Julius Caesar (MAXNotes Literature Guides)REA's MAXnotes for William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar The MAXnotes offers a comprehensive summary and analysis of Julius Caesar and a biography of William Shakespeare. Places the events of the play in historical context and discusses each act in detail. Includes study questions and answers along with topics for papers and sample outlines. |
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... Roman history , and at the same time , provided them with a mirror of their own society — a peacetime monarchy after a hundred years of warfare and before the Civil War that began in 1642 . Elizabeth's reign was one of the most secure ...
... Roman history , and at the same time , provided them with a mirror of their own society — a peacetime monarchy after a hundred years of warfare and before the Civil War that began in 1642 . Elizabeth's reign was one of the most secure ...
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... Roman citizens Octavius Caesar — Nephew of Julius Caesar and first Roman Em- peror Lepidus — Ally of Antony and Octavius and one of the three rulers of Rome after Caesar's assassination Cicero — Roman senator and orator later killed by ...
... Roman citizens Octavius Caesar — Nephew of Julius Caesar and first Roman Em- peror Lepidus — Ally of Antony and Octavius and one of the three rulers of Rome after Caesar's assassination Cicero — Roman senator and orator later killed by ...
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... Roman Republic and is eager to become king . Caesar , how- ever , has many enemies who are planning his assassination . When Caesar and his entourage appear , a soothsayer warns him to “ Be- ware the ides of March , " ( March 15 ) , but ...
... Roman Republic and is eager to become king . Caesar , how- ever , has many enemies who are planning his assassination . When Caesar and his entourage appear , a soothsayer warns him to “ Be- ware the ides of March , " ( March 15 ) , but ...
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Antony and Octavius Antony's army arrival Artemidorus assassination augurers battle blood Brutus and Cassius Brutus give Brutus says Brutus will find Caesar's death Caesar's funeral Caesar's power Calphurnia Calphurnia's dream Capitol Casca says Cassius and Brutus Cassius says change Caesar's character Cicero Cimber Cinna civil Clitus commit suicide compares Caesar conspiracy against Caesar conspirators convince Brutus Dardanus Decius interprets enemy Feast of Lupercal fight flatter Flavius and Marullus funeral speech honor ides of March joining the conspiracy Julius Caesar killing Antony killing Caesar king Lepidus letters Ligarius Lucilius Lucius Mark Antony Messala Metellus omens Philippi Pindarus plot against Caesar political Pompey Portia rise to power Roman Republic Roman senator rule Rome Shakespeare soldiers soliloquy soothsayer Strato street Study Questions Suggested Essay Topics Summary The setting Superstition sword tells Brutus tells Casca tent thinks Throughout the play Titinius Trebonius troops wants warn Caesar words
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Page 57 - I could weep My spirit from mine eyes ! There is my dagger, And here my naked breast ; within, a heart Dearer than Plutus' mine, richer than gold ; If that thou be'st a Roman, take it forth ; I, that denied thee gold, will give my heart ; Strike, as thou didst at Caesar ; for I know, When thou didst hate him worst, thou lovedst him better Than ever thou lovedst Cassius.
Page 56 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats ; For I am armed so strong in honesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind Which I respect not.
Page 3 - Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here : Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.
Page 57 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Page 23 - So Caesar may : Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he is, Fashion it thus : that what he is, augmented, Would run to these and these extremities : And therefore think him as a serpent's egg, Which hatched, would, as his kind, grow mischievous ; And kill him in the shell.
Page 39 - A curse shall light upon the limbs of men ; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy ; Blood and destruction shall be so in use And dreadful objects so familiar That mothers shall but smile when they behold Their infants quartered with the hands of war; All pity choked with custom of fell deeds ; And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry "Havoc...
Page 80 - O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers; Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times.
Page 31 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come.