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3,684 | 2257_act_2,_scenes_1-2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A flourish of trumpets sounds, and the sickly King Edward IV enters with his family, his wife's family, and his advisors. Edward says that there has been too much quarreling among these factions, and he insists that everybody apologize and make peace with one another. He also announces that he has sent a letter of forg... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scoena Prima.",
"Flourish.",
"Enter the King sicke, the Queene, Lord Marquesse Dorset, Riuers,\nHastings,\nCatesby, Buckingham, Wooduill.",
"King. Why so: now haue I done a good daies work.\nYou Peeres, continue this vnited League:\nI, euery day expect an Embassage\nFrom my Redeemer, to redee... |
3,685 | 2257_act_iii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | With a flourish of trumpets, the young Prince Edward, the heir to the throne, rides into London with his retinue. His uncle Richard is there to greet him, accompanied by several noblemen, including Richard's close allies, the lords Buckingham and Catesby. Richard greets the prince, but the intelligent boy is suspicious... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scoena Prima.",
"The Trumpets sound.",
"Enter yong Prince, the Dukes of Glocester, and Buckingham, Lord\nCardinall,\nwith others.",
"Buc. Welcome sweete Prince to London,\nTo your Chamber",
"Rich. Welcome deere Cosin, my thoughts Soueraign\nThe wearie way hath made you Melancholly",
"Prin.... |
3,686 | 2257_act_4,_scenes_1-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Outisde the Tower of London, Elizabeth, her son Dorset, and the duchess of York meet Lady Anne and Clarence's young daughter. Lady Anne tells Elizabeth that they have come to visit the princes who are imprisoned in the tower, and Elizabeth says that her group is there for the same reason. But the women learn from the g... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter the Queene, Anne Duchesse of Gloucester, the Duchesse of\nYorke, and\nMarquesse Dorset.",
"Duch.Yorke. Who meetes vs heere?\nMy Neece Plantagenet,\nLed in the hand of her kind Aunt of Gloster?\nNow, for my Life, shee's wandring to the Tower,\nOn pure hearts loue, to greet t... |
3,687 | 2257_act_5,_scenes_1-2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The captured Buckingham is led to his execution by an armed sheriff. Buckingham asks to speak to King Richard, but the sheriff denies his request, leaving him time to ponder before his head is cut off. Upon discovering that it is All-Souls Day, Buckingham's thoughts turn to repentance and judgment, and he recalls the p... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Buckingham with Halberds, led to Execution.",
"Buc. Will not King Richard let me speake with him?\n Sher. No my good Lord, therefore be patient",
"Buc. Hastings, and Edwards children, Gray & Riuers,\nHoly King Henry, and thy faire Sonne Edward,\nVaughan, and all that hau... |
3,683 | 2257_act_1_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Richard III begins shortly after Henry VI, part 3, left off. The three Henry VI plays depicted the struggle between Henry VI and the Duke of York for the throne of England in England's Wars of the Roses in the fifteenth century. Henry VI has been killed by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and succeeded by Edward IV, who is... | [
"Actus Primus.Scoena Prima.",
"Enter Richard Duke of Gloster, solus.",
"Now is the Winter of our Discontent,\nMade glorious Summer by this Son of Yorke:\nAnd all the clouds that lowr'd vpon our house\nIn the deepe bosome of the Ocean buried. Now are our browes bound with Victorious Wreathes,\nOur bruised armes ... |
3,684 | 2257_act_2_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the royal palace in London, King Edward, who is very sick, presides over a reconciliation between feuding factions. First, Hastings and Rivers, the Queen's brother, are reconciled. The Queen, her son Dorset, and Buckingham join in the general reconciliation. Richard enters and pledges friendship to all in the room. ... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scoena Prima.",
"Flourish.",
"Enter the King sicke, the Queene, Lord Marquesse Dorset, Riuers,\nHastings,\nCatesby, Buckingham, Wooduill.",
"King. Why so: now haue I done a good daies work.\nYou Peeres, continue this vnited League:\nI, euery day expect an Embassage\nFrom my Redeemer, to redee... |
3,685 | 2257_act_3_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Edward, the young Prince of Wales, arrives in London. He is greeted by Richard, Buckingham, and others. The prince says he wants more of his uncles there, but Richard tells him that the men he is referring to were false friends. The prince does not believe him, however. Hastings arrives with the news that the Queen and... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scoena Prima.",
"The Trumpets sound.",
"Enter yong Prince, the Dukes of Glocester, and Buckingham, Lord\nCardinall,\nwith others.",
"Buc. Welcome sweete Prince to London,\nTo your Chamber",
"Rich. Welcome deere Cosin, my thoughts Soueraign\nThe wearie way hath made you Melancholly",
"Prin.... |
3,686 | 2257_act_4_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Outside the Tower, the Queen, her son Dorset, the Duchess of York, Richard's wife Anne, and Clarence's daughter have come to visit the two princes. But the Lieutenant Brakenbury will not let them in, on the orders of Richard. The Queen and the duchess protest, to no avail. Stanley enters and tells Anne that she must co... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter the Queene, Anne Duchesse of Gloucester, the Duchesse of\nYorke, and\nMarquesse Dorset.",
"Duch.Yorke. Who meetes vs heere?\nMy Neece Plantagenet,\nLed in the hand of her kind Aunt of Gloster?\nNow, for my Life, shee's wandring to the Tower,\nOn pure hearts loue, to greet t... |
3,687 | 2257_act_5_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Buckingham is being led to his execution. He has asked to see Richard, but Richard has refused. Buckingham is resigned to his fate. He realizes he has acted wrongly by siding with Richard, plotting with him, and thereby betraying Edward IV's family. | [
"Actus Quintus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Buckingham with Halberds, led to Execution.",
"Buc. Will not King Richard let me speake with him?\n Sher. No my good Lord, therefore be patient",
"Buc. Hastings, and Edwards children, Gray & Riuers,\nHoly King Henry, and thy faire Sonne Edward,\nVaughan, and all that hau... |
3,688 | 2253_act_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Prologue The chorus introduces the play by asking the audience to imagine two mighty monarchs planning to fight over who rules France. They asks the audience to imagine the stage holding all the glorious plains of France and the battlefield where Henry V was victorious. Act One, Scene One The Archbishop of Canterbury a... | [
"Enter the two Bishops of Canterbury and Ely.",
"Bish.Cant. My Lord, Ile tell you, that selfe Bill is vrg'd,\nWhich in th' eleue[n]th yere of y last Kings reign\nWas like, and had indeed against vs past,\nBut that the scambling and vnquiet time\nDid push it out of farther question",
"Bish.Ely. But how my Lord s... |
3,689 | 2253_act_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Chorus The chorus tells the audience that, "the youth of England are on fire," and that men throughout the land are preparing for a war with France. The French, afraid of the threat which Henry poses, have bribed three men to become traitors. The Earl of Cambridge, Lord Scrope, and Sir Thomas Gray of Northumberland hav... | [
"Flourish. Enter Chorus.",
"Thus with imagin'd wing our swift Scene flyes,\nIn motion of no lesse celeritie then that of Thought. Suppose, that you haue seene\nThe well-appointed King at Douer Peer,\nEmbarke his Royaltie: and his braue Fleet,\nWith silken Streamers, the young Phebus fayning;\nPlay with your Fanci... |
3,690 | 2253_act_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Chorus The chorus describes Henry's army boarding the ships that take the soldiers to Harfleur. They also mention that King Charles has made Henry an offer. Charles offers his daughter Catherine in marriage and will give some unprofitable dukedoms as part of the dowry. Henry does not like the offer, and chooses instead... | [
"Chorus.",
"Now entertaine coniecture of a time,\nWhen creeping Murmure and the poring Darke\nFills the wide Vessell of the Vniuerse. From Camp to Camp, through the foule Womb of Night\nThe Humme of eyther Army stilly sounds;\nThat the fixt Centinels almost receiue\nThe secret Whispers of each others Watch. Fire ... |
