1. In the first act of Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare establishes two important conflicts that will carry through the play.
Look back in the text and find what these conflicts are. In order to find them, keep in mind the definition of conflict. Which characters are clashing with others in the story? Which characters are facing an internal battle with their own thoughts or feelings? In the space provided below, name both conflicts in this play and briefly describe each conflict and how Shakespeare establishes it through the events of the play, the words of each character, and the actions of each character. Conflict between characters: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________
Internal conflict that one of the characters faces: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Discuss Shakespeare's use of foreshadowing in the first act of Julius Caesar. For example, focus on the words and actions of the conspirators, Brutus, and Caesar himself. What do these words and actions suggest may occur in the rest of the play? How do these possibilities affect readers? What role does the Soothsayer play in Shakespeare's use of foreshadowing? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The details from this excerpt support the idea that Elizabethans’ attitude toward eating meat was becoming more relaxed given the fact that wealthy people increased the comsuption of meat in their diets, including during Lent, which is a period of time when people fast as a matter of religious belief; and also since the law that forbade meat intake was repealed, many of the households introduced meat diets to suit the demands.
