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3,720 | 1522_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene is set in Caesar's house during a night of thunder and lightning, and Caesar is commenting on the tumultuous weather and upon Calphurnia's having dreamed of his being murdered. He sends a servant to instruct his augurers, men designated to interpret signs and appease the gods, to perform a sacrifice. Calphurn... | [
"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_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Artemidorus enters a street near the Capitol reading from a paper that warns Caesar of danger and that names each of the conspirators. He intends to give the letter to Caesar and he reasons that Caesar may survive if the fates do not ally themselves with the conspirators. | [
"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_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Portia and Lucius enter the street in front of Brutus' house, where Portia is extremely excited. She suggests that Brutus has told her of his plans , and she repeatedly gives Lucius incomplete instructions concerning an errand to the Capitol. She struggles to maintain self-control and reacts violently to imagined noise... | [
"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_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Outside the Capitol, Caesar appears with Antony, Lepidus, and all of the conspirators. He sees the soothsayer and reminds the man that "The ides of March are come." The soothsayer answers, "Aye, Caesar, but not gone." Artemidorus calls to Caesar, urging him to read the paper containing his warning, but Caesar refuses t... | [
"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_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Brutus and Cassius enter the Forum, which is thronged with citizens demanding satisfaction. They divide the crowd -- Cassius leading off one portion to hear his argument, and Brutus presenting reasons to those remaining behind at the Forum. Brutus asks the citizens to contain their emotions until he has finished, to be... | [
"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_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cinna the poet is on his way to attend Caesar's funeral when he is accosted by a group of riotous citizens who demand to know who he is and where he is going. He tells them that his name is Cinna and his destination is Caesar's funeral. They mistake him, however, for the conspirator Cinna and move to assault him. He pl... | [
"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_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | After they have formed the Second Triumvirate, Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus meet in Rome to decide which Romans shall live and which shall die. Lepidus agrees to the death of his brother, and Antony agrees to the death of a nephew. Antony then sends Lepidus to obtain Caesar's will so that they can reduce some of the b... | [
"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_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Outside of his tent at a camp near Sardis, Brutus greets Titinius and Pindarus, who bring him word that Cassius is approaching. Brutus complains that Cassius has offended him, and he looks forward to hearing Cassius' explanation. Pindarus, Cassius' servant, is certain that the explanation will satisfy Brutus. Lucilius ... | [
"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_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As soon as the two men are within the tent, Cassius accuses Brutus of having wronged him by condemning Lucius Pella for taking bribes from the Sardians, in spite of Cassius' letters in his defense. Brutus replies that Cassius should not have written defending such a cause, and Brutus charges him with having an "itching... | [
"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_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On the plain of Philippi, Octavius and Antony, along with their forces, await Brutus, Cassius, and their armies. A messenger arrives and warns Octavius and Antony that the enemy is approaching. Antony orders Octavius to take the left side of the field, but Octavius insists upon taking the right and Antony taking the le... | [
"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_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | During the early course of the battle of Philippi, Brutus sends Messala with a message, urging Cassius to engage the enemy forces at once. Brutus believes that the forces under Octavius, which are positioned before him, are currently unspirited and vulnerable to attack. | [
"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_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On another part of the field, Cassius sees his men retreating; Brutus' forces, having driven back those of Octavius, are foraging about the battlefield for spoils, leaving Antony's army free to encircle Cassius' troops. Thus Cassius sends Titinius to ride toward the soldiers that he sees in the distance and determine w... | [
"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_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On the battlefield, in the midst of fighting, Brutus enters with Young Cato, Lucilius, and others. He urges them all to stand upright and brave. He exits, and Young Cato shouts his name and his loyalty to Rome, although some texts credit these lines, showing this loyalty to Brutus and Rome, to Lucilius. Young Cato is k... | [
"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_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Brutus, Dardanius, Clitus, Strato, and Volumnius enter. They are tired from battle, and Brutus whispers a request first to Clitus and then to Dardanius; he wants one of the men to kill him. They both refuse him. He tells Volumnius that Caesar's ghost appeared to him again; he knows that it is time for him to die. Volum... | [