3,691 | 2253_act_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Chorus The two armies are situated very close to one another and the noises from each camp can be heard by the enemy. The chorus indicates the the French are eagerly waiting for the night to go away and that they are supremely overconfident in their victory the next morning. The English, meanwhile, are quietly sitting ... | [
"Enter Fluellen and Gower.",
"Flu. Kill the poyes and the luggage, 'Tis expressely\nagainst the Law of Armes, tis as arrant a peece of knauery\nmarke you now, as can bee offert in your Conscience\nnow, is it not?\n Gow. Tis certaine, there's not a boy left aliue, and the\nCowardly Rascalls that ranne from the ba... |
3,692 | 2253_act_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Chorus The chorus tells how Henry returned to London to a triumphant homecoming. They describe how all the people were celebrating out on the streets and cheering for their conqueror. The chorus compares the cheering crowds to those that might greet the Earl of Essex, "the general to our gracious Empress" , when he ret... | [
"Enter Chorus.",
"Vouchsafe to those that haue not read the Story,\nThat I may prompt them: and of such as haue,\nI humbly pray them to admit th' excuse\nOf time, of numbers, and due course of things,\nWhich cannot in their huge and proper life,\nBe here presented. Now we beare the King\nToward Callice: Graunt hi... |
3,693 | 2253_prologue | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Chorus steps on stage and kicks things off with a bang by asking for a "muse of fire" to help the theater company portray "a kingdom for a stage." Translation: Shakespeare means serious business in this play. Then the Chorus tells us to get ready to rumble because we're about to watch "two mighty monarchies" go toe... | [
"O For a Muse of Fire, that would ascend\nThe brightest Heauen of Inuention:\nA Kingdome for a Stage, Princes to Act,\nAnd Monarchs to behold the swelling Scene. Then should the Warlike Harry, like himselfe,\nAssume the Port of Mars, and at his heeles\n(Leasht in, like Hounds) should Famine, Sword, and Fire\nCrouch... |
3,693 | 2253_prologue | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Chorus enters and calls upon the "Muse" to help in presenting this play since it deals with such a lofty subject matter. The Chorus explains that the small Elizabethan stage can hardly transform itself into the fields of France, or into an English court, or into a battlefield upon which thousands of horses and sold... | [
"O For a Muse of Fire, that would ascend\nThe brightest Heauen of Inuention:\nA Kingdome for a Stage, Princes to Act,\nAnd Monarchs to behold the swelling Scene. Then should the Warlike Harry, like himselfe,\nAssume the Port of Mars, and at his heeles\n(Leasht in, like Hounds) should Famine, Sword, and Fire\nCrouch... |
3,693 | 2253_prologue | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Chorus reappears at the beginning of each act to set the scene, to summarize events not shown, and to announce changes of location and passage of time. It is an acknowledgement of the limits of the theater in presenting such epic events as the battle of Agincourt. The audience must do its work too. | [
"O For a Muse of Fire, that would ascend\nThe brightest Heauen of Inuention:\nA Kingdome for a Stage, Princes to Act,\nAnd Monarchs to behold the swelling Scene. Then should the Warlike Harry, like himselfe,\nAssume the Port of Mars, and at his heeles\n(Leasht in, like Hounds) should Famine, Sword, and Fire\nCrouch... |
3,690 | 2253_act_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Chorus bids the audience imagine that they have seen the King sail for France with his fleet. Then he encourages the audience to imagine a siege of the French town of Harfleur. King Charles offers England his daughter Catherine in marriage, as well as some territory of little importance, but this is not considered ... | [
"Chorus.",
"Now entertaine coniecture of a time,\nWhen creeping Murmure and the poring Darke\nFills the wide Vessell of the Vniuerse. From Camp to Camp, through the foule Womb of Night\nThe Humme of eyther Army stilly sounds;\nThat the fixt Centinels almost receiue\nThe secret Whispers of each others Watch. Fire ... |
3,691 | 2253_act_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Chorus sets the scene in the English and French camps at night. The neighing of horses pierce the night air, as does the sound of the armourers' hammers as they prepare the knights' armor. At three o'clock in the morning, the overconfident French are impatient for dawn, while the English sit patiently by their fire... | [
"Enter Fluellen and Gower.",
"Flu. Kill the poyes and the luggage, 'Tis expressely\nagainst the Law of Armes, tis as arrant a peece of knauery\nmarke you now, as can bee offert in your Conscience\nnow, is it not?\n Gow. Tis certaine, there's not a boy left aliue, and the\nCowardly Rascalls that ranne from the ba... |
3,692 | 2253_act_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Chorus invites the audience to imagine Henry's triumphant return to England. London's citizens line the streets to greet him like a conquering Caesar. The Chorus apologizes for abbreviating the historical story. He makes no mention of the further English invasions that took place after Agincourt, from 1416 to 1419,... | [
"Enter Chorus.",
"Vouchsafe to those that haue not read the Story,\nThat I may prompt them: and of such as haue,\nI humbly pray them to admit th' excuse\nOf time, of numbers, and due course of things,\nWhich cannot in their huge and proper life,\nBe here presented. Now we beare the King\nToward Callice: Graunt hi... |
3,694 | 1771_act_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Titus Andronicus opens in the twilight of the Roman Empire, in the aftermath of the Emperor's death. His two sons - Saturninus, his firstborn, and Bassianus, his second - are pleading to the Roman elite for their respective causes. Saturninus argues that because he is the emperor's eldest son the right to succession is... | [
"ACT 1. SCENE I.\nRome. Before the Capitol",
"Flourish. Enter the TRIBUNES and SENATORS aloft; and then enter\nbelow\nSATURNINUS and his followers at one door, and BASSIANUS and his\nfollowers\nat the other, with drums and trumpets",
"SATURNINUS. Noble patricians, patrons of my right,\n Defend the justice of... |
3,695 | 1771_act_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Aaron the Moor, standing alone on the stage, declares that he plans to catch a ride on Tamora's coattails: she has gone from being a lowly prisoner to one of the most important people in Rome, and Aaron, her lover, plans to use her newfound leverage for his own betterment. Suddenly, Chiron and Demetrius rush in, fighti... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.\nRome. Before the palace",
"Enter AARON",
"AARON. Now climbeth Tamora Olympus' top,\n Safe out of Fortune's shot, and sits aloft,\n Secure of thunder's crack or lightning flash,\n Advanc'd above pale envy's threat'ning reach. As when the golden sun salutes the morn,\n And, having g... |
3,696 | 1771_act_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As the Roman elites walk toward the site of Martius and Quintus' imminent execution, Titus kneels before them and pleads with them to reconsider their rash judgment. They pass him by without a word. Lucius reveals that he has been banished, and Titus tells him that he should be happy to be banished from a cursed place ... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.\nRome. A street",
"Enter the JUDGES, TRIBUNES, and SENATORS, with TITUS' two sons\nMARTIUS and QUINTUS bound, passing on the stage to the place of\nexecution,\nand TITUS going before, pleading",
"TITUS. Hear me, grave fathers; noble Tribunes, stay! For pity of mine age, whose youth was spent\... |
3,697 | 1771_act_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Act Four opens with Lavinia chasing Lucius' son. The child is horrified by Lavinia's appearance, and must be calmed by Titus and Marcus. As they try to find Lavinia's reason for chasing the boy, she gestures to young Lucius' book, Ovid's Metamorphosis, and manages to turn the leaves to the story of the rape of Philomel... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.\nRome. TITUS' garden",
"Enter YOUNG LUCIUS and LAVINIA running after him,\nand the boy flies from her with his books under his arm.",
"Enter TITUS and MARCUS",
"BOY. Help, grandsire, help! my aunt Lavinia\n Follows me everywhere, I know not why. Good uncle Marcus, see how swift she comes!... |
3,698 | 1771_act_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Act Five opens outside the walls of Rome, where Lucius stands before his army of Goths. He announces that the Roman public desires the deposition of their emperor, and a Goth leader assures him that they too want to take revenge on Tamora. Another Goth enters leading Aaron and his child and says that the infant is the ... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.\nPlains near Rome",
"Enter LUCIUS with an army of GOTHS with drums and colours",
