Round 11: Tossup 13

A play set in this city ends with Aaron the Moor wishing he had done more evil, as he is sentenced to be buried chest-deep (-5[1])and starved. In that play set in this city, the queen Tamora eats pies containing her children, fulfilling the title character’s revenge scheme. While observing a festival in this city, a character remarks that “the fault ... is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” (10[1])In this city, (-5[1])a man repeatedly calls his enemy an ‘honourable (10[1])man’ in a speech that asks for his ‘friends’ (10[2])and ‘countrymen’ (10[1])to ‘lend me (-5[1])your (10[1])ears.’ (10[2])In this city, a leader ignores a soothsayer’s warning to beware (10[1])the Ides of March. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this city, the setting of William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. ■END■ (10[2])

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