description: In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings--Beware the ides of March--and of moving public oratory Friends, Romans, countrymen! Ironies abound and most of all for Brutus, whose fate it is to learn that his idealistic motives for joining the conspiracy against a would-be dictator are not enough to sustain the movement once Caesar is dead.
language: English
title: Julius Caesar
titlecomplete: Julius Caesar
characters: Brutus, Marcus Junius, Julius Caesar (Roman emperor), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Calpurnia (wife of Caesar), Marcus Tullius Cicero, Augustus, Marcus Antonius, Portia Catonis, Gaius Cassius Longinus
genres: Read For School, Historical Fiction, Theatre, School, Drama, Plays, Literature, High School, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 198830
places: Philippi, Rome, Italy
publisher: Turtleback Books