the character
Julius Caesar	1. the things that threaten’d me Ne’er look’d but on my back; when they shall see The face of Caesar, they are vanished.	1. arrogant
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Person	Extract from play	What it tells us about the character
Mark Antony	1. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________
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Answer 1

Person	Extract from play	What it tells us about the character
Julius Caesar	1. the things that threaten’ d me Ne’er look’d but on my back; when they shall see The face of Caesar, they are vanished.	1. arrogant
	2. Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.	2. over-confident
	3. 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.	3. fearless
	4. I could be well moved, if I were as you: If I could pray to move, prayers would move me: But I am constant as the northern star, Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament.	4. firm
	5. Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure?	5. great conqueror
	6. To every Roman citizen he gives, To every several man, seventy-five drachmas.	6. generous

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Person	Extract from play	What it tells us about the character
Mark Antony	1. That I did love thee, Caesar, O, 'tis true: If then thy spirit look upon us now,	1. loyal
	2. Pardon me, Caius Cassius: The enemies of Caesar shall say this; Then, in a friend, it is cold modesty.	2. clever
	3. Therefore I took your hands, but was, indeed, Sway'd from the point, by looking down on Caesar. Friends am I with you all and love you all, Upon this hope, that you shall give me reasons Why and wherein Caesar was dangerous.	3. shrewd
	4. When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man.	4. crafty
	5. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar.	5. good orator
	6. O masters, if I were disposed to stir Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong, Who, you all know, are honourable men: I will not do them wrong; I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, Than I will wrong such honourable men.	6. manipulative