The play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare depicts the conspiracy to assassinate the Roman dictator Julius Caesar. Some Roman senators, including Brutus and Cassius, fear that Caesar desires to be king and undermine the Roman republic. They conspire to kill Caesar on the Ides of March. However, Mark Antony later turns the public against the conspirators with a stirring funeral speech praising Caesar. This leads Brutus and Cassius to raise an army to fight Antony and Octavian, culminating in their suicide after defeat at the Battle of Philippi. The play focuses on the moral dilemma of whether to kill a power-hungry leader to preserve a republic.

2. Julius Caesar
by
William Shakespeare

3. William Shakespeare

4. WilliamShakespeare, born on 26 April 1564 was an English poet,
playwright and actor, widelyregarded as the greatest writer in the
Englishlanguage and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often
calledEngland’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon”.
His extent worksincluding some collaborations consist of about 38
plays, 154 sonnetstwo long narrative poems, and a few other verses the
authorship of some of whichis uncertain. His plays have been translated
into every major living language and are performed more often than
those of any other playwright.
Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the
age of 18 he marriedAnne Hathaway, with whomhe hadthree children:
Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith.

5. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in
London as an actor, writer and part-owner of a playing
company calledthe LordChamberlain’s Men, later known
as the King’s Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford
around 1613 at the age of 49, where he did three years
later.
Hiscareer
Shakespeare producedmost of his known work between 1589and 1613. His
earlyplays were mainlycomedies and histories, genres he raisedto the peak
of sophistication and the artistry by the end of the 16th century.

7. Introduction
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, also known simply as
Julius Caesar, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare,
believed to have been written in 1599.
It portrays the 44 BC conspiracy against
the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, his
assassination and the defeat of the
conspirators at the Battle of Philippi.

8. It is one of several Roman plays that Shakespeare
wrote, based on true events from Roman history,
which also include Coriolanus and Antony and
Cleopatra. Although the title of the play is Julius
Caesar, Caesar is not the central character in its
action; he appears in only three scenes, and is killed
at the beginning of the third act.

9. Basic information
o WHO- Julius Caesar was a roman dictator that gets stabbed
and comes back as a ghost to taunt Brutus
o WHAT- The play that Julius Caesar is in is the tragedy of Julius
Caesar
o WHERE- Ancient Rome, toward the end of the Roman republic
is where the play is set. It was written in 1599

10. Descriptions
About the MainCharacters

11. Calpurnia
Born 75 BC
Daughter of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus and sister of
Lucius Calpurnius Piso
A Roman woman and the third and last wife of Julius Caesar.
The great-granddaughter of a lieutenant of Lucius Cassius
Longinus, whose name was Lucius Piso

12. Brutus
 Noble Heritage Brutus is a Roman nobleman,
as was his father
Of Sincere: Brutus truly believes that his role in
the assassination is for the good of Rome
 Honest: He refuses to take bribes
 Naive: He believes in the essential goodness of
those around him
 Philosophical: His philosophies guide his
actions and decisions.

13. Cassius
Envious: Cassius has contempt for Caesar and envies Caesar's position
Fearful: Cassius is afraid that Caesar has ambitions to be king. He fears
what might become of Rome in such an instance.
Politically Astute: He advises Brutus to assassinate Antony along with
Caesar. Understanding what can happen, he advises Brutus not to allow
Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral.
Corrupt: Prior to the battle at Philippi, he is accused by Brutus of taking
bribes
Military Strategist: His battle plan for Philippi is well thought out and
based on sound military principles

14. Marc Antony
Loyal to Caesar: Antony loved and admired Caesar
Clever: Antony pretends to befriend the conspirators and asks
that he be allowed to speak at Caesar's funeral
A skilled orator: Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral sways the
crowd
A skilled military leader: Antony has an equal voice in planning
the war against the legions of Brutus and Cassius

15. Julius Caesar
July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC

16. Gist storyof the
The tribunes, Marullus and Flavius, break up
a gathering of Roman citizens who seek to
celebrate Julius Caesar’s triumphant return
from war. The victory is marked by public
games in which Caesar’s friend, Mark
Antony, takes part. On his way to the arena
Caesar is stopped by a stranger who warns
that he should ‘Beware the Ideas of March’.
Fellow senators, Caius Cassius and Marcus
Brutus, are suspicious of Caesar’s reactions
to the power he holds in the Republic.

18. They fear he will accept offers to become Emperor. Cassius, a
successful general himself, is jealous, while Brutus has a
more balanced view of the political position. Cassius, Casca,
and their allies, visit Brutus at night to persuade him of their
views, and they plan Caesar’s death. Brutus is trouble but will
not confide in his devoted wife, Portia. On the 15th March
Caesar is urged not to go to the Senate by his wife,
Calphurnia, who has had dreams that he will be murdered,
and she fears the portents of the overnight storms. He is
nevertheless persuaded by flattery to go and as petitioners
surround him Caesar is stabbed and dies as Brutus gives the
final blow.

19. Against Cassiu’s advice Mark Antony is allowed by Brutus to
speak a funeral oration in the market place after Brutus has
addressed the people of Rome to explain the conspirators’
reasons and their fears for Caesar’s ambition.

20. Brutus calms the crowd but Antony’s speech stirs them to
rioting and the conspirators are forced to flee from the city.
Brutus and Cassius gather an army in Northern
Greece and prepare to fight the forces led by
Mark Antony, who has joined with Caesar’s great-
nephew, Octavius, and with Lepidus. Away from
Rome, Brutus and Cassius are filled with doubts
about the future and they quarrel bitterly over
the site they prepare to engage Antony’s army at
Philippi. Brutus stoically receives news of his
wife’s suicide in Rome, but he sees Caesar’s ghost
as he rests, unable to sleep on the eve of the
conflict.
Marc Antony

21. In the battle of republicans at
first appear to be winning but
when his messenger’s horse
seems to be overtaken by the
enemy Cassius fears the worst
and gets his servant, Pindarus,
to help him to a quick death.
Brutus, finding Cassiu’s body,
commits suicide as the only
honorable action left to him.
Antony, triumphant on the battlefield, praises Brutus as ‘the
noblest Roman of them all’, and orders a formal funeral
before he Octavius return to rule in Rome.

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