"LUCIUS. Approved warriors and my faithful friends,\n I have received letters from great Rome\n Which signifies what hate they bear their Emperor\n And how desirous of our sight they are.\n Therefore, g... |
3,694 | 1771_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In front of the crowded Senate in Rome , two brothers, Saturninus and Bassianus, and their respective armies are ready to throw down over who should be named emperor. Saturninus states his case first - since he's the elder son of the late emperor, the senators should name him emperor of Rome. Bassianus chimes in that t... | [
"ACT 1. SCENE I.\nRome. Before the Capitol",
"Flourish. Enter the TRIBUNES and SENATORS aloft; and then enter\nbelow\nSATURNINUS and his followers at one door, and BASSIANUS and his\nfollowers\nat the other, with drums and trumpets",
"SATURNINUS. Noble patricians, patrons of my right,\n Defend the justice of... |
3,699 | 1771_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Alone in front of the Senate-house, Aaron delivers a soliloquy about Tamora's rise to power in Rome. Since Tamora and Aaron are longtime secret lovers, Aaron is hoping to benefit from Tamora's new status as Rome's imperial first lady. Aaron also brags that, since Tamora is basically his love slave, he'll soon be in a p... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.\nRome. Before the palace",
"Enter AARON",
"AARON. Now climbeth Tamora Olympus' top,\n Safe out of Fortune's shot, and sits aloft,\n Secure of thunder's crack or lightning flash,\n Advanc'd above pale envy's threat'ning reach. As when the golden sun salutes the morn,\n And, having g... |
3,700 | 1771_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next morning Titus and his sons wait outside the emperor's palace and prepare for a day of hunting. Titus says he didn't sleep well last night but he has a feeling it's going to be a good day. Saturninus, Tamora, Bassianus, Lavinia, Chiron, Demetrius, and a bunch of attendants enter and Titus greets them. Saturninu... | [
"SCENE II.\nA forest near Rome",
"Enter TITUS ANDRONICUS, and his three sons, LUCIUS, QUINTUS,\nMARTIUS,\nmaking a noise with hounds and horns; and MARCUS",
"TITUS. The hunt is up, the morn is bright and grey,\n The fields are fragrant, and the woods are green.\n Uncouple here, and let us make a bay,\n ... |
3,701 | 1771_act_2,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the forest, Aaron hides a bag of gold under a tree. Tamora enters and announces that she and Aaron should have sex while everyone else is busy hunting. Aaron blows her off and says he's not in the mood for love because he's got "vengeance" on his mind. He's way too busy preparing for Bassianus's murder and Lavinia's... | [
"SCENE III.\nA lonely part of the forest",
"Enter AARON alone, with a bag of gold",
"AARON. He that had wit would think that I had none,\n To bury so much gold under a tree\n And never after to inherit it.\n Let him that thinks of me so abjectly\n Know that this gold must coin a stratagem,\n Whic... |
3,702 | 1771_act_2,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lavinia appears on stage with "her hands cut off, and her tongue cut out, and ravished." Demetrius and Chiron gleefully taunt Lavinia, daring her to "tell" on them. After Demetrius and Chiron run off, Marcus shows up and discovers Lavinia. Marcus delivers a long, drawn-out soliloquy describing Lavinia's mutilated body ... | [
"SCENE IV.\nAnother part of the forest",
"Enter the Empress' sons, DEMETRIUS and CHIRON, with LAVINIA,\nher hands cut off, and her tongue cut out, and ravish'd",
"DEMETRIUS. So, now go tell, an if thy tongue can speak,\n Who 'twas that cut thy tongue and ravish'd thee.\n CHIRON. Write down thy mind, bewray ... |
3,703 | 1771_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On a street in Rome, a group of judges, tribunes, and senators troop along with the prisoners, Martius and Quintus, who have been framed for Bassianus's murder. Titus confronts them and plays the "I'm a war hero" card, pleading for mercy on behalf of his sons. Titus lies down on the ground in protest of his sons' impri... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.\nRome. A street",
"Enter the JUDGES, TRIBUNES, and SENATORS, with TITUS' two sons\nMARTIUS and QUINTUS bound, passing on the stage to the place of\nexecution,\nand TITUS going before, pleading",
"TITUS. Hear me, grave fathers; noble Tribunes, stay! For pity of mine age, whose youth was spent\... |
3,704 | 1771_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the Andronicus house, Titus, Lavinia, and Marcus sit around the table and enjoy a little snack. Titus announces that he's grateful he has one hand left so he can use it to beat his chest in woe. Poor Lavinia can't even do that. Perhaps, suggests Titus, Lavinia should put a knife in her mouth and stab her chest. That... | [
"SCENE II.\nRome. TITUS' house",
"A banquet.",
"Enter TITUS, MARCUS, LAVINIA, and the boy YOUNG LUCIUS",
"TITUS. So so, now sit; and look you eat no more Than will preserve just so much strength in us As will revenge these bitter woes of ours. Marcus, unknit that sorrow-wreathen knot; Thy niece and I, poor cr... |
3,705 | 1771_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next thing we know, Young Lucius is running across the house with his storybooks under his arm while Lavinia gives chase. Lucius drops his books. Young Lucius is terrified of Auntie Lavinia, but his grandfather and uncle tell him not to be afraid, because Lavinia - who is like a mother to Young Lucius - would never... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.\nRome. TITUS' garden",
"Enter YOUNG LUCIUS and LAVINIA running after him,\nand the boy flies from her with his books under his arm.",
"Enter TITUS and MARCUS",
"BOY. Help, grandsire, help! my aunt Lavinia\n Follows me everywhere, I know not why. Good uncle Marcus, see how swift she comes!... |
3,706 | 1771_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Young Lucius arrives at the door of the emperor's palace with gifts. Titus has sent Chiron and Demetrius the best weapons from his arsenal, along with a note that says something like: "The man who is pure of life and free from crime needs not the arrows or the bows of the Moor." This, by the way, is a quote from Horace... | [
"SCENE II.\nRome. The palace",
"Enter AARON, DEMETRIUS and CHIRON, at one door; and at the other\ndoor,\nYOUNG LUCIUS and another with a bundle of weapons, and verses\nwrit upon them",
"CHIRON. Demetrius, here's the son of Lucius; He hath some message to deliver us. AARON. Ay, some mad message from his mad gran... |
3,707 | 1771_act_4,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Titus, Marcus, Young Lucius, Publius, Sempronius, and Caius shoot arrows into Saturninus's court. The arrows have letters attached to them addressed to the gods, seeking revenge. Titus declares that the god of Justice has left the earth and orders Publius and Sempronius to find "her," even if they have to travel to hel... | [
"SCENE III.\nRome. A public place",
"Enter TITUS, bearing arrows with letters on the ends of them;\nwith him MARCUS, YOUNG LUCIUS, and other gentlemen,\nPUBLIUS, SEMPRONIUS, and CAIUS, with bows",
"TITUS. Come, Marcus, come; kinsmen, this is the way. Sir boy, let me see your archery; Look ye draw home enough, a... |
3,708 | 1771_act_4,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the palace, Saturninus complains to Tamora, Demetrius, and Chiron about Titus shooting arrows at him. Saturninus is not amused by this stunt and believes Titus is just pretending to be a madman. The old man better watch out, because Saturninus isn't buying into his crazy act. Tamora steps in and smoothes Saturninus'... | [
"SCENE IV.\nRome. Before the palace",
"Enter the EMPEROR, and the EMPRESS and her two sons, DEMETRIUS\nand CHIRON;\nLORDS and others. The EMPEROR brings the arrows in his hand that\nTITUS\nshot at him",
"SATURNINUS. Why, lords, what wrongs are these! Was ever seen An emperor in Rome thus overborne, Troubled, co... |
3,709 | 1771_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In a field near Rome, Lucius has gathered an army of Goths and Roman supporters of Titus. It turns out that the Roman people hate their current emperor. Lucius delivers a rousing speech to the Goths - now's their chance to pay back Rome for everything she ever did to them! A Goth announces that they're ready to rumble.... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.\nPlains near Rome",
"Enter LUCIUS with an army of GOTHS with drums and colours",
"LUCIUS. Approved warriors and my faithful friends,\n I have received letters from great Rome\n Which signifies what hate they bear their Emperor\n And how desirous of our sight they are.\n Therefore, g... |
