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: Calpurnia (wife of Caesar), Brutus, Marcus Junius, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Portia Catonis, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Julius Caesar (Roman emperor), Marcus Antonius, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Augustus
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Plays, Read For School, High School, School, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 198838
places: Rome, Italy, Philippi
publisher: WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS