The document summarizes the plot of William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. It discusses Caesar's rise to power in Rome and the conspiracy led by Brutus and Cassius to assassinate him. On the Ides of March, the conspirators stab Caesar to death in the Senate. However, Mark Antony later turns the Roman people against the assassins with a speech. The summary then outlines the subsequent battles between the assassins and the forces of Octavian and Antony that lead to the suicides of Brutus and Cassius.

1. WILLIAM
SHAKESPERE’S
JULIUS CAESAR….

2. BOOK REVIEW
TITLE
: JULIUS CAESAR…
ACC NUMBER: 325
AUTHOR
: SHAKESPEARE
EDITOR
: ALAN DURBAND
PUBLISHER: AMAZON
PUBLISHING YEAR: 2001
COST OF THE BOOK : $25.00

3. CAESAR’S
WIFE:CALPURNIA
CAESAR’S
FRIEND:ANTONY

4. DECIUS BRUTUS
Is the conspirator who persuaded me to attend the Senate
on the day of the Ides of March by faking a flattering
interpretation of (my wife) Calpurnia's dream and by telling
me that the Senates want to crown me king
METTELUS CIMBER
Is the one who attracted caesar’s attention by
saying his brother's banishment should be
revoked. He was also the one who allowed the
assassins to surround me, which allowed Casca
to stab me.

5. CASCA
Joins the Conspiracy on
the night before my
assassination, and is the
first conspirator to stab me
Was the one who lured Antony out
of the Senate house so that the
others can kill me. Was also one of
the conspirator's who actually did
not stab me.

6. The setting of this play is ancient
rome
Shakespeare creates a world full of
political intrigue, magical
occurrences, and military conquest.

7. Caesar, the most powerful man in
Rome, has recently returned to the
city after months of fighting
abroad.

8. Their fears seem to be valid when
Caesar refuses to enter Rome as an
ordinary citizen after the war.
Instead, he marches his army on
Rome and takes over the
government.

9. But the people don’t mind—in fact,
they love him.
Caesar is made dictator, or ruler—a
position that was sometimes
granted for a ten-year term—for the
rest of his life.

10. Many senators, however, resent
Caesar for having so much power.

11. Julius Caesar returns to Rome, victorious from battle.
The crowd in Rome is ecstatic, and they attempt to
crown him King three times. A group of generals in his
army become concerned about Caesar's power and
his penchant for extreme and tyrannical actions. That
night, huge storms surround Rome, and strange,
supernatural things happen all over the city. Cassius,
Cinna, and Casca meet during the night and discuss
their desire to overthrow Caesar from the throne.
They believe they should kill him. The three involve
Decius Brutus, Trebonius, Ligarus, and Metellus
Cimber in the growing conspiracy. They all, except for
Casca, go to Marcus Brutus' house and convince him
to join. The group hatches a plan to kill Caesar at the
Senate the next day, each man drawing his sword on
Caesar at the same time. Cassius pushes the group to
kill Mark Antony, Caesar's constant companion and
ally, as well. Marcus Brutus argues against this action,
saying that the bloodshed should be kept to a
minimum, and vengeful actions should be avoided by
the group.

12. Later in the same scene, after an
impassioned speech in which Brutus' wife
Portia reveals that she has gashed her thigh
to prove that her strength is equal to that of
her husband, Brutus is compelled by his
love and respect for her to tell her what is
troubling him. He promises to tell her what
is going on after he meets with his coconspirators.

13. The next morning, Calphurnia, Caesar's wife,
initially convinces Caesar to stay home because
she had nightmares about what his fate would
be today. Caesar remains proud, though, and
one of the conspirators, Decius Brutus, comes
to his house and reinterprets Calphurnia's
dream and convinces Caesar to go to the
Capitol and Senate after all. Before Caesar
makes his away to the Senate, a sophist named
Artemidorus reads aloud a warning that he will
attempt to pass off to Caesar before he enters
the Senate, but he is never able to present the
scroll to Caesar. The document names all of the
conspirators and warns Caesar to stay away
from them today

14. When he arrives at the Senate, Caesar
sees a soothsayer who had warned him
the day before to beware of the ides of
March, and says to him, "the ides of
March are come," but the soothsayer
responds ominously, "Ay, Caesar, but not
gone." As Caesar goes to the front of the
Senate, the conspirators follow him and
begin to argue for a pardon for Metellus
Cimber's banished brother. This way, they
are able to get close to Caesar, who
arrogantly refuses to consider the request.
At this, Casca begins by stabbing Caesar in
the back of the neck, followed by the rest
of the group, and, finally, by Marcus
Brutus, who stabs him in the heart.

