William Shakespeare is considered the greatest dramatist in the world. His play Julius Caesar tells the story of the assassination of Julius Caesar by his friend Brutus and other conspirators who feared Caesar wanted to become king. The play shows Brutus' personal dilemma over killing his friend for what he sees as the good of Rome. After Caesar's death, his friend Mark Antony is able to turn the crowd against the conspirators with a clever speech at Caesar's funeral.

1. Julius Caesar
Made by-
Agraj Garg
Class - X D
Roll No. - 3
By-
William Shakespeare

2. About the Author
WilliamShakespeare (1564-1616) is an
English playwright and poet,
recognizedin much of the worldas the
greatest of all dramatists. Hundredsof
editions of his plays have been
published, including translations in all
major languages. Scholars have written
thousands of books and articles about
his plots, characters, themes, and
language. He is the mostwidely quoted
author in history, and his plays have
probably been performedmore times
than those of any other dramatist.

3. IntroductionJuliusCaesaristhestoryof a man'spersonaldilemma
overmoralaction,set againsta backdropof strained
politicaldrama. JuliusCaesar,anablegeneralanda
conquerorreturnsto Romeamidstimmensepopularity
afterdefeatingthesonsof Pompey.
The peoplecelebratehisvictoriousreturnandMark
AntonyoffershimtheCrownwhichhe refuses.Jealousof
Caesar'sgrowingpowerandafraidhemayoneday
becomea dictator, Cassiusinstigatesa conspiracyto
murderCaesar.He realisesthatto gainlegitimacyin the
eyesof the Romans,hemustwinoverthenobleBrutus
to hissideforBrutusisthemosttrustedandrespected
inRome.Brutus, theidealist, joinsthe conspiracyfeeling
thateveryoneisdrivenby motivesas honourableashis
own. Ironically,Caesarismurderedat thefootof
Pompey'sstatue.

4. Main Characters
1) Julius Caesar – The
greatest and the most
powerful of the Romans. He
is assassinated by Brutus,
Cassius and a band of who
feel Caesar is too ambitious
and wishes to be crowned as
a king.

5. 2) Calpurnia –
Caesar’ s wife.
3) Mark Antony
– Caesar’s loyal friend.

6. 6) Decius Brutus –
Co-conspirator in
Caesar’s assassination.
4) Marcus Brutus – Caesar’s great
friend who joins the conspiracy to
murder Caesar becauseof his love for
Rome and democracy.
5) Cassius – Inspirer and
organizer of the conspiracy.

7. Summary of the Drama
JULIUSCAESAR is a play that revolves aroundthe incidentof Caesar's Deathby
his own friends. The chapter begins withCalpurnia, Caesar's wife who sees a
nightmare that Caesar is going to be killed. Caesar has just returned after
defeating Pompey's son, who wantedto be the dictator of Rome. He is puffed
with pride and is over confident. Calpurniasees omens and also the intuitions
and dreadful scenes seenby the watchmanthreaten her that Caesar is going to
be killed. ThenShe forbids himto go to theSenate. But then Brutus arrives and
takes himby interpreting Calpurnia dreamin a fair and fortunatevisionand
thus appealing to his vanityand overconfidence, able to sway him. Thenhe
enters the Senatewhere PUBLIUSCIMBER says that his brothers exiles must be
forgivenby ending the law that madehimsuffer exile. (Cont…….)

8. Summary of the Drama
This enrages Caesar and he says NO. So the conspirators stabCaesar one by one
and even his friendBRUTUS, the idealist stabs him. Thenhis loyal friend
ANTONYcomes and joins hands withConspirators(pretending only but actually
against them).Thenthe conspirators see that he is the most trustedfriendof
Caesar and he asks for a chance to speak at the funeral of Caesar. The
Conspirators agree to this as they feel that this would reflect their magnanimity
of heartbut also placesome conditions. Then At the funeral Brutus speaks first
and is able to justify the murder to the mob.NOW, it lies in Antony's hand how
to turnthe tide against thoseBUTCHERS(CONSPIRATORS),which he is actually
able to do by deftly ( skilfully) making his speech which swaysthe mob and thus
is able to win the support of the crowdand finallyavenges Caesar's deathalong
with Caesar's nephew.