"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_i,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Two tribunes, Flavius and Murellus, enter a Roman street, along with various commoners. Flavius and Murellus derisively order the commoners to return home and get back to work: "What, know you not, / Being mechanical, you ought not walk / Upon a labouring day without the sign / Of your profession?" . Murellus engages a... | [
"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_i,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Caesar enters a public square with Antony, Calpurnia, Portia, Decius, Cicero, Brutus, Cassius, Casca, and a Soothsayer; he is followed by a throng of citizens and then by Flavius and Murellus. Antony, dressed to celebrate the feast day, readies himself for a ceremonial run through the city. Caesar urges him to touch Ca... | [
"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_i,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Casca and Cicero meet on a Roman street. Casca says that though he has seen many terrible things in the natural world, nothing compares to the frightfulness of this night's weather. He wonders if there is strife in heaven or if the gods are so angered by mankind that they intend to destroy it. Casca relates that he saw... | [
"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_ii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Brutus paces back and forth in his garden. He asks his servant to bring him a light and mutters to himself that Caesar will have to die. He knows with certainty that Caesar will be crowned king; what he questions is whether or not Caesar will be corrupted by his power. Although he admits that he has never seen Caesar s... | [
"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... |
3,723 | 1522_act_iii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | But I am constant as the Northern Star,Of whose true fixed and resting qualityThere is no fellow in the firmament. Act III, scene i Artemidorus and the Soothsayer await Caesar in the street. Caesar enters with Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Decius, Metellus, Trebonius, Cinna, Ligarius, Antony, and other senators. Artemidorus ... | [
"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.]",
"... |
3,720 | 1522_act_iii,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Brutus and Cassius enter the Forum with a crowd of plebeians. Cassius exits to speak to another portion of the crowd. Brutus addresses the onstage crowd, assuring them that they may trust in his honor. He did not kill Caesar out of a lack of love for him, he says, but because his love for Rome outweighed his love of a ... | [
"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?",
... |
3,726 | 1522_act_iv,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Meanwhile, Brutus waits with his men in camp and meets with Lucillius, Titinius, and Pindarus. Lucillius bears a message from Cassius and steps aside to speak to Brutus. He says that Cassius is becoming more and more displeased with Brutus, and Brutus worries that their ties may be weakening. Cassius arrives with his a... | [
"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.",
... |
3,716 | 1522_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene opens in February of 44 B.C. with the triumphant return of Julius Caesar after his victory over Pompey the Great. The streets of Rome are decorated and full of ordinary citizens wishing to join in the triumphant celebration. Flavius and Marullus, two tribunes, confront some of the citizens, called plebeians, ... | [
"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 enters in procession, accompanied by his close friend Mark Antony, his wife Calphurnia, and others. Mark Antony is preparing to take part in a race to celebrate the traditional Feast of Lupercal. It is an important race, for barren women are supposedly cured of infertility if touched by the young men running the... | [
"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. | The scene opens on a stormy night in Rome. Cicero, the famous orator, encounters an overly excited Casca on the street. Casca tells about some strange and ominous things he has seen. A slave set his left hand on fire and let it burn like twenty torches, but his hand remained unscorched; a lion glared at him near the Ca... | [
"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. | The scene opens in Brutus' orchard. A troubled Brutus is having trouble sleeping. He is torn between his affection for Caesar and his fear of Caesar's tyranny. He admits that he has no personal grudge against Caesar, but fears that the crowning of his friend will change him, since it is a proven fact that power corrupt... | [
"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_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The stormy weather and a series of nightmares have frightened Caesar's wife, Calphurnia, who begs him not to go to the Capitol that day. She tells him she dreamed that a lioness gave birth in the streets, graves yielded up their dead, blood rained upon the Capitol, and ghosts howled and shrieked throughout Rome. Furthe... | [
"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_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene opens on a street near the Capitol. Artemidorus waits for Caesar, planning to give him a paper with the names of the conspirators. | [
"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_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene opens outside Brutus' house. Portia appears with the servant, Lucius. She is agitated and wants to know what is happening at the Capitol. She implores Lucius to run to the Senate and bring word about Brutus since he was unwell when he left the house earlier in the morning. Her concern is increased by the ima... | [
"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_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Caesar arrives at the Capitol with Antony, Brutus, Cassius, and the other conspirators. On seeing the soothsayer who had warned him about the Ides of March, he casually states that the Ides have come. The soothsayer replies that they have not yet left, giving a clear foreshadowing of the tragedy that is soon to pass. C... | [
