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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 Caesar’s rise to power Leader of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar An opportunist
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Octavius Julius Caesar’s nephew and heir
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Conspirators with Brutus Casca Decius Brutus Cinna Metullus Cimber Trebonius Caius Ligarius
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Calpurnia Caesar’s 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 democracya triumvirate (a three-man rule) Caesar was made Shakespeare writes of Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey Governor of GaulJulius 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 Caesar’s death Act 4- consequences of the plot Act 5- the fate of the assassins
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