1. The Power of 3

2.  3 warnings given to Julius Caesar- “beware the ides of March” by the soothsayer(act I scene 2); Calpurnia’s dream and pleading with Caesar( act 2 scene 2); and Artemidorus’s letter naming the conspirators (act 3 scene 1)  3 times Julius Caesar was offered the crown and three times he refused it.  3 times Cassius tries to convince Brutus to join in the conspiracy( flattery act 1 scene 2 lines 38-80 and lines 136-162; attacks Caesar’s character act 1 scene 2 lines 120-132; fake letters lines 144- 148)

3.  3 disagreements between Brutus and Cassius(1 st disagreement- Act 2 scene 1 lines 164-167; act 3 scene 1 lines 238-241 and lines 244-245; act 4 scene 3 (bribery)  Act 3 is the climax of the play; when Julius Caesar is killed  3 suicides in Act 5 ( Cassius, Brutus,and Titinius)  The triumverate : Antony, Lepidus, and Octavius