"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_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Brutus and Cassius enter the Forum, where a huge crowd of citizens has assembled, demanding to know why Caesar was murdered. Brutus goes to the pulpit and asks the crowd to listen patiently as he explains the reasons. He states that he loved Caesar, but he loved Rome more; he explains that Caesar was killed because his... | [
"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_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | An unfortunate poet named Cinna is wandering the streets of Rome when he is suddenly confronted by a huge mob; they demand to know his name and where he is headed. When he tells them that he is on his way to Caesar's funeral and that his name is Cinna, they mistake him for one of the conspirators, who has the same name... | [
"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_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Antony, Octavius Caesar, and Lepidus have formed a second triumvirate to share the leadership of Rome. They meet to discuss their strategy for defeating the escaped conspirators. Antony sends Lepidus to Caesar's house to bring his will so that they can devise some way of paying for the expenses of the campaign against ... | [
"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_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the rebel camp at Sardis, Brutus receives Titinius and Pindarus, two officers who report that Cassius is approaching. When Pindarus gives Brutus a letter from Cassius, Brutus tells the soldier that his master has offended him and he wants an explanation; it is obvious that the two men are no longer very close. Lucil... | [
"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_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The moment Cassius enters Brutus' tent, the two begin to air their grievances. Cassius bluntly accuses Brutus of having wronged him by accusing Lucius Pella of taking bribes, despite the fact that Cassius had pleaded on his behalf. Brutus replies that Cassius has wronged them both by defending corruption. Brutus then a... | [
"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_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | When Octavius and Antony enter the plains of Philippi with their armies, Octavius excitedly reports that the enemy forces are advancing towards them. Antony tells Octavius to lead his army to the left side of the battlefield. Octavius insists that he will take the right side of the field. It is obvious that these two l... | [
"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_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The battle has commenced on the plains of Philippi. A positive Brutus, still hopeful of victory, instructs Messala to go to Cassius and tell him to lead their troops against the enemy at once. He naively believes that Octavius' soldiers are faint-hearted and that a sudden attack will quickly defeat them. | [
"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_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In another part of the battlefield, Cassius despairingly tells Titinius that his own men are retreating like cowards under the enemy attack. Brutus' soldiers, however, have defeated Octavius' troops; but they foolishly pause to plunder and loot, allowing Antony's army to surround Cassius. Pindarus enters and warns Cass... | [
"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_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In another part of the battlefield, Brutus enters in the midst of the battle and exhorts young Cato and Lucilius to fight valiantly. Cato bravely rushes in, but is quickly overpowered and dies. To protect his leader, Lucilius proclaims that he is Brutus when the enemy soldiers capture him. The soldiers, believing him, ... | [
"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_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In yet another part of the battlefield, Brutus enters along with Dardanius, Clitus, Strato, and Volumnius. They are tired and depressed, having lost another battle. Brutus asks his loyal followers to kill him, but none will. Brutus then tells Volumnius that the ghost of Caesar had appeared to him again last night in th... | [
"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 people of Rome await with anticipation the arrival of their hero, Julius Caesar, who is fresh from his victories over the sons of Pompey in Spain. Two Roman Tribunes, Flavius and Marullus are concerned at the ecstasy of the people who clearly think Caesar is a god. They notice that some of the statues of Caesar are... | [
"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 has now entered Rome in triumph and Caesar and his wife, Calphurnia, are about to watch the traditional foot race in which Mark Antony will run. There is a superstition that if a runner touches a childless woman, she will regain her fertility, and so Mark Antony touches Calphurnia. In a shrill voice a soothsayer... | [
"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. | It is now evening in Rome and there is a terrible storm; there are also rumors of strange unearthly apparitions. Casca: A common slave - you know him well by sight - Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn Like twenty torches joined, and yet his hand, Not sensible of fire, remained unscorched. Against the Capit... | [
"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. | Set in the orchard of Brutus' home, it is nighttime, and we witness Brutus giving one of the most important soliloquies of the play. You should read this in carefully in full. "It must be by his death. And for my part I know no personal cause to spurn at him But for the general. He would be crowned: Now that might chan... | [