3,710 | 1771_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Tamora arrives at Titus's house disguised as "Revenge" and claiming to want to help Titus "right his heinous wrongs." Titus knows it's Tamora but plays along with her little game. He takes one look at Demetrius and Chiron and is all "Oh, I see you have brought 'Rape' and 'Murder' along with you. Gee, they sure do look ... | [
"SCENE II.\nRome. Before TITUS' house",
"Enter TAMORA, and her two sons, DEMETRIUS and CHIRON, disguised",
"TAMORA. Thus, in this strange and sad habiliment,\n I will encounter with Andronicus,\n And say I am Revenge, sent from below\n To join with him and right his heinous wrongs.\n Knock at his st... |
3,711 | 1771_act_5,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Titus's house, everyone has gathered for the much-anticipated dinner banquet. Lucius, who knows Saturninus's promise of a peace treaty is probably a setup, tells his men to tie Aaron up and starve him until Tamora can be confronted. Saturninus shows up. He and Lucius proceed to insult each other until Marcus steps i... | [
"SCENE III.\nThe court of TITUS' house",
"Enter Lucius, MARCUS, and the GOTHS, with AARON prisoner,\nand his CHILD in the arms of an attendant",
"LUCIUS. Uncle Marcus, since 'tis my father's mind\n That I repair to Rome, I am content.\n FIRST GOTH. And ours with thine, befall what fortune will.\n LUCIUS.... |
3,694 | 1771_act_i,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | After the death of the Emperor of Rome, his two sons, Saturninus and Bassianus, ask the masses to determine who should succeed to the throne. The first invokes his natural rights as the first-born son, the second calls upon his virtue and graciousness. They are silenced by the Tribune of the People, Marcus Andronicus, ... | [
"ACT 1. SCENE I.\nRome. Before the Capitol",
"Flourish. Enter the TRIBUNES and SENATORS aloft; and then enter\nbelow\nSATURNINUS and his followers at one door, and BASSIANUS and his\nfollowers\nat the other, with drums and trumpets",
"SATURNINUS. Noble patricians, patrons of my right,\n Defend the justice of... |
3,712 | 1771_act_2,_scenes_1-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Aaron rejoices that Tamora is now the empress. As her lover, he anticipates better opportunities for himself. His thoughts are interrupted by a brawl between Chiron and Demetrius, who argue over which of them deserves Lavinia's love. Aaron counsels them to stop arguing and instead to catch her the next day during the h... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.\nRome. Before the palace",
"Enter AARON",
"AARON. Now climbeth Tamora Olympus' top,\n Safe out of Fortune's shot, and sits aloft,\n Secure of thunder's crack or lightning flash,\n Advanc'd above pale envy's threat'ning reach. As when the golden sun salutes the morn,\n And, having g... |
3,702 | 1771_act_ii,_scene_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Chiron and Demetrius enter with a ravished Lavinia, whose hands and tongue they have cut off in order to prevent her from revealing the perpetrators of the crime. They insult her before they leave her alone in the wilderness. The wretched girl is discovered by Marcus, who is moved by the sight of the suffering Lavinia ... | [
"SCENE IV.\nAnother part of the forest",
"Enter the Empress' sons, DEMETRIUS and CHIRON, with LAVINIA,\nher hands cut off, and her tongue cut out, and ravish'd",
"DEMETRIUS. So, now go tell, an if thy tongue can speak,\n Who 'twas that cut thy tongue and ravish'd thee.\n CHIRON. Write down thy mind, bewray ... |
3,696 | 1771_act_3,_scenes_1-2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Titus entreats the judges who are leading his sons away to spare their lives for the sake of his war efforts and age. They ignore him, and he prostrates himself upon the ground, saying that he will rain tears on the earth so that it will refuse to drink the blood of his sons. Lucius enters with his sword drawn and tell... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.\nRome. A street",
"Enter the JUDGES, TRIBUNES, and SENATORS, with TITUS' two sons\nMARTIUS and QUINTUS bound, passing on the stage to the place of\nexecution,\nand TITUS going before, pleading",
"TITUS. Hear me, grave fathers; noble Tribunes, stay! For pity of mine age, whose youth was spent\... |
3,713 | 1771_act_4,_scenes_1-2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Young Lucius flees from his aunt Lavinia, fearing that she is crazed. In fact, she merely wants to get to the book he is carrying, Ovid's Metamorphoses. She turns through its pages until she reaches the story of Philomela and Tereus , which she shows to her father and uncle to indicate what has been done to her. Marcu... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.\nRome. TITUS' garden",
"Enter YOUNG LUCIUS and LAVINIA running after him,\nand the boy flies from her with his books under his arm.",
"Enter TITUS and MARCUS",
"BOY. Help, grandsire, help! my aunt Lavinia\n Follows me everywhere, I know not why. Good uncle Marcus, see how swift she comes!... |
3,714 | 1771_act_4,_scenes_3-4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Titus brings Marcus, Young Lucius, and his kinsmen Publius, Sempronius, and Caius to shoot arrows at the constellations. These arrows are tipped with petitions to the gods for justice. Marcus adds a practical touch by advising the men to make certain their shafts fall into the court so as to scare the emperor. Along co... | [
"SCENE III.\nRome. A public place",
"Enter TITUS, bearing arrows with letters on the ends of them;\nwith him MARCUS, YOUNG LUCIUS, and other gentlemen,\nPUBLIUS, SEMPRONIUS, and CAIUS, with bows",
"TITUS. Come, Marcus, come; kinsmen, this is the way. Sir boy, let me see your archery; Look ye draw home enough, a... |
3,715 | 1771_act_5,_scenes_1-2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the Goth camp, Lucius tells the Goths that he has received news from Rome detailing how much the Romans hate their emperor, and how eagerly they await Lucius's coming. The Goths are proud to fight alongside the man who was once their bane, and promise to follow his lead into battle. A Goth soldier has discovered the... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.\nPlains near Rome",
"Enter LUCIUS with an army of GOTHS with drums and colours",
"LUCIUS. Approved warriors and my faithful friends,\n I have received letters from great Rome\n Which signifies what hate they bear their Emperor\n And how desirous of our sight they are.\n Therefore, g... |
3,711 | 1771_act_v,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lucius speaks to Marcus at his father's house; he asks Marcus to take custody of Aaron so that they might later get testimony of Tamora's crimes. Saturninus enters with his empress, and is heartily welcomed by Titus, who is dressed like a cook. Titus asks Saturninus if Virginius should have slain his daughter because ... | [
"SCENE III.\nThe court of TITUS' house",
"Enter Lucius, MARCUS, and the GOTHS, with AARON prisoner,\nand his CHILD in the arms of an attendant",
"LUCIUS. Uncle Marcus, since 'tis my father's mind\n That I repair to Rome, I am content.\n FIRST GOTH. And ours with thine, befall what fortune will.\n LUCIUS.... |
3,694 | 1771_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Saturninus and Bassianus are both soliciting support for their claim to the crown of Rome. Sounding drums and trumpets, the tribunes and the senators, have gathered to announce the name of the new Emperor of Rome. The people of Rome elect Titus Andronicus to be their new emperor. Titus and his sons have just returned f... | [
"ACT 1. SCENE I.\nRome. Before the Capitol",
"Flourish. Enter the TRIBUNES and SENATORS aloft; and then enter\nbelow\nSATURNINUS and his followers at one door, and BASSIANUS and his\nfollowers\nat the other, with drums and trumpets",
"SATURNINUS. Noble patricians, patrons of my right,\n Defend the justice of... |
3,699 | 1771_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Aaron, beloved of Tamora, reveals his intention to use her power, as the empress of Rome, to further himself. He comes upon Demetrius and Chiron fighting each other over Lavinia about who should seduce Lavinia. Aaron warns them that Bassianus would punish them for having such wicked thoughts about her. Aaron points out... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.\nRome. Before the palace",
"Enter AARON",
"AARON. Now climbeth Tamora Olympus' top,\n Safe out of Fortune's shot, and sits aloft,\n Secure of thunder's crack or lightning flash,\n Advanc'd above pale envy's threat'ning reach. As when the golden sun salutes the morn,\n And, having g... |
3,700 | 1771_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The hunting party is in a forest near Rome. Led by Titus, preparations are made for the hunt. Titus has had a very disturbed sleep the previous night and therefore he has a strange feeling of uneasiness. He warns his sons that they must treat the emperor very well Chiron and Demetrius decline joining the hunt and split... | [
"SCENE II.\nA forest near Rome",
