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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... from military technology to political sophistication to theory of moral character to culturalglories such asarchitecture and epic poetry. Shakespeare's England wasa small, vulnerable, upstart nation near the ... the two houses of parliament ...
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... the palm of his hand. His name, of course, was Julius Caesar. The leading exponentofthis position was the ... from that of Essex. Hewas fascinated by the assassinationof Julius Caesar andits aftermath because this wastheperiod in Roman ...
... the palm of his hand. His name, of course, was Julius Caesar. The leading exponentofthis position was the ... from that of Essex. Hewas fascinated by the assassinationof Julius Caesar andits aftermath because this wastheperiod in Roman ...
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... at exactly the time he was writing Julius Caesar, Shakespeare seems tohave been genuinely skeptical about the imperial project associated with thenameofCaesar. At ... the unfolding action. Unable to bear the thought The Roman Philosophy.
... at exactly the time he was writing Julius Caesar, Shakespeare seems tohave been genuinely skeptical about the imperial project associated with thenameofCaesar. At ... the unfolding action. Unable to bear the thought The Roman Philosophy.
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... the twenty-first century. Shakespeare is always interested in how words are confounded bydeeds, how political and ... from his bedand places him aloneon the bareboards of the Globe. The artof soliloquy then allows us to enter into that ...
... the twenty-first century. Shakespeare is always interested in how words are confounded bydeeds, how political and ... from his bedand places him aloneon the bareboards of the Globe. The artof soliloquy then allows us to enter into that ...
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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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Act 5 Scene actors Alarum andthe Antony’s ARTEMIDORUS assassination atthe audience battle bear blood Brutus and Cassius Caesar’s body Caius Calpurnia Capitol Casca Cassius Cato Cicero Cimber Cinna CLITUS conspirators crowd crown dangerous death Decius doth Elizabethan Exeunt Act Exit Farr fear Flavius Folio FOURTH PLEBEIAN fromthe Ghost give gods hand hath hear heart honourable inhis inthe Jonathan Bate Julius Caesar kill king Lepidus Ligarius look lord Lucilius Lucius Mark Antony Messala Metellus mighty modern Murellus noble Octavius ofthe omens performance Philippi Pindarus play Poet political Pompey Pompey’s Portia production Roman Rome Royal Shakespeare Company running scene SECOND PLEBEIAN senate SERVANT Shakespeare SOLDIER SOOTHSAYER speak speech spirit stage stand Stratford-upon-Avon Strato sword tell thatthe theater theaudience thee theplay there’s THIRD PLEBEIAN thou Titinius tobe tothe Tragedy Trebonius Varrus Volumnius Winter’s Winter’s Tale withthe words