1. Julius Caesar Act III—the climax
Turning point of the play—JC is assassinated

2. Looking for the conspirators to kill them
The Mob
Looking for the conspirators to kill them

3. The Irony
The conspirators, whose purpose was to restore liberty and peace to Rome, have brought chaos and lawlessness.

4. Characters Artemidorus and Soothsayer- unable to warn JC enough
Antony—emerges as an effective politician

5. Conspirators
Cassius—emotional, tries to warn Brutus, no longer in control
Casca—first to stab JC
Decius—uses flattery to lure JC to capitol
Trebonius –removes Antony from scene
Metellus—distracts JC
Brutus—remains naïve and impractical

6. Brutus’s speech Appeal to reason JC was too ambitious
His murder was a good deed
Murderers are honorable
Uses cold words
Appeal to reason

7. Antony’s speech (Faces hostile crowd) He can’t insult conspirators
(so he reverses Brutus’s ideas)
Uses tricks
Emotions
Props (body/cloak, will)
Repetition
Honorable
Ambitious
APPEALS TO EMOTIONS
Results: STIRS CROWD TO REBELLION!