"Enter TITUS ANDRONICUS, and his three sons, LUCIUS, QUINTUS,\nMARTIUS,\nmaking a noise with hounds and horns; and MARCUS",
"TITUS. The hunt is up, the morn is bright and grey,\n The fields are fragrant, and the woods are green.\n Uncouple here, and let us make a bay,\n ... |
3,701 | 1771_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Aaron and Tamora meet in a lonely part of the forest where Tamora hints to Aaron about what they can do in this isolated place. Aaron however is in no mood for anything but revenge that morning and he informs her of the plot to kill Bassianus and ravish Lavinia. As he sees the latter two arriving, Aaron instructs Tamor... | [
"SCENE III.\nA lonely part of the forest",
"Enter AARON alone, with a bag of gold",
"AARON. He that had wit would think that I had none,\n To bury so much gold under a tree\n And never after to inherit it.\n Let him that thinks of me so abjectly\n Know that this gold must coin a stratagem,\n Whic... |
3,702 | 1771_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Demetrius and Chiron set Lavinia free. She has been ravished and they have cut off her tongue and hands. Marcius comes upon his niece and exclaims on her condition and then takes her to Titus. | [
"SCENE IV.\nAnother part of the forest",
"Enter the Empress' sons, DEMETRIUS and CHIRON, with LAVINIA,\nher hands cut off, and her tongue cut out, and ravish'd",
"DEMETRIUS. So, now go tell, an if thy tongue can speak,\n Who 'twas that cut thy tongue and ravish'd thee.\n CHIRON. Write down thy mind, bewray ... |
3,703 | 1771_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As Martius and Quintus are led to their execution, Titus pleads with the high officials of Rome to spare them. Lucius tries to rescue them by force and is banished from Rome. Marcus brings the mutilated Lavinia to her father and brother. Lucius is shocked to see her condition but Titus does not express his feelings. Wh... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.\nRome. A street",
"Enter the JUDGES, TRIBUNES, and SENATORS, with TITUS' two sons\nMARTIUS and QUINTUS bound, passing on the stage to the place of\nexecution,\nand TITUS going before, pleading",
"TITUS. Hear me, grave fathers; noble Tribunes, stay! For pity of mine age, whose youth was spent\... |
3,704 | 1771_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Titus is overwrought with grief and cannot stop lamenting over his grief. Marcus and young Lucius fear he is upsetting Lavinia and try to persuade him to talk of cheerful things, but in vain. As they are eating, Marcus kills a fly and Titus accuses him of cruelty. Marcus explains that it was black fly. Titus reminded ... | [
"SCENE II.\nRome. TITUS' house",
"A banquet.",
"Enter TITUS, MARCUS, LAVINIA, and the boy YOUNG LUCIUS",
"TITUS. So so, now sit; and look you eat no more Than will preserve just so much strength in us As will revenge these bitter woes of ours. Marcus, unknit that sorrow-wreathen knot; Thy niece and I, poor cr... |
3,705 | 1771_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This act begins with young Lucius running away from his aunt Lavinia. He runs to Titus and Marcus who urge him to try and understand what his aunt is trying to say. With the help of Ovids Metamorphosis, Lavinia reveals what had befallen her in the woods. Then using a staff she writes the names of her wrongdoers in sand... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.\nRome. TITUS' garden",
"Enter YOUNG LUCIUS and LAVINIA running after him,\nand the boy flies from her with his books under his arm.",
"Enter TITUS and MARCUS",
"BOY. Help, grandsire, help! my aunt Lavinia\n Follows me everywhere, I know not why. Good uncle Marcus, see how swift she comes!... |
3,706 | 1771_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Young Lucius presents Demetrius and Chiron, with weapons from Titus. They fail to understand the significance of the verse written on the scroll that comes attached to the weapons but Aaron realizes that Titus knows them to be guilty of their crimes against Lavinia. He however does not tell Tamora or her sons about it.... | [
"SCENE II.\nRome. The palace",
"Enter AARON, DEMETRIUS and CHIRON, at one door; and at the other\ndoor,\nYOUNG LUCIUS and another with a bundle of weapons, and verses\nwrit upon them",
"CHIRON. Demetrius, here's the son of Lucius; He hath some message to deliver us. AARON. Ay, some mad message from his mad gran... |
3,707 | 1771_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Titus sets his kinsmen to locate gods and seek justice for him and his family. Then he hands each one of them with an arrow addressed to the Roman Gods. At Marcus prompting they direct the arrows into the court. Titus mistakes a clown as a messenger from the Gods as the clown is carrying a basket containing pigeons. Ti... | [
"SCENE III.\nRome. A public place",
"Enter TITUS, bearing arrows with letters on the ends of them;\nwith him MARCUS, YOUNG LUCIUS, and other gentlemen,\nPUBLIUS, SEMPRONIUS, and CAIUS, with bows",
"TITUS. Come, Marcus, come; kinsmen, this is the way. Sir boy, let me see your archery; Look ye draw home enough, a... |
3,708 | 1771_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Titus arrows rain down on Saturninus and serve only to anger him. Tamora tries to placate him saying that Titus grief has affected his mind. When the clown hands Titus message to Saturninus the latter commands the clown to be hanged. In his message Titus states, that his sons have been wrongfully killed by Saturninus. ... | [
"SCENE IV.\nRome. Before the palace",
"Enter the EMPEROR, and the EMPRESS and her two sons, DEMETRIUS\nand CHIRON;\nLORDS and others. The EMPEROR brings the arrows in his hand that\nTITUS\nshot at him",
"SATURNINUS. Why, lords, what wrongs are these! Was ever seen An emperor in Rome thus overborne, Troubled, co... |
3,709 | 1771_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lucius is gathered near Rome with the Goths and he urges them to avenge their defeat. At this moment Aaron and his child are brought to him as prisoners. Lucius is able to guess that Tamora is the mother of Aarons child and decides to kill the baby. In exchange for his childs life Aaron promises to give Lucius importan... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.\nPlains near Rome",
"Enter LUCIUS with an army of GOTHS with drums and colours",
"LUCIUS. Approved warriors and my faithful friends,\n I have received letters from great Rome\n Which signifies what hate they bear their Emperor\n And how desirous of our sight they are.\n Therefore, g... |
3,710 | 1771_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Tamora and her two sons come to see Titus disguised as Revenge, Rape and Murder. They tell him that they have come to avenge his wrongs. Although Titus recognizes them he plays along with them and invites them into the house. As Titus leaves them for some time, Tamora reveals to her sons her plot of inviting Lucius and... | [
"SCENE II.\nRome. Before TITUS' house",
"Enter TAMORA, and her two sons, DEMETRIUS and CHIRON, disguised",
"TAMORA. Thus, in this strange and sad habiliment,\n I will encounter with Andronicus,\n And say I am Revenge, sent from below\n To join with him and right his heinous wrongs.\n Knock at his st... |
3,711 | 1771_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lucius arrives in Rome at his fathers bidding, accompanied by the Goths and the imprisoned Aaron. Saturninus, Tamora and their officials arrive at the banquet prepared by Titus. Just after the banquet begins Titus kills Lavinia in order to free her from her sufferings. He then kills Tamora. Saturninus kills Titus and i... | [
"SCENE III.\nThe court of TITUS' house",
"Enter Lucius, MARCUS, and the GOTHS, with AARON prisoner,\nand his CHILD in the arms of an attendant",
"LUCIUS. Uncle Marcus, since 'tis my father's mind\n That I repair to Rome, I am content.\n FIRST GOTH. And ours with thine, befall what fortune will.\n LUCIUS.... |
3,716 | 1522_act_1_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Two Roman tribunes, Flavius and Murellus, see the common people parading in the streets instead of working in their shops. They demand to know why the men are not working. A cobbler informs them that the people are celebrating Caesar's victory. Murellus is infuriated by this information, and calls the workers, "you blo... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.",
"Rome. A street.",
"[Enter Flavius, Marullus, and a Throng of Citizens.]",
"FLAVIUS.\nHence! home, you idle creatures, get you home!\nIs this a holiday? What! know you not,\nBeing mechanical, you ought not walk\nUpon a laboring day without the sign\nOf your profession?--Speak, what trade ar... |
