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Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar. Mr. McClellan’s Sixth-Grade Shakespeare for The Wednesday Wars Team 6-1. Major Roles. Brutus Julius Caesar Marc Antony Cassius Octavius. Brutus. Supporter of the Republic Model of Roman virtue Torn between his friendship to Caesar and his allegiance to the state.

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Julius Caesar

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  1. Julius Caesar Mr. McClellan’s Sixth-Grade Shakespeare for The Wednesday Wars Team 6-1

  2. Major Roles • Brutus • Julius Caesar • Marc Antony • Cassius • Octavius

  3. Brutus • Supporter of the Republic • Model of Roman virtue • Torn between his friendship to Caesar and his allegiance to the state http://itshboinepicdetail.com/rome/img/cast/actor/season2/actor_tobiasmenzies.jpg

  4. Julius Caesar • Great Roman general and senator • Returns to Rome after a successful military campaign • Seduced by the public’s idolization http://l.yimg.com/l/tv/us/img/site/49/36/0000034936_20061021035759.jpg

  5. Marc Antony • Friends of Caesar and fellow general • Betrays the conspirators to the public • Seeks control on Rome after Caesar’s death http://hugogontv.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/markantony.jpg

  6. Cassius • Shrewd and opportunistic • Dislikes Caesar’s popularity among the common people • Manipulates Brutus into joining the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar http://www.facebook.com/profile/pic.php?uid=AAAAAQAQGPFYntcVOmvq0orDIeF2qgAAAArC1uM0q8rVfoLR1Mt8UNtz

  7. Octavius • Caesar’s great-nephew and appointed successor • Returns from abroad to hunt down the assassins with the help of Antony • Gathers power to become first Emperor of Rome – Caesar Augustus http://www.ninaxiang.com/wp-content/uploads/octavian2.jpg

  8. The Plot • Caesar enters in a victory parade with his entourage, including the military and political figures Brutus, Cassius, and Antony. A Soothsayer calls out to Caesar to “beware the Ides of March,” but Caesar ignores him and proceeds with his victory celebration. (Ides of March = March 15th) • During the celebration, Antony offers the crown of Rome to Caesar three times and the people cheered, but Caesar refused it each time. Caesar falls to the ground and has some kind of seizure before the crowd; his demonstration of weakness. • Brutus goes home to consider Cassius’s words regarding Caesar’s poor qualifications to rule, while Cassius hatches a plot to draw Brutus into a conspiracy against Caesar.

  9. The Plot • Brutus finds letters in his house apparently written by Roman citizens worried that Caesar has become too powerful. The letters have in fact been forged and planted by Cassius, who knows that if Brutus believes it is the people’s will, he will support a plot to remove Caesar from power. • The next day, Caesar proceeds through the streets toward the Senate, the Soothsayer again tries but fails to get his attention. • At the Senate, the conspirators speak to Caesar, bowing at his feet and encircling him. One by one, they stab him to death. When Caesar sees his dear friend Brutus among his murderers, he gives up his struggle and dies.

  10. The Plot • Brutus to the Forum to speak to the public, declaring to the masses that though he loved Caesar, he loves Rome more, and Caesar’s ambition posed a danger to Roman liberty. • Antony appears with Caesar’s body. Repeatedly referring to Brutus as “an honorable man,” Antony’s speech becomes increasingly sarcastic; questioning the claims that Brutus made in his speech that Caesar acted only out of ambition. • Antony describes Caesar’s horrible death and shows Caesar’s wounded body to the crowd. He then reads Caesar’s will, which bequeaths a sum of money to every citizen and orders that his private gardens be made public. The crowd becomes enraged that this generous man lies dead; calling Brutus and Cassius traitors, the masses set off to drive them from the city.

  11. The Plot • Octavius and Antony march their army toward Brutus and Cassius. • Brutus learns of the death of Cassius and prepares to take on the Romans again. When his army loses, doom appears imminent. Brutus asks one of his men to hold his sword while he impales himself on it. • Octavius and Antony arrive. Antony speaks over Brutus’s body, calling him the noblest Roman of all. While the other conspirators acted out of envy and ambition, he observes, Brutus genuinely believed that he acted for the benefit of Rome. Octavius orders that Brutus be buried in the most honorable way. The men then depart to celebrate their victory.

  12. Famous Quotes • “Beware the ides of March.” (Act I, scene ii) • “But, for my own part, it was Greek to me.” (Act I, scene ii) • “Cowards die many times before their deaths.” (Act II, scene ii) • “Et tu, Brute! Then fall Caesar!” (Act III, scene i) • “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones.” (Act III, scene ii)

  13. If you Like . . . • Check out the sequel: Antony and Cleopatra

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