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Title: Julius Caesar


1
Julius Caesar
  • An Introduction

2
Julius Caesar, the play
  • Shakespeare wrote the play in 1599
  • It is a historical tragedy

3
Terms to Review
  • Prologue
  • Soliloquy
  • Aside
  • Pun
  • Tragic Hero

4
New Terms
  • Anachronism out of place/time objects, customs,
    beliefs
  • Shakespeare put in what he knew of his time
    period because he didnt have much reliable info.
    beyond that
  • Ex. striking clocks, chimneys, hats, doublers
    (all Elizabethan time)

5
New Terms
  • Stoicism the belief that one should master all
    of his emotions and lead a life of virtue,
    reason, and duty
  • Submit to fate, it is going to happen, no good
    wallowing in it
  • Which character seems to fit this description?

6
Who Was Julius Caesar?
  • Roman General and Politician (100-44 B.C.)
  • One of the greatest military leaders in Roman
    history
  • Part of the 1st Triumvirate (ruling body of 3)

7
1st Triumvirate
  • Pompey military power
  • Crussus
  • Caesar brains

8
Julius Caesar gains power
  • Conquers areas of France, Belgium, Egypt, Britain
  • Roman Senate feared that he would try to control
    the govt.
  • Pompey told him to disband his army and return to
    Rome as a private citizen Caesar refused
  • Fought a civil war against his former friend and
    was victorious in 46 B.C. (Pompey is murdered
    before Caesar could attack)

9
Opening of the Play
  • Begins on Feb. 15 Feast of Lupercal
  • Julius Caesar has just returned to Rome after
    defeating Pompey his rival for power
  • Flavius and Marullus tribunes (govt.
    officials), support Pompey

10
Social Classes
  • Patrician aristocrats/ruling class
  • Plebian working class/common folk
  • Tribunes 2 patricians elected by plebians to
    vote on their behalf
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