This document provides background information on William Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar", including key characters like Brutus, Cassius, and Julius Caesar. It summarizes that the play takes place in Rome in 55 BC and depicts the conspiracy to assassinate the dictator Julius Caesar, and Brutus' internal struggle over whether to join the conspiracy. It explores the historical context and Shakespeare's style of writing to understand events in Roman history and the logic behind Caesar's death.

1. William
Shakespeare

2.  William Shakespeare, the lord of English
Language, is the writer of this play.
 “Julius Caesar” is one of several plays
written by Shakespeare based on true
events from Roman history.
 It is written in 1599.
 Shakespeare’s plays are one of the most
performed ones in the whole history of
mankind
 The stylish way of his writing makes
people go deep, that is why his writing
are being read to this day.

3.  Marcus Brutus: The senator of Rome
 Portia – Brutus' wife
 Lucius: Brutus’ young servant.
 Caius Cassius: Brother-in-law of Brutus and a senator of Rome
 Casca, Decius Brutus, Cinna, Metellus Cimber, Trebonius, Caius Ligarius:
Conspirators and senators.
 Calpurnia – Caesar's wife
 Julius Caesar: The great dictator of Rome.
 Mark Anthony: a great friend of Caesar.

4.  To become familiar with Shakespearian
writing.
 To learn about the past history of Rome.
 To understand the logic behind the death of
Julius Caesar.

5.  This Play takes place at idles(15th) of March,
55 B.C.
 It is located in Italy, Rome, Brutus’s House.
 It is mainly a monologue, which is one’s long
speech.
 It focuses on the fight of Brutus with his
conscious to either join the conspirators or
no.

6.  Julius Caesar is going to be crowned at 15th of March, and this has made
many senators to fear.
 Some Senators will create conspiracy for Julius Caesar.
 The conspirators write letters to Brutus to warn him of the triumph
ahead.
 After reading the letter, Brutus will keep walking around talking to
himself, for what right to choose.
 (Casca, Decius Brutus, Cinna, Metellus Cimber, Trebonius, Caius Ligarius,
and Caius Cassius) the conspirators will try to go to Brutus’ house with
hiding their faces under their cloaks, for no one else to recognize them.
 After hours of discussion, the conspirators will convince Brutus to help
them get rid of Caesar, for the sake of Rome.
 But, yet Brutus keeps fighting with his conscious although he’s half
agreed.
 At the end, just for keeping people of Rome safe, he accepts their deal.

7.  This scene starts with the
nightmare of Calpurnia, in
which she saw a statue of
Caesar which like a fountain
an pure blood float and
Romans were bathing with it
and smiling.
 The dream makes Caesar to
refuse to go and get
crowned, but with the view
of Decius Brutus on the
positive side of the dream
Caesar calls out her wife
“crazy” and goes to the
ceremony.