Julius CaesarIn this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings–“Beware the ides of March”–and of moving public oratory, “Friends, Romans, countrymen!” Ironies abound and most of all for Brutus, whose fate it is to learn that his idealistic motives for joining the conspiracy against a would-be dictator are not enough to sustain the movement once Caesar is dead. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
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... Rome's history. For overa thousand years, Rome was the city of the world. The Romans ruledthe greatest empire that had ever been seen. Even afterits decline and fall,the nameofRome lived on for centuriesby providing the Western world ...
... Rome's history. For overa thousand years, Rome was the city of the world. The Romans ruledthe greatest empire that had ever been seen. Even afterits decline and fall,the nameofRome lived on for centuriesby providing the Western world ...
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... Rome a prisoner, Brutus takes himself the way of Cato. Cassiusis also forced intothe discovery thatphilosophical theories havea way ofbeing beliedby events. When foreboding ravens, crows, and kites hover in place of mighty eagles over ...
... Rome a prisoner, Brutus takes himself the way of Cato. Cassiusis also forced intothe discovery thatphilosophical theories havea way ofbeing beliedby events. When foreboding ravens, crows, and kites hover in place of mighty eagles over ...
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... Rome after Caesar's death Mark ANTONY OCTAVIUSCaesar LEPIDUS A SOOTHSAYER ARTEMIDORUS, a teacher of rhetoric CINNA, a poet Another POET Senators CICERO PUBLIUS POPILIUS Tribunes ofthepeople MURELLUS FLAVIUS A CARPENTER A COBBLER FIRST ...
... Rome after Caesar's death Mark ANTONY OCTAVIUSCaesar LEPIDUS A SOOTHSAYER ARTEMIDORUS, a teacher of rhetoric CINNA, a poet Another POET Senators CICERO PUBLIUS POPILIUS Tribunes ofthepeople MURELLUS FLAVIUS A CARPENTER A COBBLER FIRST ...
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... Rome To grace33 in captive bonds his chariot wheels? You blocks, you stones, youworse than senseless things: O you hard hearts,you cruel menofRome, Knew younot Pompey?36 Manya timeandoft Have you climbed up to walls and battlements, To ...
... Rome To grace33 in captive bonds his chariot wheels? You blocks, you stones, youworse than senseless things: O you hard hearts,you cruel menofRome, Knew younot Pompey?36 Manya timeandoft Have you climbed up to walls and battlements, To ...
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... Rome — Except immortal Caesar — speakingofBrutus, And groaning underneath thisage's yoke66, Have wished thatnoble Brutushad his eyes.67 BRUTUS Into what dangers would you leadme, Cassius, That you would have me seek into myself For ...
... Rome — Except immortal Caesar — speakingofBrutus, And groaning underneath thisage's yoke66, Have wished thatnoble Brutushad his eyes.67 BRUTUS Into what dangers would you leadme, Cassius, That you would have me seek into myself For ...
Contents
The TragedyofJulius Caesar The List of Parts | |
Scene 5 | |
Farr and Lucy Bailey Shakespeares Careerin the Theater | |
A Chronology | |
Acknowledgments and Picture Credits | |
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