Julius Caesar and Shakespeare
Across
- 2. first to stab Caesar
- 4. ruler in Rome
- 7. reinterprets Calpurnia's dream and convinces Caesar to go to the Capitol
- 10. common people in Rome
- 13. where Caesar was murdered
- 14. evil intent
- 16. compensation
- 17. type of play that "Julius Caesar" is
- 19. gives Caesar a warning letter, which Caesar doesn't read
- 22. Roman leader that was killed by Caesar
- 24. devoted follower of Caesar
- 26. tries to stop the Plebians from celebrating the return of Caesar
- 29. where Shakespeare was born
- 31. Hathaway Shakespeare's wife
- 33. wife of Brutus
- 34. play that set the Globe Theater on fire and burned it down
- 38. ominous
- 39. abrupt
- 40. submissive
- 41. festival and feast where Caesar was offered the crown
- 42. river that Rome was built on
- 43. to beg
- 44. excessive pride
- 45. the sky
- 48. the only heir of Caesar
- 50. Shakespeare's mother's first name
Down
- 1. a candle
- 3. writes forged letters to Brutus to change his mind
- 5. an inheritance
- 6. keeps Antony out of the way while the others kill Caesar
- 8. the poet and the conspirator
- 9. old man who is not asked to join the conspiracy
- 11. faithfulness
- 12. weakness or disability
- 15. unable to bear children
- 18. to make greater
- 20. three-man governing body in Rome
- 21. Shakespeare's son who passed away
- 23. warns Caesar to "beware the ides of March"
- 25. persons who secretly plot to carry out an evil or illegal act
- 27. one of literature's greatest figures
- 28. Shakespeare's father's first name
- 30. Brutus' servant
- 32. skilled public speaker
- 35. modern word for "falling-sickness", which Caesar has
- 36. Caesar's wife
- 37. brother of Metellus who was banned from Rome by Caesar
- 46. the month in which Shakespeare was born and died
- 47. part of the body that Portia cut to prove her loyalty
- 49. number of kids that Shakespeare and his wife had