Julius+Caesar+Scene+5.1

__** Act V Scene 1 Important Events **__ : Towards the beginning of the scene on pg. 179, after a discussion ends between Antony and Octavius a servant comes to warn them of the approaching army. Brutus begins to talk with Antony along with Cassius just before the battle is about to continue. Antony begans to openly criticize Brutus and Cassius for their absolutely barbaric actions they had performed when they had killed Caesar. Cassius shows how proud he is of what it is he had done by adamantly stating that he and Brutus are proud of the actions they had commited Octavius draws a sword against both Brutus and Cassius calling them both traitors saying that he wants to avenge his death. Octavius soon questions the manhood of Brutus and Cassius calling them cowards and saying that they may not have the courage to come and to march into battle. This is what would cause them to want to come into battle.
 * **Brutus and Cassius prepare for war against Antony and Octavius**
 * **The two sides exchange insults to each other**
 * **Cassius feels an omen of defeat**
 * **It’s Cassius’s birthday.**
 * **He says farewell to Brutus in case the battle ends up killing them**

__**Important Lines:**__ ~**Octavius**: “Now, Antony, our hopes are answered. You said the enemy would not come down ... It proves not so; their battles are at hand. They mean to warn us at Philippi here, Answering before we do demand of them.” (Julius Caesar 5.1.). ~**Brutus**: “They stand and would have parley.” (Julius Caesar 5.1.). ~**Antony**: “In your bad strokes, Brutus, you give good words. Witness the hole you made in Caesar’s heart, Crying “Long live, hail, Caesar!”” (Julius Caesar 5.1.). ~**Cassius**: “The posture of your blows are yet unknown, But, for your words, they rob the Hybla bees And leave them honeyless.” (Julius Caesar 5.1.). ~**Antony**: “Villains, you did not so when your vile daggers Hacked one another in the sides of Caesar…And bowed like bondmen, kissing Caesar’s feet, Whilst damned Casca, like a cur, behind Struck Caesar on the neck. O you flatterers!” (Julius Caesar 5.1.). ~**Octavius**: “ When think you that the sword goes up again? Never, till Caesar’s three and thirty wounds Be well avenged, or till another Caesar Have added slaughter to the sword of traitors.” (Julius Caesar 5.1.). ~**Cassius**: “You know that I once held Epicurus strong And his opinion. Now I change my mind And partly credit things that do presage. Coming from Sardis, on our former ensign Two mighty eagles fell, and there they perched, Gorging and feeding from our soldiers’ hands…and downward look on us As we were sickly prey.” (Julius Caesar 5.1.). ~**Cassius**: “Forever and forever farewell, Brutus. If we do meet again, we’ll smile indeed; If not, ‘tis true this parting was well made.” (Julius Caesar 5.1.).

**__Motifs:__** ***Any new examples for the previous motifs? Any new motifs?** __**New Material for Old Topics**__: **Character Developement** __Octavius:__ Following his father’s murder, Octavius becomes overcome with vengence and grief. He takes sides with Antony to avenge his Caesar and eliminate his father’s murderers. He even draws his sword at the sound of his enemies insulting his father. __Antony:__ After convincing the crowd of Romans to reel against the conspirators, Antony is looked upon as a hero. He becomes the leader of the rebellion army. __Brutus:__ The co-leader of Caesar’s assassination, Brutus is now the main target of the rebellion. He is scared, but confident that will overcome the rebellion. __Cassuis:__ The other co-leader of the conspirators, Cassius is much more confident than Brutus, and convinces Brutus that they will win.
 * **There is a continuation of Cassius constantly buttering Brutus up saying how great he is and that as long as he is leading them in their cause that they both justify, there is not way that they could possibly lose with the gods supposedly being in their favor.**
 * **More hatred continues between the two sides not to mention the fact that not only do both people try to justify their causes, but at the very same time they also make it clear to from one side how much they wish for the other side to be eliminated.**
 * **All of their insults at this point are more straightforward without the use of sarcasm. They no longer make subtle references to each other when insulting one another.**
 * **Octavius constantly shows how strongly he feels about how much they need to and should win the battle and that he will not hesitate in taking any of the lives of any of the people who he continually refers to as “traitors” to Caesar and to the Roman Republic.**
 * **A new idea that has developed is how Cassius and Brutus both feel so strongly about their cause that if they were to lose the battle, they would go so far as to give up and take their own life before being subjected to defeat especially with Brutus.**
 * **A new motif that has developed is the idea of Caesar's spirit in that both Anthony and Octavius are constantly trying to avenge Caesar's death by trying to defeat the conspirators.**
 * **Warnings are returning as before they were for Caesar and now they are for Brutus and Cassius.**
 * **Their are clear depictions about how strong each side feels about winning the war in the name of their personal cause in order to accomplish with each other shown by the many conversations about what they would do if they failed and how important it is to either side that they win.**
 * **We see how full of themselves each side is believing that “the gods” are with them and that they cannot possibly lose under any circumstance.**
 * **There is a warning of defeat for Cassius, as there used to be warnings of death for Caesar.**
 * **Throughout this scene there are even more examples of foreshadowing which are shown by the way certain characters go about expressing their particular views on certain topics.**
 * **As the scene progresses we begin to see how many people are absolutely enraged with the opposing side for what they did and they express this with the use of indirect speech that does not point out certain thoughts, feelings, or ideas, in ways that are completely noticable**

**__Summary:__**
 * **The two armies meet in Philippi**
 * **Before the battle, Cassius, Brutus, Antony, and Octavius all meet in the middle of the battlefield to discus the rules of the battle and they start dissing and insulting the other**
 * **Cassius has a feeling that they are going to lose because of a bad omen.**
 * **Brutus and Cassius say their goodbyes before the battle incase they don’t come back**