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

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