Julius Caesar
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Caesar’s assassination is just the halfway point of Julius Caesar. The first part of the play leads to his death; the…
Act 1, scene 1
In Rome the people are taking a holiday to celebrate the triumphant return of Julius Caesar. The tribunes Marullus and…
Act 1, scene 2
A soothsayer advises Caesar that the fifteenth of March will be a dangerous day for him. When Caesar and others…
Act 1, scene 3
Casca, meeting Cicero, describes the marvels visible in the streets that night and suggests that the marvels foretell important events…
Act 2, scene 1
Brutus anxiously ponders joining the conspiracy against Caesar. When he is brought one of the unsigned letters that Cassius has…
Act 2, scene 2
It is now the fifteenth of March. Calphurnia, Caesar’s wife, persuades him to stay home because she fears for his…
Act 2, scene 3
Artemidorus waits in the street for Caesar in order to give him a letter warning him of the conspiracy.
Act 2, scene 4
Portia, who has been told of the conspirators’ plan to kill Caesar, waits anxiously for news of their success. She…
Act 3, scene 1
In the street Caesar brushes aside Artemidorus’s attempt to warn him of the conspiracy. Once inside the Capitol, the conspirators…
Act 3, scene 2
Brutus explains to the people that the cause of Caesar’s assassination was the preservation of the Roman Republic from Caesar’s…
Act 3, scene 3
Cinna the poet is attacked and killed by the Roman mob because his name is the same as that of…
Act 4, scene 1
Antony, Lepidus, and Octavius meet to condemn to death those who may oppose them. Sending Lepidus for Caesar’s will, Antony…
Act 4, scene 2
Brutus and Cassius each feel wronged by the other. They prepare to withdraw from the view of their armies to…
Act 4, scene 3
Brutus and Cassius exchange accusations in Brutus’s tent. They grow angry with each other but are quickly reconciled, and Brutus…
Act 5, scene 1
The opposing armies confront each other at Philippi. Before the battle, Brutus and Cassius exchange insults with Antony and Octavius….
Act 5, scene 2
Brutus sends Messala to throw all Brutus’s legions into the battle.
Act 5, scene 3
Cassius, mistakenly believing that the battle has been lost and that Titinius has been taken captive, orders Pindarus to kill…
Act 5, scene 4
Brutus’s forces are defeated in the second battle. Lucilius calls attention to himself and away from Brutus by announcing himself…
Act 5, scene 5
Brutus begs four of his followers to assist him in his suicide. All but the fourth decline. Brutus kills himself….

conspire against Caesar




armies of Brutus and Cassius