Julius Caesar Act IV

Julius Caesar, Act IV

noun. a male bound to serve without wages (a slave).

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Bondman

​Cassius

Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius,

For Cassius is aweary of the world---

Hated by one he loves, braved by his brother,

Checked like a bondman

(Caes, 4.3.105-108)

noun. the state of being angry or irascible (easily angered)

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Choler

Brutus

Hear me, for I will speak,

Must I give way and room to your rash choler?

(Caes, 4.3.43-44)

adjective.

Relating to the human body.

Corporal

Antony

It is a creature that I Teach to fight,

To wind, to stop, to run directly on,

His corporal motion governed by my spirit.

(Caes, 4.1.35-37)

verb.

To use legal authority to demand payment of a tax or fine.

Levy

Antony

And now, Octavius,

Listen great things. Brutus and Cassius

Are levying powers.

(Caes, 4.1.44-46)

noun.

hilarity; laughter

Mirth

Cassius

Hath Cassius lived

To be but mirth and laughter to his Brutus

When grief and blood ill-tempered vexeth him?

(Caes, 4.3.128-130)

noun.

an official decree or declaration that someone is an enemy of the state

Proscription

Octavius

So you thought him

And took his voice who should be pricked to die

In our black sentence and proscription.

(Caes, 4.1.18-20)

verb.

to have a long argument or dispute; to fight

Wrangle

Brutus

Let us not wrangle. Bid them move away.

(Caes, 4.2.50)