Julius Caesar

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Julius Caesar

• Characters

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Julius Caesar

• Roman Emperor
• Unable to separate public and private life
• Believed he was as eternal as the North Star

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Brutus

• A Roman senator
• Leader of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar
• Fears Caesar aspires to be a dictator

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Mark Antony

• Loyal friend to and supporter of Caesar

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Cassius

• A Roman concerned with Caesars rise to power
• Leader of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar
• An opportunist

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Octavius

• Julius Caesars nephew and heir

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Conspirators with Brutus

• Casca
• Decius Brutus
• Cinna
• Metullus Cimber
• Trebonius
• Caius Ligarius

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Calpurnia

• Caesars wife

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Portia

• Brutus wife

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Lucius and Strato

• Brutus servants

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Soothsayer

• Fortune-teller
• Tries to warn Caesar of his fate

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Leptius

• A Roman General responsible for the
  reconciliation of Antony and Octavious

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Cinna

• Poet
• Fatally confused with Cinna the conspirator

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An introduction to Julius Caesar

• Deals with Roman generals and the life and times
  of ancient Rome
• It is a political play about a general who would
  be king, but who, because of his own PRIDE and
  AMBITION, meets an untimely death
• Shakespeare says that good government must be
  based upon morality.

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What was going on in Rome during this time?

• For centuries, Romans debated and even fought
  civil wars while trying to decide whether a
  MONARCHY, a REPUBLIC, or a DICTATORSHIP was the
  best form of government.

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A timeline based on real events

• 100 B.C. 60 B.C. 58 B.C. 44 B.C. 0 B.C
• Rome was a democracy a triumvirate (a three-man
  rule) Caesar was made Shakespeare writes of
  Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey Governor of
  Gaul Julius Caesar
• was formed to govern Rome.

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5 Acts

• Acts 1 and 2- deal with conspiracy against Caesar
• Act 3- the climax of the play with Caesars death
• Act 4- consequences of the plot
• Act 5- the fate of the assassins