"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. | The scene opens in Caesar's house. It is a stormy night and Calphurnia has dreamed of Caesar's murder. She asks a servant to instruct an augurer to interpret the signs, and she implores Caesar on her knees to stay at home. The servant returns, advising that Caesar should stay at home, and eventually he agrees, and he w... | [
"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: Caesar, beware of Brutus, take heed of Cassius, come not near Casca, have an eye to Cinna, trust not Trebonius, mark well Metellus Cimber, Decius Brutus loves thee not, thou hast wronged Caius Ligarius. There is but one mind in all these men and it is bent against Caesar." This is the letter that Artemidor... | [
"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. | Brutus has not had the opportunity to tell Portia regarding the plan to assassinate Caesar, but she suggests to Lucius that she is aware of the plan. A soothsayer enters on his way to see Caesar and Portia enquires if he knows of any plans to harm Caesar. He responds that he fears that something may happen to Caesar. P... | [
"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. | We are outside the Capitol and Caesar enters with Antony, Lepidus and all the conspirators. Caesar sees the soothsayer and tells him "The Ides of March are come", to which the soothsayer responds, Aye Caesar, but not gone". Artemidorus urges Caesar to read his letter, but Caesar refuses. Caesar enters the Capitol and T... | [
"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. | This is set in the Forum, which is full of an uneasy, vocal crowd who are demanding satisfaction over the murder of Caesar. Brutus pleads with the citizens to be patient and to contain their emotions, and allow him to finish his speech. He reminds them that he is an honorable Roman and he will give reasons why it was n... | [
"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 mob is abroad in the streets of Rome seeking out the conspirators and burning their property. They happen upon Cinna, the poet, and they confuse him with Cinna, the conspirator. He pleads with them to be spared, and although they now realize he is Cinna the poet, they kill him anyway because of his bad verse. | [
"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. | The second Triumvirate is formed, being Antony, Octavius and Lepidus. They are deciding the fate of many Romans - who will live, and who will die. Antony also decides to alter Caesar's Will and reduce the bequests made to the citizens of Rome. The aim of the Triumvirate is to divide the Empire three-ways, but Lepidus i... | [
"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. | The conspirators' army is camped near a town called Sardis. There is tension between Brutus and Cassius, as the latter feels he has been offended, and he has not received a suitable explanation. When Cassius and Brutus meet, Brutus says that he would not wrong a friend and that they should not argue in public, and so t... | [
"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. | Inside the tent, Cassius accuses Brutus of having wronged him by condemning Lucius Pella for taking bribes, despite Cassius interceding on his behalf. Brutus further accuses Cassius of selling offices. Brutus reminds Cassius that it was for the sake of justice that they had killed Caesar. The argument heightens and Bru... | [
"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. | This is set on the plain of Philippi, where the forces of Antony and Octavius await the approach of Brutus and Cassius' forces. Brutus and Cassius and their followers enter, perhaps to negotiate, but the four protagonists hurl insults at one another. Brutus: "Words before blows; is it so, countrymen?" Octavius: "Not th... | [
"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 is doing well in his fight against Octavius and he sends an urgent message to Cassius for assistance in order to press home the advantage. Octavius' forces seem to be poorly led and are not inspired to fight. | [
"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 observes the forces of Brutus foraging about on the battlefield for the spoils of war, having driven back Octavius. This enables Antony's army to encircle Cassius. Cassius sends Titinius to ride towards some soldiers in the distance in order to determine who they are. Pindarus reports to Cassius that he saw Tit... | [
"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 rallies his troops for the fight against Antony. At Brutus' side are young Cato and Lucilius. He tries to give them courage and to stand upright against the foe. Young Cato is killed and Lucilius is captured by Antony's soldiers, who mistake him for Brutus. When Antony arrives, he realizes the mistake and Lucili... | [
"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. | We observe Brutus and his generals resting from the arduous battle. He wishes one of them to kill him, but they refuse. Just then Caesar's ghost appears to Brutus again, and he knows it is time for him to die. Volumnius believes that the battle can still be won, but Brutus argues that the enemy has them cornered. He as... | [
"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... |
3,717 | 1522_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In another public place in Rome, Caesar, accompanied by his followers, encounters a soothsayer, who tells him to beware the ides of March . Caesar dismisses him as a dreamer. Caesar and his entourage exit, leaving Cassius and Brutus to engage in conversation. Cassius mentions that recently Brutus has not seemed so frie... | [
"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. | That night there is a fearsome thunderstorm. Meeting Cicero in a Roman street, Casca tells of strange things he has seen and heard about that night. Women swear they saw a hundred men, covered in fire, walking up and down the streets; he himself saw a lion at the capital and a man with his hand on fire that flamed like... | [
