JULIUS CAESAR: THE FINAL ACT

Geller’s Splendiferous Sophomores

Fall 2013

VocabularyPLAGUE (N): CURSE, EPIDEMICCONCAVE (ADJ): CURVING INWARDCOGITATIONS (N): THOUGHTSDOUBLET (N): SNUG-FITTING MEN’S JACKET OR VEST (RENAISSANCE ERA)

MORE VOCABULARY LAMENTED (V): MOURNED; EXPRESSED

SORROW PEEVISH (ADJ): IRRITABLE PORTENTOUS (ADJ): IMPORTANT;

SIGNIFICANT KNAVE (N): RASCAL; DISHONEST OR

UNSCRUPULOUS MAN COUNTENANCE (N): FACE, APPEARANCE HINDER (V): HOLD BACK, PREVENT

EVEN MORE VOCABULARY DEFIANCE (N): OPEN RESISTANCE; BOLD

DISOBEDIENCE CUR (N): MONGREL DOG;

MUTT ENSIGN (N): FLAG DEMEANOR (N): BEARING;

ATTITUDE TARRY (V): LOITER,

LINGER

STILL MORE VOCABULARY VIRTUE (N): A POSITIVE QUALITY OR

CHARACTERISTIC SALUTATION (N): GREETING DISCONSOLATE (ADJ): SAD; UNABLE TO

BE COMFORTED VAUNTING (V): BOASTING MELANCHOLY (ADJ): SAD, GLOOMY,

MOROSE

WHERE WE LEFT OFF… CASSIUS AND BRUTUS HAVE RESOLVED

THEIR DIFFERENCES THE TWO GENERALS PLAN TO MARCH TO

PHILIPPI, IN SOUTHERN GREECE, TO CONTEND WITH THE ARMIES OF ANTONY AND OCTAVIUS

CAESAR’S GHOST ASSURES BRUTUS THAT HE WILL SEE HIM THERE

WHERE WE GO FROM HERE ACT V OPENS SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, ON THE

BATTLEFIELD AT PHILIPPI ANTONY AND OCTAVIUS, WELL-RESTED AND

FORTIFIED, ARE PLEASED THAT THE CONSPIRATORS HAVE DECIDED TO MEET THEM THERE

A BIT OF FRICTION IS ALREADY EVIDENT BETWEEN ANTONY AND OCTAVIUS, PERHAPS FORESHADOWING OCTAVIUS’S ULTIMATE CONQUEST

THE CONSPIRATORS MEET THEM AND EXCHANGE INSULTS

IT’S ON! AS ONE MIGHT EXPECT, THE OUTCOME

OF THE FINAL BATTLE WILL BE DETERMINED BY A SERIES OF STRATEGIC MISSTEPS, LAPSES IN JUDGMENT, AND GENERAL SHENANIGANS.

ACT V CASTCHARACTER 3RD 6TH 7TH

OCTAVIUS CALEB CHRIS DALTONANTONY ANTHONY PARKER WILLMESSENGER LANE TIM TJBRUTUS ANDREW ALEX RUBENCASSIUS CC NICK TYLERLUCILIUS JAKE MICHAEL COLTONMESSALA DREW BRAYDEN ANDREWTITINIUS JESSIE JEREMIAH STUARTPINDARUS TESSA BRITTNEY P. REECE

ACT V CASTCHARACTER 3RD 6TH 7TH

CATO* ZACH LILLY MATTHEW M.FIRST SOLDIER WESTLEY BRITTANY C. CODYSECOND SOLDIER

DYLAN KELSEY MCKENAH

CLITUS THOMAS MADISON ANDREADARDANIUS NATHAN JAKE DANIELLEVOLUMNIUS KYLEE MATTHEW JANIELSTRATO RHYS GREYSON KASSI

FAMOUS LAST WORDS TRADITIONALLY,

THE FINAL SPEAKER IN SHAKESPEARE’S TRAGEDIES WAS THE CHARACTER WHO WOULD INHERIT THE MOST AUTHORITY AFTER THE DEATH OF THE PLAY’S HERO.