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a. There was a carpenter and a cobbler.

b. They were meant to carry the tools of their trade ‘upon a working
day’; they were meant to be working.
c. Marullus misinterprets the cobbler’s punning replies; and the cobbler
does not answer him directly. This annoys Marullus.
d. The cobbler tells Flavius that he leads people around the streets to
‘wear out their shoes’ to get himself more work. This tells us that the
cobbler is clever and witty fellow while Flavius is a calm and sensible
man.
e. Marullus calls the citizens ‘blocks and stones’ because he feels that
they are insensitive. At one time they supported Pompey and showed
their love for him by welcoming him home to Rome with great
celebration. Now they come to welcome back Caesar who ‘comes in
triumph over Pompey’s defeated sons’.
f. Flavius and Marullus succeed in making the citizens feel guilty for their
fickleness and ingratitude. They felt ashamed that Caesar had not
defeated any foreign ruler but had fought with his own countrymen.
g. It is the day that Caesar is returning home to Rome after his recent
triumphs in battle; it is also feast of Lupercal, the annual feast to honour
the Roman god Lupercus.
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h. Yes, it is a good opening scene for a play. It indicates the conflict of
the play. Marullous’behaviour towards villagers made the conflict quite
clear.
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a. What dost thou with thy best apparel on?

i. Marullus asks the question.

ii. The citizens are addressed.
iii. He wants to know why they are not wearing their work clothes
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b. ‘It is a trade, sir, that, I hope, I may use with a safe
conscience. I am indeed, sir, a mender of bad soles.’
i. The cobbler is the speaker.
ii. The speaker addresses the Marullus
iii. The pun is in the phrases ‘a mender of bad/worn soles/souls’.
iv. Marullus gets very angry and calls the cobbler an ‘insolent villain’.
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c. ‘What conquest brings him home?’
i. Marullus says these words to the citizens of Rome.
ii. Caesar is being referred.
iii. Caesar has just defeated Pompey’s sons and has yet to arrive in the
city, but ‘he comes in triumph over Pompey’s defeated sons’.
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d. Draw them to Tiber banks, and weep your tears
Into the channel …
i. Flavius says these words to his countrymen.
ii. The Tiber is the river flowing through Rome.
iii. All the poor men refer to.
iv. They should weep for their fault of gathering to celebrate the defeat
of Pompey.
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e. ‘These growing feathers taken from Caesar’s wing Will make him fly an
ordinary pitch (this means - will keep him firmly on the ground)
i. Flavius speaks these words to Marullus.
ii. ‘Growing feathers’ refers to the honours that are being heaped on Caesar.
Caesar, like a bird, is growing feathers and becoming more powerful.
iii. Flavius does not want Caesar to become too great, and treated him in an
ordinary way, as any other general. He certainly does not want the people to
make him into a hero.
iv. Caesar might become powerful, if he sees the great support he has from
the ordinary people of Rome.
• Wandered-to move aimlessly
• Wondered- surprised/ amazing
• WilliamWordsworth wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high vales and hills.
Way/ whey
I saw an accident on the way.
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What is funny about the following? Explain the play on words.
a. waist/waste
b. He got a calendar (which has twelve months on it) and he also got twelve months (was
sent to prison for twelve months).
c. get a taste of means to try something/taste also means flavor.
d. Rub the soap in my face/rub it in means to make someone feel even worse about
something.
e. spokesperson (the person who speaks about something)/mends or deals with spokes
(of a wheel).
f. a sieve is a strainer/and she strained herself.
g. silk worms were turned into silk and made into a tie/the race ended in a tie.
h. flies - verb/flies - noun