"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 reflects in a soliloquy that he has nothing against Caesar personally, but Caesar must be killed for the general good of Rome. He explains that if Caesar is crowned king, that may change his nature, and he may abuse his power. He must be assassinated to prevent this possibility from taking place; in other words,... | [
"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. | It is still night, and the storm continues. Caesar's wife has a dream in which Caesar is murdered. She tries to persuade Caesar not to leave the house that day. Caesar will not be persuaded, so Calphurnia recounts some of the strange things that have been seen by the night watch. Graves have given up their dead, and th... | [
"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 reads a letter he has written to Caesar, warning that there is a conspiracy against him. He plans to give it to Caesar as he passes by in the street. | [
"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 is restless and anxious about the welfare of her husband Brutus. She instructs their servant Lucius to go to the Senate building and take note of whether Brutus looks well, and what Caesar does. . The soothsayer enters. He tells Portia that he is planning to go to the streets to wait for Caesar to pass. He fears... | [
"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. | As Caesar and his company walk to the Senate, Caesar passes the soothsayer, who reminds him that the ides of March are not yet passed. Artemidorus tries to get Caesar to read his letter, and says it is personal. Caesar rejects it, saying that personal items should be dealt with last. . Brutus fears that the plot has be... | [
"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 addresses the crowd, saying that while he loved Caesar, he loved Rome more. He asks them whether they would prefer it if Caesar were alive and they all slaves, or Caesar were dead and they were free? Brutus honors Caesar for his bravery but says he killed him because he was ambitious. Who wants to be a slave? he... | [
"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. | In a street in Rome, Cinna the poet is accosted by a crowd of pro-Caesar commoners. He says he is going to Caesar's funeral-as a friend. When he says his name is Cinna, the crowd wants to kill him, since they think he is one of the conspirators. Even though he protests that he is Cinna the poet, they drag him off just ... | [
"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. | At Antony's house in Rome, Antony, Lepidus and Octavius are negotiating about who should be killed. Lepidus accepts that his brother must be one of them, but on condition that Publius, Antony's nephew, also dies. Antony consents. . Antony sends Lepidus on an errand, and then complains to Octavius that Lepidus is not wo... | [
"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. | At a camp near Sardis, Brutus and his generals enter. Brutus hints at some slight he has suffered at the hands of Cassius. He inquires of Lucilius how Cassius received him. Lucilius replies that he was greeted with respect but without the usual friendliness. Brutus interprets this to mean that his friendship with Cassi... | [
"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. | Cassius explains that Brutus accused a man named Lucius Pella of taking bribes. Cassius wrote to him, saying that he knew Lucius Pella was innocent. But Brutus just ignored him. . Brutus says it was unnecessary for Cassius to intervene in such a small matter. Then he says that Cassius himself sometimes allows unworthy ... | [
"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. | On the plains of Philippi, Octavius and Antony discuss the situation. Octavius says the enemy is planning to attack, contrary to what Antony had suggested. Antony replies that they are just putting on a false show of courage. The two men prepare for battle, although they disagree on tactics. Antony wants Octavius to ta... | [
"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 instructions to his army, telling him to advance immediately against Octavius. Victory is within their grasp if they move quickly. | [
"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. | The battle goes badly for Cassius's troops. Cassius angrily reports that his own soldiers have run from the enemy. Brutus appears to be having some success, but his soldiers have fallen to looting. . Pindarus tells Cassius to flee because Antony's troops are upon them. Cassius refuses. He sends Titinius to investigate ... | [
"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. | On the battlefield, Brutus urges his men on. Cato is killed. Lucilius, claiming that he is Brutus in order to confuse the enemy, is captured. Antony's soldiers tell him they have captured Brutus, but when Antony asks where he is Lucilius tells him that Brutus is safe and will never be taken alive. Antony orders that L... | [
"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 and his soldiers, defeated in battle, stop to rest. Brutus makes it clear that he wishes to be killed. Clitus refuses, as does Dardanius. Then Brutus asks Volumnius, telling him that he has twice seen the ghost of Caesar and he knows his time to die has come. Volumnius also refuses. There are sounds of continuin... | [
"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... |
3,734 | 1510_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | King Ferdinand of Navarre meets with his friends, Berowne, Longaville and Dumain. The King's excited about this scheme they've cooked up. They're going to get famous by establishing a school at the court for the next three years. The King wants them to sign their names to promise to obey the rules. Longaville agrees. H... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.",
"The King of Navarre's park",
"[Enter the King, BEROWNE, LONGAVILLE, and DUMAIN.]",
"KING.\nLet fame, that all hunt after in their lives,\nLive regist'red upon our brazen tombs,\nAnd then grace us in the disgrace of death;\nWhen, spite of cormorant devouring Time,\nThe endeavour of this pre... |