3,717 | 1522_act_1_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Julius Caesar triumphantly returns to Rome on the festival of Lupercalia, celebrated on February 15. He is followed by Antony and Brutus, their wives, and many followers. Caesar tells Antony to strike his wife Calpurnia during the festival to rid her of her sterility. Antony responds with, "When Caesar says 'Do this', ... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The same. A public place.",
"[Enter, in procession, with music, Caesar; Antony, for the\ncourse; Calpurnia, Portia, Decius, Cicero, Brutus, Cassius, and\nCasca; a great crowd following, among them a Soothsayer.]",
"CAESAR.\nCalpurnia,--",
"CASCA.\nPeace, ho! Caesar speaks.",
"[Music ceases.]... |
3,718 | 1522_act_1_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Casca meets with Cicero, one of the great Roman orators, and tells him he has seen many strange things on the streets of Rome that night including a slave with a burning yet uninjured left hand, a lion loose in the streets, and an owl hooting in the daytime. Cicero tells him men interpret things in their own way, and t... | [
"SCENE III.",
"The same. A street.",
"[Thunder and lightning. Enter, from opposite sides, CASCA, with\nhis sword drawn, and CICERO.]",
"CICERO.\nGood even, Casca: brought you Caesar home?\nWhy are you breathless, and why stare you so?",
"CASCA.\nAre not you moved, when all the sway of earth\nShakes like a t... |
3,719 | 1522_act_2_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Brutus is in his garden and has decided that Caesar must be killed. His reasons for reaching this conclusion are that Caesar is abusing his power and that has ascended far too quickly. Lucius, Brutus' servant, brings him a letter he has found in Brutus' private room. The first line of the letter reads, "Brutus, thou sl... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.",
"Rome. BRUTUS'S orchard.",
"[Enter Brutus.]",
"BRUTUS.\nWhat, Lucius, ho!--\nI cannot, by the progress of the stars,\nGive guess how near to day.--Lucius, I say!--\nI would it were my fault to sleep so soundly.--\nWhen, Lucius, when! Awake, I say! What, Lucius!",
"[Enter Lucius.]",
"LU... |
3,720 | 1522_act_2_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Caesar, still in his nightgown, is terrified by a dream his wife Calpurnia has had in which she cried out, "Help, ho. They murder Caesar. He orders a servant to go to the priests and have them sacrifice an animal in order to read the entrails for predictions of the future. Calpurnia arrives and tells him that he dare n... | [
"SCENE II.",
"A room in Caesar's palace.",
"[Thunder and lightning. Enter Caesar, in his nightgown.]",
"CAESAR.\nNor heaven nor earth have been at peace tonight:\nThrice hath Calpurnia in her sleep cried out,\n\"Help, ho! They murder Caesar!\"--Who's within?",
"[Enter a Servant.]",
"SERVANT.\nMy lord?",
... |
3,721 | 1522_act_2_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Artemidorus has written Caesar a letter in which he names all of the conspirators against Caesar. He stands on a street near the Capitol and waits for Caesar to pass by on his way to the Senate so that he can hand Caesar the note | [
"SCENE III.",
"A street near the Capitol.",
"[Enter Artemidorus, reading paper.]",
"ARTEMIDORUS.\n\"Caesar, beware of Brutus; take heed of Cassius; come\nnot near Casca; have an eye to Cinna; trust not Trebonius; mark\nwell Metellus Cimber; Decius Brutus loves thee not; thou hast\nwrong'd Caius Ligarius. Ther... |
3,722 | 1522_act_2_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Portia orders the servant Lucius to go to the Senate House. He asks her what he should do there, but she is so distracted that she is unable to tell him the purpose. She remarks to the audience, "I have a man's mind, but a woman's might. How hard it is for women to keep counsel. She is alluding to the fact that she kno... | [
"SCENE IV.",
"Another part of the same street, before the house of Brutus.",
"[Enter Portia and Lucius.]",
"PORTIA.\nI pr'ythee, boy, run to the Senate-house;\nStay not to answer me, but get thee gone.\nWhy dost thou stay?",
"LUCIUS.\nTo know my errand, madam.",
"PORTIA.\nI would have had thee there, and ... |
3,723 | 1522_act_3_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Caesar is headed to the Senate House with all of the conspirators surrounding him. He sees the soothsayer and tells the man that the ides of March have come. The soothsayer responds with, "Ay, Caesar, but not gone". However, Caesar is not concerned and continues to the Senate. Next Artemidorus attempts to hand Caesar h... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.",
"Rome. Before the Capitol; the Senate sitting.",
"[A crowd of people in the street leading to the Capitol, among\nthem Artemidorus and the Soothsayer. Flourish. Enter Caesar,\nBrutus, Cassius, Casca, Decius, Metellus, Trebonius, Cinna,\nAntony, Lepidus, Popilius, Publius, and others.]",
"... |
3,724 | 1522_act_3_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Brutus and Cassius tell the plebeians to follow them in order to hear an explanation for the murder. They split the multitude into two parties and Cassius leaves to speak to one group while Brutus speaks to the other. Brutus tells the masses that he loved Caesar more than any of them, but that he killed Caesar because ... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The same. The Forum.",
"[Enter Brutus and Cassius, with a throng of Citizens.]",
"CITIZENS.\nWe will be satisfied; let us be satisfied.",
"BRUTUS.\nThen follow me, and give me audience, friends.--\nCassius, go you into the other street\nAnd part the numbers.--\nThose that will hear me speak, l... |
3,725 | 1522_act_3_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cinna the poet is unable to sleep that night and wanders through the streets of Rome. Some plebeians find him and demand to know who he is and what he is doing on the street. He tells them that he is going to Caesar's funeral as a friend of Caesar. When they ask him his name, he tells them Cinna, at which the plebeians... | [
"SCENE III.",
"The same. A street.",
"[Enter Cinna, the poet.]",
"CINNA.\nI dreamt to-night that I did feast with Caesar,\nAnd things unluckily charge my fantasy:\nI have no will to wander forth of doors,\nYet something leads me forth.",
"[Enter Citizens.]",
"FIRST CITIZEN.\nWhat is your name?",
"SECOND... |
3,726 | 1522_act_4_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Antony, Octavius and Lepidus have banded together in a counter-conspiracy to destroy the men who killed Caesar. Antony has a paper with names on it and he says, "These many, then, shall die; their names are pricked". The men then mark more names of people who must die, including the brother of Lepidus and the son of Ma... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.",
"Rome. A room in Antony's house.",
"[Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus, seated at a table.]",
"ANTONY.\nThese many then shall die; their names are prick'd.",
"OCTAVIUS.\nYour brother too must die: consent you, Lepidus?",
"LEPIDUS.\nI do consent,--",
"OCTAVIUS.\nPrick him down, Antony.",
... |
3,727 | 1522_act_4_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Brutus has brought his armies to Sardis and has set up camp. A messenger whom he sent to Cassius informs him that Cassius is not as friendly anymore. Brutus remarks, "Thou hast described / A hot friend cooling". At that moment Cassius' army arrives and Cassius himself appears. He is angry with Brutus and starts to accu... | [
"SCENE II.",
"Before Brutus' tent, in the camp near Sardis.",
"[Drum. Enter Brutus, Lucilius, Titinius, and Soldiers; Pindarus\nmeeting them; Lucius at some distance.]",
"BRUTUS.\nStand, ho!",
"LUCILIUS.\nGive the word, ho! and stand.",
"BRUTUS.\nWhat now, Lucilius! is Cassius near?",
"LUCILIUS.\nHe is ... |
3,728 | 1522_act_5_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Octavius and Antony, located on a battlefield in Philippi, have just learned that Brutus and Cassius are marching towards them. A messenger arrives and tells both generals that the enemy is so close that they must do something quickly. Antony orders Octavius to, "lead your battle softly on / Upon the left hand of the e... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.",
"The plains of Philippi.",
"[Enter Octavius, Antony, and their Army.]",
"OCTAVIUS.\nNow, Antony, our hopes are answered.\nYou said the enemy would not come down,\nBut keep the hills and upper regions:\nIt proves not so; their battles are at hand:\nThey mean to warn us at Philippi here,\nAns... |
3,729 | 1522_act_5_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The battle begins and Brutus gives Messala orders to bring to Cassius. He tells Messala to inform Cassius that he needs to advance faster in order to catch Octavius' flank which is not fighting very well | [
"SCENE II.",
"The same. The field of battle.",
"[Alarum. Enter Brutus and Messala.]",
"BRUTUS.\nRide, ride, Messala, ride, and give these bills\nUnto the legions on the other side:\nLet them set on at once; for I perceive\nBut cold demeanor in Octavius' wing,\nAnd sudden push gives them the overthrow.\nRide, ... |
