1) Julius Caesar returns to Rome as a celebrated general but faces conspiracy from those jealous of his power and popularity. 2) Cassius convinces the respected Brutus to join the conspiracy to murder Caesar, appealing to Brutus' idealism and sense of protecting Rome's democracy. 3) On the Ides of March, Brutus and the other conspirators stab Caesar at a meeting of the Senate, believing they are acting to prevent Caesar from becoming dictator.

1. Julius Caesar
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William Shakespeare

2. Introduction
Julius Caesar is the story of a man's personal dilemma over moral
action, set against a backdrop of strained political drama. Julius
Caesar, an able general and a conqueror returns to Rome amidst
immense popularity after defeating the sons of Pompey.
The people celebrate his victorious return and Mark Antony offers him
the Crown which he refuses. Jealous of Caesar's growing power and
afraid he may one day become a dictator, Cassius instigates a
conspiracy to murder Caesar. He realises that to gain legitimacy in the
eyes of the Romans, he must win over the noble Brutus to his side for
Brutus is the most trusted and respected in Rome. Brutus, the idealist,
joins the conspiracy feeling that everyone is driven by motives as
honourable as his own. Ironically, Caesar is murdered at the foot of

3. Main Characters
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.

4. 2) –
Caesar’ s wife.
3) –
Caesar’s loyal friend.

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

6. About the Author
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is an English playwright and
poet, recognized in much of the world as the greatest of all
dramatists. Hundreds of 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 most widely quoted author in history, and
his plays have probably been performed more times than those of
any other dramatist.

7. Summary of the Drama
JULIUS CAESAR is a play that revolves around the
incident of Caesar's Death by his own friends. The
chapter begins with Calpurnia, Caesar's wife who sees
a nightmare that Caesar is going to be killed. Caesar
has just returned after defeating Pompey's son, who
wanted to be the dictator of Rome. He is puffed with
pride and is over confident. Calpurnia sees omens and
also the intuitions and dreadful scenes seen by the
watchman threaten her that Caesar is going to be
killed. Then She forbids him to go to the Senate. But
then Brutus arrives and takes him by interpreting
Calpurnia dream in a fair and fortunate vision and thus
appealing to his vanity and overconfidence, able to
sway him. Then he enters the Senate where PUBLIUS

8. This enrages Caesar and he says NO. So the
conspirators stab Caesar one by one and even his
friend BRUTUS, the idealist stabs him. Then his loyal
friend ANTONY comes and joins hands with
Conspirators(pretending only but actually against
them).Then the conspirators see that he is the most
trusted friend of 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 heart but also place some
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 turn the tide against
those BUTCHERS(CONSPIRATORS),which he is
actually able to do by deftly ( skilfully ) making his
speech which sways the mob and thus is able to win
the support of the crowd and finally avenges Caesar's
death along with Caesar's nephew.