3,735 | 1510_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Armado is walking in the park with his servant, Moth. Moth likes to give his master a lot of lip. Now he's making fun of Armado for moping about love. In a round of banter, we find out that Moth is young, small and witty. Moth needles Armado till he gets angry and changes the subject. Like the young lords, he has promi... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The park.",
"[Enter ARMADO and MOTH.]",
"ARMADO.\nBoy, what sign is it when a man of great spirit grows\nmelancholy?",
"MOTH.\nA great sign, sir, that he will look sad.",
"ARMADO.\nWhy, sadness is one and the self-same thing, dear imp.",
"MOTH.\nNo, no; O Lord, sir, no.",
"ARMADO.\nHow c... |
3,736 | 1510_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Princess of France arrives with her ladies, Rosaline, Maria, and Katherine, with Boyet, one of her attendants, and with two other lords. Boyet gives us an exposition. The Princess is coming on behalf of her father the King, to negotiate with the King of Navarre about a piece of land called Aquitaine. Boyet reminds ... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.",
"The King of Navarre's park. A pavilion and tents at a\ndistance.",
"[Enter the PRINCESS OF FRANCE, ROSALINE, MARIA, KATHARINE, BOYET,\nLORDS, and other Attendants.]",
"BOYET.\nNow, madam, summon up your dearest spirits:\nConsider who the king your father sends,\nTo whom he sends, and what... |
3,737 | 1510_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Armado finally gets that song out of Moth. He plans to release Costard to carry his love note to Jaquenetta. Moth teases his hapless master about his love and how he plans to win it. Armado sends him to fetch Costard. Costard has a broken shin and is starving. He confuses "l'envoy" with salve for his broken leg. This c... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.",
"The King of Navarre's park.",
"[Enter ARMADO and MOTH.]",
"ARMADO.\nWarble, child; make passionate my sense of hearing.",
"MOTH [Singing.]\nConcolinel,--",
"ARMADO.\nSweet air! Go, tenderness of years; take this key, give\nenlargement to the swain, bring him festinately hither; I mus... |
3,738 | 1510_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The girls are on a hunt. The Princess is in a good mood and teases the Forester for not calling her fair . She plans to kill a deer to win praise. Costard enters with a letter for Rosaline. Well, it's the wrong letter--the Princess holds Armado's letter to Jaquenetta--but Boyet reads it for laughs, anyway. It's long an... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.",
"The King of Navarre's park.",
"[Enter the PRINCESS, ROSALINE, MARIA, KATHARINE, BOYET, LORDS,\nATTENDANTS, and a FORESTER.",
"PRINCESS.\nWas that the King that spurr'd his horse so hard\nAgainst the steep uprising of the hill?",
"BOYET.\nI know not; but I think it was not he.",
"PRINC... |
3,739 | 1510_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | We're introduced to two new characters, the schoolmaster Holofernes and Sir Nathaniel, the curate . Holofernes is learned and enjoys talking. If he hasn't said something six different ways , he hasn't said it at all. Nathaniel seems to be a fan of this sort of thing. He compliments the schoolmaster's speech but disagre... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The same.",
"Enter HOLOFERNES, SIR NATHANIEL, and DULL.",
"NATHANIEL.\nVery reverent sport, truly; and done in the testimony of\na good conscience.",
"HOLOFERNES.\nThe deer was, as you know, sanguis, in blood; ripe as\nthe pomewater, who now hangeth like a jewel in the ear of caelo,\nthe sky, ... |
3,740 | 1510_act_4,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Berowne enters with Speech #2 praising the pitch-ball eyes of Rosaline. He's got it bad. When he hears the King approaching, he hides. The King comes in with a classic Shakespearean love-groan . Berowne is excitedly watching the King betray his oath with a drippy sonnet about weeping for her love. But here comes Longav... | [
"SCENE III.",
"The same.",
"[Enter BEROWNE, with a paper.]",
"BEROWNE. The king he is hunting the deer: I am coursing myself: they have\npitched a toil: I am tolling in a pitch,--pitch that defiles:\ndefile! a foul word! Well, sit thee down, sorrow! for\nso they say the fool said, and so say I, and I am the f... |
3,741 | 1510_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Holofernes, Sir Nathaniel and Dull enter from dinner. Nathaniel is up to his usual brown-nosing with Holofernes. He says how refreshing it is to enjoy a scintillating conversation after having spent time earlier in the day talking to Armado. Armado seems to be a sore spot with Holofernes, who busts into a long critique... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.",
"The King of Navarre's park.",
"[Enter HOLOFERNES, SIR NATHANIEL, and DULL.]",
"HOLOFERNES.\nSatis quod sufficit.",
"NATHANIEL.\nI praise God for you, sir: your reasons at dinner have\nbeen sharp and sententious; pleasant without scurrility, witty\nwithout affection, audacious without imp... |
3,742 | 1510_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Princess and her ladies enter the grounds and compare gifts and letters from the men in their lives. They make ruthless fun of the long letters full of exaggerated flattery. In an otherwise light exchange, there's one shadow: Katharine's sister died of love. At the moment, the women protect themselves with their wi... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The same. Before the Princess's pavilion.",
"[Enter the PRINCESS, KATHARINE, ROSALINE and MARIA.]",
"PRINCESS.\nSweet hearts, we shall be rich ere we depart,\nIf fairings come thus plentifully in.\nA lady wall'd about with diamonds!\nLook you what I have from the loving king.",
"ROSALINE.\nMad... |
3,734 | 1510_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As the play opens, the King of Navarre declares to his attendant lords, Longaville, Dumain, and Biron, that Navarre shall be the wonder of the world;Our court shall be a little Academe,Still and contemplative in living art . He reminds his fellows that they have sworn to live in the court for three years as celibate sc... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.",