15. Meanwhile, Trebonius has taken Antony aside
so he cannot protect Caesar. The crowd in the
Senate panics. Antony re-enters as the
conspirators are standing over Caesar's body,
and expresses his grief to Caesar before
approaching the conspirators to pledge his
allegiance to them, the new leaders of Rome.
Antony makes a simple request: that he be
allowed to bear Caesar's body to the center of
Rome and make a eulogy for Caesar before
the crowd. When Brutus agrees to this
concession, Cassius takes him aside and
expresses his worry that Antony may still do
something to hurt the conspirators. Brutus
brushes these concerns aside, saying that he
will speak to the crowd first, saying that he
killed Caesar out of concern for the citizens of
Rome.

16. After Brutus' speech, Antony proceeds
to incite the crowd against Brutus and
his co-conspirators with irony and
mockery.
In the next scene, the poet Cinna is
accosted by the crowd that was incited
by Antony's speech just because he
shares a name with the conspirator.
After this, the Triumvir that was
supposed to include Caesar, but now
includes Mark Antony, Octavius and
Lepidus plan their revenge on Marcus
Brutus and his group of conspirators,
in order to regain control of Rome,
which they had planned to rule
together.

17. They plan to meet Brutus and Cassius,
who are campedThey plan to meet Brutus and Cassius, who are
with Brutus' army outside
of Sardis. In the next scene, Brutus is
camped with Brutus' army outside of Sardis. In
waiting to greet Cassius, scene, Brutus is waiting to greet
the next who has just
arrived with his army. We find out that
Cassius, who has just arrived with his army. We
Cassius is insulted by Brutus'
find out that Cassius is insulted by Brutus'
condemnation ofcondemnation for Lucius Pella for taking bribes.
Lucius Pella of taking
bribes. Cassius had pleaded for clemency
Cassius had pleaded for clemency for Pella. It
for Pella. It turns turns out the argument is a is a
out that that the argument
misunderstanding, partly caused by the caused by the pain
misunderstanding, partly
pain Brutus suffers when he hears thathears that his wife,
Brutus suffers when he his
wife, Portia, has Portia,herself byherself by swallowing hot
killed has killed
swallowing hot coals. After this argument,the two men decide
coals. After this argument,
the two men decide to advance to Philippi battling Antony
to advance to Philippi before
before battling Antony and Octavius,to catch them when they
and Octavius, hoping
hoping to catch them when weakest. That night, while reading,
are at their they are at their
weakest. That night, while reading,by a ghost who appears in
Brutus is distracted Brutus
is distracted by ahis tent.who others remain asleep while
ghost The appears in his
tent. The others remain asleepwarns Brutus that they will
Caesar's ghost while
Caesar's ghost warns again tomorrow atwill plains of Philippi.
meet Brutus that they the
meet again tomorrow at the plains of
Philippi.

18. The next day, Brutus and Cassius go to speak with
Antony and Octavius before they go into battle. After
they leave, Cassius and Brutus speak one last time
before the battle, and Brutus states that he will never
be led through the streets of Rome as a captive; he
will kill himself instead. In the next scene, Brutus
commands Messala to give the message to charge to
Cassius and his troops, because he fears that Octavius
has approached too quickly. Cassius is worried by this
rash move, and Cassius and his servant Pindarus
retreat to a high hill while Pindarus narrates the
action below and Cassius hides. When Pindarus
misinterprets what he sees below, and tells Cassius
that Titinius has been captured, Cassius despairs and
commands Pindarus to kill him. Afterward, Titinius
returns to claim victory, and expresses grief over
Cassius' death, and kills himself with the same sword.
Brutus enters with his officers, including Messala,
Young Cato, Strato, Voluminus and Lucilius. Brutus
sees the two men dead and proclaims that Caesar is
still mighty because of what has resulted from his
death.

19. The soldiers leave and return to battle,
but Brutus goes off to the side with
some close friends. After most of them
have been persuaded to go back into
battle, Strato, who Brutus has asked to
stay, shakes Brutus' hand out of
respect, and holdsThe soldiers leave and return to battle, but
his sword as Brutus
Brutus goes off to the side with some close
stabs himself with it. Octavius and
friends. After most of them have been
Antony find Brutus' body, and go back into battle, Strato, who
both
persuaded to
proceed to complement has asked to stay, shakes Brutus' hand
Brutus Brutus and
recognize his pureout of respect, killing his sword as Brutus
motives for and holds
Caesar.
stabs himself with it. Octavius and Antony find
Brutus' body, and both proceed to
complement Brutus and recognize his pure
motives for killing Caesar.

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