Julius Caesar English Literature

Julius Caesar: Act I Scene 2Reference to ContextRead the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. Caesar: Forget not, in your speed, Antonius, To touch Calpurnia… Soothsayer: Caesar! i.)Where does the scene take place? Why have the characters, referred to in the extract gone there?The scene had taken place during the feast of Lupercal,who is the god of fertility. The characters referred to in the extract had gone there because they wanted to celebrate the festival of Lupercal.ii.) What is the “Holy chase’? What is it's significance?The ‘Holy Chase” is the chase performed during the feast of Lupercal.It is supposed to make sterile women fertile and thus have children.iii.)What instructions did Caesar give Calphurnia earlier, regarding the holy chase?The instructions that Caesar gave Calphurnia regarding the holy chase was that she must stand in the way of Antony’s run. Antony's touching her would remove the curse of sterility.iv.) Give the meaning of:(a)Shake off their sterile curse: Eliminate the curse of sterlity of infertility.(b)“Do this”,it is perform’d: It must be done.v.)According to the extract, what type of relationship exists between Caesar and Antony?Antony is Caesar’s nephew.