"The King of Navarre's park",
"[Enter the King, BEROWNE, LONGAVILLE, and DUMAIN.]",
"KING.\nLet fame, that all hunt after in their lives,\nLive regist'red upon our brazen tombs,\nAnd then grace us in the disgrace of death;\nWhen, spite of cormorant devouring Time,\nThe endeavour of this pre... |
3,735 | 1510_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The pompous Spanish military man, Don Armado, engages his page, Moth, in conversation about his emotional quandary. He loves the "country girl" Jaquenetta, and at the start of the scene, he is out of sorts: "Boy, what sign is it when a man of great spirit grows melancholy? The page steadily twits his dull-witted master... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The park.",
"[Enter ARMADO and MOTH.]",
"ARMADO.\nBoy, what sign is it when a man of great spirit grows\nmelancholy?",
"MOTH.\nA great sign, sir, that he will look sad.",
"ARMADO.\nWhy, sadness is one and the self-same thing, dear imp.",
"MOTH.\nNo, no; O Lord, sir, no.",
"ARMADO.\nHow c... |
3,736 | 1510_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A formal grouping of the Princess of France with three attendant lords and three ladies takes the stage. The nobleman Boyet sings the Princess's praises , while he urges her to represent her father's interest well to "Matchless Navarre." The King of France still owes 100,000 crowns to Navarre in repayment for money spe... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.",
"The King of Navarre's park. A pavilion and tents at a\ndistance.",
"[Enter the PRINCESS OF FRANCE, ROSALINE, MARIA, KATHARINE, BOYET,\nLORDS, and other Attendants.]",
"BOYET.\nNow, madam, summon up your dearest spirits:\nConsider who the king your father sends,\nTo whom he sends, and what... |
3,737 | 1510_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Moth sings a "sweet air" for Armado, then gives him advice on how to secure his love -- through song, dance, face -- pulling, and rhetorical devices. The conversation meanders here and there at the whim of the clever Moth, causing Armado to remark on his "sweet smoke of rhetoric." Moth fetches Costard at his master's b... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.",
"The King of Navarre's park.",
"[Enter ARMADO and MOTH.]",
"ARMADO.\nWarble, child; make passionate my sense of hearing.",
"MOTH [Singing.]\nConcolinel,--",
"ARMADO.\nSweet air! Go, tenderness of years; take this key, give\nenlargement to the swain, bring him festinately hither; I mus... |
3,738 | 1510_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Princess and her retinue are in an open park preparing for a hunt. "But come, the bow!" she calls, after seeing a rider in the distance and asking: Was the King, that spurred his horse so hard Against the steep uprising of the hill? She engages the Forester in conversation, displaying her intellectual superiority w... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.",
"The King of Navarre's park.",
"[Enter the PRINCESS, ROSALINE, MARIA, KATHARINE, BOYET, LORDS,\nATTENDANTS, and a FORESTER.",
"PRINCESS.\nWas that the King that spurr'd his horse so hard\nAgainst the steep uprising of the hill?",
"BOYET.\nI know not; but I think it was not he.",
"PRINC... |
3,739 | 1510_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Together with Dull, two new characters -- Holofernes the pedant and Nathaniel -- enter the hunting park. The three engage in a very odd conversation, larded with pompous elocutions, misunderstandings, and convoluted stabs at wit. Typically, Holofernes holds forth on the subject of the deer which the Princess has just k... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The same.",
"Enter HOLOFERNES, SIR NATHANIEL, and DULL.",
"NATHANIEL.\nVery reverent sport, truly; and done in the testimony of\na good conscience.",
"HOLOFERNES.\nThe deer was, as you know, sanguis, in blood; ripe as\nthe pomewater, who now hangeth like a jewel in the ear of caelo,\nthe sky, ... |
3,740 | 1510_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Biron reads from a soul-searching composition: I will not love; if I do, hang me! I'faith, I will not. O but her eye! . . . By heaven, I do love, and it hath taught me to rhyme and to be melancholy . . . ... When the King enters, a sheet of paper in his hand, Biron ducks out of sight and listens with pleasure as his mo... | [
"SCENE III.",
"The same.",
"[Enter BEROWNE, with a paper.]",
"BEROWNE. The king he is hunting the deer: I am coursing myself: they have\npitched a toil: I am tolling in a pitch,--pitch that defiles:\ndefile! a foul word! Well, sit thee down, sorrow! for\nso they say the fool said, and so say I, and I am the f... |
3,741 | 1510_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Don Armado beseeches Holofernes to help him prepare "some delightful ostentation, or show, or pageant, or antic, or firework" to entertain the Princess, as the King desires. Holofernes proposes "The Nine Worthies," in which he himself will play three of the parts, and the rest of the sub-plot figures will fill in the o... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.",
"The King of Navarre's park.",
"[Enter HOLOFERNES, SIR NATHANIEL, and DULL.]",
"HOLOFERNES.\nSatis quod sufficit.",
"NATHANIEL.\nI praise God for you, sir: your reasons at dinner have\nbeen sharp and sententious; pleasant without scurrility, witty\nwithout affection, audacious without imp... |
3,742 | 1510_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Princess, Katherine, Rosaline, and Maria discuss the way they have been flattered and showered with gifts by the King and his court The Princess mockingly refers to Navarre's poetry -- "as much love in a rhyme/As would be crammed up in a sheet of paper" -- and each of the others likewise complains about the excessi... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The same. Before the Princess's pavilion.",
"[Enter the PRINCESS, KATHARINE, ROSALINE and MARIA.]",
