ACT III Literary Elements of Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Julius Caesar
Dec 14, 2015
ACT I I I
Literary Elements of Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar, Act III
RHETORICAL DEVICES AND OTHER TERMS TO KNOW
Antistrophe
Definition: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: repetition of the phrase “Brutus is
an honourable man.” Act III, scene ii
Your group’s example: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Antithesis
Definition: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: "Not that I loved Caesar less, but
that I loved Rome more.” Act III, scene iiYour group’s example: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Aposiopesis
Definition: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: “Bear with me; My heart is in the
coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me..” Act III, scene ii
Your group’s example: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Appeals: Emotional/Pathos
Definition: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: Antony, “Have patience, gentle friends, I must
not read it; It is not meet you know how Caesar loved you. You are not wood, you are not stones, but men; And, being men, bearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad: 'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs; For, if you should, O, what would come of it!”
Your group’s example: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Appeals: Logical/Logos
Definition: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: Brutus’s speechYour group’s example: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Appeals: Ethical/Ethos
Definition: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: Brutus’s speech, “believe me for
mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe…”
Your group’s example: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Asyndeton
Definition: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: "Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils,
Shrunk to this little measure?" Act III, scene ii
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Epimone
Definition: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: "Who is here so base that would be a
bondman? If any, speak; for him I have offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any speak; for him have I offended.” Act III, scene ii
Your group’s example: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Eulogy
Definition: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: Antony’s speech, Act III, scene iiYour group’s example: ___________________________________________________________________________________________
Metonymy
Definition: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: "Friends, Romans, countrymen,
lend me your ears.” Act III, scene iiYour group’s example:
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Paralepsis
Definition: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: "Have patience, gentle friends, I
must not read it. It is not meet you know how Caesar lov'd you." Act III, scene ii
Your group’s example: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Parallelism
Definition: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: “Who is here so base that would be a
bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended.” Act III, scene ii
Your group’s example: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Polysyndeton
Definition: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: “For I have neither wit, nor words, nor
worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood….” Act III, scene ii
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Rhetorical Question
Definition: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: “Did this in Caesar seem
ambitious?” Act III, scene iiYour group’s example:
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Verbal Irony
Definition: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Example: “For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men” Antony’s entire speech in Act III, scene ii
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