Proceeding into Act II, we first examined the repeated thematic relationship between Brutus' insomnia and his aching conscience . I explained the concept of "dramatic irony" and pointed out examples where Brutus assures his co-conspirators that Antony will be no threat after Caesar is killed. The Elizabethan audience and the reader today, of course, both realize how wrong Brutus is as it is Antony who is his dramatic and historical comeuppance. Brutus' wife here makes a dramatic appearance ,and we studied her appeal to her husband to share his burden with her which is paralleled in a subsequent scene with Caesar's wife. We then continued listening to the dramatic performance of the play produced by the BBC as the sound effects and professional reading of the script facilitate understanding. HW- read the next 3 pages and answer 3 study guide questions.