"PRINCESS.\nSweet hearts, we shall be rich ere we depart,\nIf fairings come thus plentifully in.\nA lady wall'd about with diamonds!\nLook you what I have from the loving king.",
"ROSALINE.\nMad... |
3,734 | 1510_act_ii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Princess of France arrives with her entourage. She sends Boyet, one of her attendants, to the King to announce their arrival, since she has heard the King's vow that "no woman may approach his silent court" . With Boyet gone, she asks her attendants about the other men with whom the King shares his oath. Maria desc... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.",
"The King of Navarre's park",
"[Enter the King, BEROWNE, LONGAVILLE, and DUMAIN.]",
"KING.\nLet fame, that all hunt after in their lives,\nLive regist'red upon our brazen tombs,\nAnd then grace us in the disgrace of death;\nWhen, spite of cormorant devouring Time,\nThe endeavour of this pre... |
3,736 | 1510_act_iii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Armado asks Moth to bring Costard to him to deliver a letter. Moth returns with Costard, who has broken his shin, and the three have a discussion of riddles, morals, and l'envoy. Armado tells Costard that he is going to set him free, on the condition that he will deliver a letter to Jaquenetta. Costard agrees, Armado g... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.",
"The King of Navarre's park. A pavilion and tents at a\ndistance.",
"[Enter the PRINCESS OF FRANCE, ROSALINE, MARIA, KATHARINE, BOYET,\nLORDS, and other Attendants.]",
"BOYET.\nNow, madam, summon up your dearest spirits:\nConsider who the king your father sends,\nTo whom he sends, and what... |
3,735 | 1510_act_iv,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Berowne enters, carrying a paper that contains a poem to Rosaline. He hears someone else coming and hides. The King enters in a love-induced swoon and reads from a poem he has written. Berowne is surprised to learn that the King is also in love. The King hears Longaville approaching, also reading, and hides. Longaville... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The park.",
"[Enter ARMADO and MOTH.]",
"ARMADO.\nBoy, what sign is it when a man of great spirit grows\nmelancholy?",
"MOTH.\nA great sign, sir, that he will look sad.",
"ARMADO.\nWhy, sadness is one and the self-same thing, dear imp.",
"MOTH.\nNo, no; O Lord, sir, no.",
"ARMADO.\nHow c... |
3,741 | 1510_act_v,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Holofernes and Nathaniel discuss Don Armado, with whom Nathaniel has been conversing. They mock his inferior intellect, criticizing his pronunciation and saying that they abhor "such rackers of orthography" . Armado, Moth, and Costard enter; Armado tells the learned men that the King has asked him to prepare "some deli... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.",
"The King of Navarre's park.",
"[Enter HOLOFERNES, SIR NATHANIEL, and DULL.]",
"HOLOFERNES.\nSatis quod sufficit.",
"NATHANIEL.\nI praise God for you, sir: your reasons at dinner have\nbeen sharp and sententious; pleasant without scurrility, witty\nwithout affection, audacious without imp... |
3,742 | 1510_act_v,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Princess shows her ladies a jewel that the King has sent her, and the four women discuss love. Katherine mentions her sister, who died of love. Rosaline tells them that she has received a letter from Berowne with verses and a picture of her. Katherine has received a letter and a pair of gloves from Dumaine, and Mar... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The same. Before the Princess's pavilion.",
"[Enter the PRINCESS, KATHARINE, ROSALINE and MARIA.]",
"PRINCESS.\nSweet hearts, we shall be rich ere we depart,\nIf fairings come thus plentifully in.\nA lady wall'd about with diamonds!\nLook you what I have from the loving king.",
"ROSALINE.\nMad... |
3,734 | 1510_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The play begins with the King of Navarre declaring that he and his nobles, Longaville, Dumain, and Biron, need to be eternally remembered, even in death. The King proposes to accomplish this fame by forming "a little academe" in which the four men will cloister themselves in court and remain celibate for three years in... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.",
"The King of Navarre's park",
"[Enter the King, BEROWNE, LONGAVILLE, and DUMAIN.]",
"KING.\nLet fame, that all hunt after in their lives,\nLive regist'red upon our brazen tombs,\nAnd then grace us in the disgrace of death;\nWhen, spite of cormorant devouring Time,\nThe endeavour of this pre... |
3,735 | 1510_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene opens with a conversation between the verbose Spanish traveler, Armado, and his flighty page, Moth. Armado confesses that he is in love with Jaquenetta, the woman whom Costard was accused of trying to seduce. Most of the conversation revolves around Armado's justification of his feelings, since he, too, has ... | [
"SCENE II.",
"The park.",
"[Enter ARMADO and MOTH.]",
"ARMADO.\nBoy, what sign is it when a man of great spirit grows\nmelancholy?",
"MOTH.\nA great sign, sir, that he will look sad.",
"ARMADO.\nWhy, sadness is one and the self-same thing, dear imp.",
"MOTH.\nNo, no; O Lord, sir, no.",
"ARMADO.\nHow c... |
3,736 | 1510_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene introduces the Princess of France and her three attending ladies: Rosaline, Maria, and Katherine. They are accompanied by three escorting lords, one of whom is named Boyet. Boyet takes it upon himself to tell the Princess how to conduct herself while in the court at Navarre, keeping in mind her status as a n... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.",
"The King of Navarre's park. A pavilion and tents at a\ndistance.",
"[Enter the PRINCESS OF FRANCE, ROSALINE, MARIA, KATHARINE, BOYET,\nLORDS, and other Attendants.]",
"BOYET.\nNow, madam, summon up your dearest spirits:\nConsider who the king your father sends,\nTo whom he sends, and what... |
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