3,730 | 1522_act_5_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cassius is upset because he is afraid his men are running away from the field of battle. He tells Titinius that he personally killed his standard-bearer who was trying to run away and took up the banner himself. Titinius informs him that Brutus "gave the word too early" and that his soldiers quickly started looting the... | [
"SCENE III. Another part of the field.",
"[Alarum. Enter Cassius and Titinius.]",
"CASSIUS.\nO, look, Titinius, look, the villains fly!\nMyself have to mine own turn'd enemy:\nThis ensign here of mine was turning back;\nI slew the coward, and did take it from him.",
"TITINIUS.\nO Cassius, Brutus gave the word... |
3,731 | 1522_act_5_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Brutus appears again, still leading his troops. He tells his men to continue fighting and leaves them in the midst of battle. Cato valiantly fights but is killed. Lucillius pretends to be Brutus and challenges the soldiers, but is quickly captured. The soldiers send for Antony, thinking they have finally captured Brutu... | [
"SCENE IV.",
"Another part of the field.",
"[Alarum. Enter, fighting, Soldiers of both armies; then Brutus,\nyoung Cato, Lucilius, and Others.]",
"BRUTUS.\nYet, countrymen, O, yet hold up your heads!",
"CATO.\nWhat bastard doth not? Who will go with me?\nI will proclaim my name about the field:--\nI am the ... |
3,732 | 1522_act_5_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Brutus arrives accompanied by several stragglers from his defeated army. He first asks Clitus and then Dardanius to kill him so that he will not be captured. They both refuse and stand away from him. He then asks Volumnius to kill him as a friend, but Volumnius tells him, "That's not the office for a friend, my lord". ... | [
"SCENE V.",
"Another part of the field.",
"[Enter Brutus, Dardanius, Clitus, Strato, and Volumnius.]",
"BRUTUS.\nCome, poor remains of friends, rest on this rock.",
"CLITUS.\nStatilius show'd the torch-light; but, my lord,\nHe came not back: he is or ta'en or slain.",
"BRUTUS.\nSit thee down, Clitus: slay... |
3,716 | 1522_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The play opens on a crowded and noisy street in Rome as Julius Caesar returns from battle, where he stomped Pompey's sons into the ground. FYI: Pompey is a guy who used to rule Rome with Caesar . After disagreeing with Caesar about how Rome should be run, Pompey was defeated in battle and assassinated. Just to be sure ... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.",
"Rome. A street.",
"[Enter Flavius, Marullus, and a Throng of Citizens.]",
"FLAVIUS.\nHence! home, you idle creatures, get you home!\nIs this a holiday? What! know you not,\nBeing mechanical, you ought not walk\nUpon a laboring day without the sign\nOf your profession?--Speak, what trade ar... |
3,717 | 1522_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Caesar, Brutus, their wives, and all sorts of other folks are gathered in a public place. They're ready to celebrate the feast of the Lupercal, an annual party which involves a bunch of Romans dressed in leather loincloths running around the city lashing whoever they find with a goatskin whip. Seriously. Caesar's frien... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The same. A public place.",
"[Enter, in procession, with music, Caesar; Antony, for the\ncourse; Calpurnia, Portia, Decius, Cicero, Brutus, Cassius, and\nCasca; a great crowd following, among them a Soothsayer.]",
"CAESAR.\nCalpurnia,--",
"CASCA.\nPeace, ho! Caesar speaks.",
"[Music ceases.]... |
3,718 | 1522_act_1,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cicero runs into Casca on the street that night. Casca's a little shaken up. Though he's seen his fair share of bad nights, he says the sky dropping hot fire is definitely a first. Casca thinks maybe there's a civil war in heaven, or maybe the gods are raining down fury because the world has displeased them. This would... | [
"SCENE III.",
"The same. A street.",
"[Thunder and lightning. Enter, from opposite sides, CASCA, with\nhis sword drawn, and CICERO.]",
"CICERO.\nGood even, Casca: brought you Caesar home?\nWhy are you breathless, and why stare you so?",
"CASCA.\nAre not you moved, when all the sway of earth\nShakes like a t... |
3,719 | 1522_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Brutus contemplates the conspiracy in his garden late into the night. He has reached the conclusion that Julius Caesar must die. Brutus can't justify Caesar's death by any personal acts of Caesar's; Caesar has just got to go for the public good. Brutus reasons that, although Caesar isn't bad now, getting a crown would ... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.",
"Rome. BRUTUS'S orchard.",
"[Enter Brutus.]",
"BRUTUS.\nWhat, Lucius, ho!--\nI cannot, by the progress of the stars,\nGive guess how near to day.--Lucius, I say!--\nI would it were my fault to sleep so soundly.--\nWhen, Lucius, when! Awake, I say! What, Lucius!",
"[Enter Lucius.]",
"LU... |
3,720 | 1522_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Caesar's also up late, pacing around in his nightgown, with lightning and thunder as the backdrop. His wife Calphurnia has cried out "Help, ho! They murder Caesar" three times in her sleep, which he's taken as a bad sign. Caesar tells a servant to order the priests to make a sacrifice and see if they can rustle up a go... | [
"SCENE II.",
"A room in Caesar's palace.",
"[Thunder and lightning. Enter Caesar, in his nightgown.]",
"CAESAR.\nNor heaven nor earth have been at peace tonight:\nThrice hath Calpurnia in her sleep cried out,\n\"Help, ho! They murder Caesar!\"--Who's within?",
"[Enter a Servant.]",
"SERVANT.\nMy lord?",
... |
3,721 | 1522_act_2,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Artemidorius, a soothsayer, reads aloud a note that he's written to Caesar. In the note, he lists all the conspirators that Caesar should stay away from and warns of their plot. Artemidorius plans to pass the note to Caesar as he walks to the Capitol. He hopes the note will save Caesar's life. | [
"SCENE III.",
"A street near the Capitol.",
"[Enter Artemidorus, reading paper.]",
"ARTEMIDORUS.\n\"Caesar, beware of Brutus; take heed of Cassius; come\nnot near Casca; have an eye to Cinna; trust not Trebonius; mark\nwell Metellus Cimber; Decius Brutus loves thee not; thou hast\nwrong'd Caius Ligarius. Ther... |
3,722 | 1522_act_2,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Portia, Brutus' wife, is a mess. She tells Lucius, the servant, to run to the Capitol, then yells at him for not leaving, even though she hasn't yet given him any instruction on what to do when he gets there. Portia is worried, but she doesn't even know what Lucius should look for. Brutus didn't look well when he left ... | [
"SCENE IV.",
"Another part of the same street, before the house of Brutus.",
"[Enter Portia and Lucius.]",
"PORTIA.\nI pr'ythee, boy, run to the Senate-house;\nStay not to answer me, but get thee gone.\nWhy dost thou stay?",
"LUCIUS.\nTo know my errand, madam.",
"PORTIA.\nI would have had thee there, and ... |
3,723 | 1522_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The crowd of traitorous senators and a bunch of hangers-on surround Julius Caesar just outside the Capitol. Decius, a traitor, offers a "suit" or a request from Trebonius to Caesar while Artemidorius tries to get his attention. After a vague but ominous interaction between Caesar and the soothsayer, Artemidorius pleads... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.",
"Rome. Before the Capitol; the Senate sitting.",
"[A crowd of people in the street leading to the Capitol, among\nthem Artemidorus and the Soothsayer. Flourish. Enter Caesar,\nBrutus, Cassius, Casca, Decius, Metellus, Trebonius, Cinna,\nAntony, Lepidus, Popilius, Publius, and others.]",
"... |
3,724 | 1522_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Brutus and Cassius hit the streets, surrounded by crowds of common folks. So many people are clamoring to hear them that Cassius takes one group off while the others stay to listen to Brutus speak. Brutus ascends to the pulpit and the crowd falls silent. He delivers an earnest, honest, and simple speech. First, he says... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The same. The Forum.",
"[Enter Brutus and Cassius, with a throng of Citizens.]",
"CITIZENS.\nWe will be satisfied; let us be satisfied.",
"BRUTUS.\nThen follow me, and give me audience, friends.--\nCassius, go you into the other street\nAnd part the numbers.--\nThose that will hear me speak, l... |
3,725 | 1522_act_3,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The poet Cinna, who is traveling the streets, gets caught up by the mob. After asking him a few questions, they confuse him with Cinna the conspirator. He tries to explain that they've got the wrong guy, but the mob has no mercy. They decide to tear him to pieces anyway for his bad poetry. As they drag him offstage, th... | [
