Act II, Scene ii - Influence: Calpurnia's Dream (Part 1)

English

Who doesn't want Caesar to go to the Senate?

The use of signs and symbols to represent ideas in a story, play or poem

Serpents have mainly symbolised evil in stores since Eve was tempted in the bible

Serpents symbolise evil as well as growth

Serpents symbolise evil because they hatch from an egg

A soliloquy cannot be heard by other characters

A soliloquy is a long speech where a character speaks their thoughts aloud

A soliloquy is where a character speaks to the audience

During a soliloquy, a character is usually on stage alone

Because Caesar has the potential to grow into something evil

It symbolises how Caesar might poison the people in Rome.

Why does Brutus compare Caesar to a 'serpent's egg'?

To stop Caesar turning into something evil

Why does Brutus say he must "kill him in the shell"?