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Julius Caesar Characters Julius Caesar • Roman Emperor • Unable to separate public and private life • Believed he was as eternal as the North Star Brutus • A Roman senator • Leader of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar • Fears Caesar aspires to be a dictator Mark Antony • Loyal friend to and supporter of Caesar Cassius • A Roman concerned with Caesar’s rise to power • Leader of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar • An opportunist Octavius • Julius Caesar’s nephew and heir Conspirators with Brutus • Casca • Decius Brutus • Cinna • Metullus Cimber • Trebonius • Caius Ligarius Calpurnia • Caesar’s wife Portia • Brutus’ wife Lucius and Strato • Brutus’ servants Soothsayer • Fortune-teller • Tries to warn Caesar of his fate Leptius • A Roman General responsible for the reconciliation of Antony and Octavious Cinna • Poet • Fatally confused with Cinna the conspirator An introduction to Julius Caesar • Deals with Roman generals and the life and times of ancient Rome • It is a political play about a general who would be king, but who, because of his own PRIDE and AMBITION, meets an untimely death • Shakespeare says that good government must be based upon morality. What was going on in Rome during this time? • For centuries, Romans debated and even fought civil wars while trying to decide whether a MONARCHY, a REPUBLIC, or a DICTATORSHIP was the best form of government. A timeline based on real events 100 B.C. Rome was a democracy 60 B.C. a triumvirate (a three-man rule) of Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey was formed to govern Rome. 58 B.C. Caesar was made Governor of Gaul 44 B.C. Shakespeare writes Julius Caesar 0 B.C 5 Acts • Acts 1 and 2- deal with conspiracy against Caesar • Act 3- the climax of the play with Caesar’s death • Act 4- consequences of the plot • Act 5- the fate of the assassins