"SCENE III.",
"The same. A street.",
"[Enter Cinna, the poet.]",
"CINNA.\nI dreamt to-night that I did feast with Caesar,\nAnd things unluckily charge my fantasy:\nI have no will to wander forth of doors,\nYet something leads me forth.",
"[Enter Citizens.]",
"FIRST CITIZEN.\nWhat is your name?",
"SECOND... |
3,726 | 1522_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus are gathered with a checklist of the men they plan to murder for conspiracy. Lepidus agrees that his brother can be killed as long as Antony agrees for his nephew to be killed. Lepidus is sent to collect Caesar's will, to see if they can divert some of his money their way. As soon as Lepid... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.",
"Rome. A room in Antony's house.",
"[Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus, seated at a table.]",
"ANTONY.\nThese many then shall die; their names are prick'd.",
"OCTAVIUS.\nYour brother too must die: consent you, Lepidus?",
"LEPIDUS.\nI do consent,--",
"OCTAVIUS.\nPrick him down, Antony.",
... |
3,727 | 1522_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Brutus and his friend Lucilius meet Pindarus, servant and friend to Cassius, with Titinius, another mutual buddy. Brutus says Cassius, who isn't there yet, has engaged in or overseen some shady business that makes Brutus wish they had never killed Caesar. Still, if Cassius is on his way, that's okay. Lucilius admits, w... | [
"SCENE II.",
"Before Brutus' tent, in the camp near Sardis.",
"[Drum. Enter Brutus, Lucilius, Titinius, and Soldiers; Pindarus\nmeeting them; Lucius at some distance.]",
"BRUTUS.\nStand, ho!",
"LUCILIUS.\nGive the word, ho! and stand.",
"BRUTUS.\nWhat now, Lucilius! is Cassius near?",
"LUCILIUS.\nHe is ... |
3,733 | 1522_act_4,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The root of Cassius and Brutus' argument comes out: Brutus has condemned a man, Lucius Pella, for taking bribes from the Sardians. Cassius wrote a letter saying Pella shouldn't be punished, but Brutus ignored it. He accuses Cassius of being dishonorable for suggesting they let bribery slide. Cassius resents being calle... | [
"SCENE III.",
"within the tent of Brutus.",
"[Enter Brutus and Cassius.]",
"CASSIUS.\nThat you have wrong'd me doth appear in this:\nYou have condemn'd and noted Lucius Pella\nFor taking bribes here of the Sardians;\nWhereas my letters, praying on his side\nBecause I knew the man, were slighted off.",
"BRUT... |
3,728 | 1522_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Octavius and Anthony confer on the plains of Philippi. Octavius is surprised to see that Brutus and Cassius' army has come to meet them, especially since Antony thought the enemy would stay put. Antony thinks the enemy is fronting: clearly Brutus and Cassius mean to appear courageous and brave, but Antony can see right... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.",
"The plains of Philippi.",
"[Enter Octavius, Antony, and their Army.]",
"OCTAVIUS.\nNow, Antony, our hopes are answered.\nYou said the enemy would not come down,\nBut keep the hills and upper regions:\nIt proves not so; their battles are at hand:\nThey mean to warn us at Philippi here,\nAns... |
3,729 | 1522_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Brutus sends Messala to ride out and instruct the soldiers to bear down on Octavius' side of the enemy's army. That group lacks spirit and might easily fall after a good push. | [
"SCENE II.",
"The same. The field of battle.",
"[Alarum. Enter Brutus and Messala.]",
"BRUTUS.\nRide, ride, Messala, ride, and give these bills\nUnto the legions on the other side:\nLet them set on at once; for I perceive\nBut cold demeanor in Octavius' wing,\nAnd sudden push gives them the overthrow.\nRide, ... |
3,730 | 1522_act_5,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cassius and Titinius watch the battle from another part of the field. When Cassius' standard-bearer tried to run away, Cassius killed him and took up the flag himself. This guy is merciless! Titinius doesn't comment on this behavior but points out that Brutus came down on Octavius's army too early. Though they were ini... | [
"SCENE III. Another part of the field.",
"[Alarum. Enter Cassius and Titinius.]",
"CASSIUS.\nO, look, Titinius, look, the villains fly!\nMyself have to mine own turn'd enemy:\nThis ensign here of mine was turning back;\nI slew the coward, and did take it from him.",
"TITINIUS.\nO Cassius, Brutus gave the word... |
3,731 | 1522_act_5,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Everyone goes out onto the battlefield in a blaze of glory. Young Cato runs around shouting his name as a challenge to anyone who stands for tyranny and against the Roman Republic. Lucilius is running around pretending to be Brutus. Some enemy soldiers unceremoniously kill Young Cato. They're ready to kill Lucilius too... | [
"SCENE IV.",
"Another part of the field.",
"[Alarum. Enter, fighting, Soldiers of both armies; then Brutus,\nyoung Cato, Lucilius, and Others.]",
"BRUTUS.\nYet, countrymen, O, yet hold up your heads!",
"CATO.\nWhat bastard doth not? Who will go with me?\nI will proclaim my name about the field:--\nI am the ... |
3,732 | 1522_act_5,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elsewhere in the field, Brutus stops and asks his remaining friends to rest on a rock. He calls Clitus aside and asks him to do something in a whisper. Clitus declines to do the mystery deed, saying he'd rather kill himself. The process is repeated with Dardanius. The two men, Clitus and Dardanius, reveal to each other... | [
"SCENE V.",
"Another part of the field.",
"[Enter Brutus, Dardanius, Clitus, Strato, and Volumnius.]",
"BRUTUS.\nCome, poor remains of friends, rest on this rock.",
"CLITUS.\nStatilius show'd the torch-light; but, my lord,\nHe came not back: he is or ta'en or slain.",
"BRUTUS.\nSit thee down, Clitus: slay... |
3,716 | 1522_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On a street in ancient Rome, Flavius and Marullus, two Roman tribunes -- judges meant to protect the rights of the people -- accost a group of workmen and ask them to name their trades and to explain their absence from work. The first workman answers straight forwardly, but the second workman answers with a spirited st... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.",
"Rome. A street.",
"[Enter Flavius, Marullus, and a Throng of Citizens.]",
"FLAVIUS.\nHence! home, you idle creatures, get you home!\nIs this a holiday? What! know you not,\nBeing mechanical, you ought not walk\nUpon a laboring day without the sign\nOf your profession?--Speak, what trade ar... |
3,717 | 1522_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Caesar, having entered Rome in triumph, calls to his wife, Calphurnia, and orders her to stand where Mark Antony, about to run in the traditional footrace of the Lupercal, can touch her as he passes. Caesar shares the belief that if a childless woman is touched by one of the holy runners, she will lose her sterility. A... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The same. A public place.",
"[Enter, in procession, with music, Caesar; Antony, for the\ncourse; Calpurnia, Portia, Decius, Cicero, Brutus, Cassius, and\nCasca; a great crowd following, among them a Soothsayer.]",
"CAESAR.\nCalpurnia,--",
"CASCA.\nPeace, ho! Caesar speaks.",
"[Music ceases.]... |
3,718 | 1522_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | That evening, Cicero and Casca meet on a street in Rome. There has been a terrible storm, and Casca describes to Cicero the unnatural phenomena that have occurred: An owl hooted in the marketplace at noon, the sheeted dead rose out of their graves, and so on. Cicero then departs and Cassius enters. He interprets the su... | [
"SCENE III.",
"The same. A street.",
"[Thunder and lightning. Enter, from opposite sides, CASCA, with\nhis sword drawn, and CICERO.]",
"CICERO.\nGood even, Casca: brought you Caesar home?\nWhy are you breathless, and why stare you so?",
"CASCA.\nAre not you moved, when all the sway of earth\nShakes like a t... |
3,719 | 1522_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Brutus is in his orchard. It is night and he calls impatiently for his servant, Lucius, and sends him to light a candle in his study. When Lucius has gone, Brutus speaks one of the most important and controversial soliloquies in the play. He says that he has "no personal cause to spurn at" Caesar, except "for the gener... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.",
"Rome. BRUTUS'S orchard.",
"[Enter Brutus.]",
"BRUTUS.\nWhat, Lucius, ho!--\nI cannot, by the progress of the stars,\nGive guess how near to day.--Lucius, I say!--\nI would it were my fault to sleep so soundly.--\nWhen, Lucius, when! Awake, I say! What, Lucius!",
"[Enter Lucius.]",
"LU... |
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