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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... Cassius as conspirators , and the Renaissance view of Sir Philip Sidney and Ben Jonson , condemning Caesar as a ... Cassius with his " lean and hungry look " ( 1.2.194 ) . Yet this mightiest of men , who in Cassius's phrase bestrides the ...
... Cassius as conspirators , and the Renaissance view of Sir Philip Sidney and Ben Jonson , condemning Caesar as a ... Cassius with his " lean and hungry look " ( 1.2.194 ) . Yet this mightiest of men , who in Cassius's phrase bestrides the ...
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William Shakespeare David Bevington, David Scott Kastan. to compete with Cassius by swimming the Tiber fully armed , and afflicted with a sterile marriage . Physical limitations of this sort are common enough , but in Caesar they are con ...
William Shakespeare David Bevington, David Scott Kastan. to compete with Cassius by swimming the Tiber fully armed , and afflicted with a sterile marriage . Physical limitations of this sort are common enough , but in Caesar they are con ...
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... Cassius's strategy is to present to Brutus numerous testimonials " all tending to the great opin- ion / That Rome holds of his name " ( lines 318-19 ) . Cassius plays the role of tempter here , but the notion he suggests is not new to ...
... Cassius's strategy is to present to Brutus numerous testimonials " all tending to the great opin- ion / That Rome holds of his name " ( lines 318-19 ) . Cassius plays the role of tempter here , but the notion he suggests is not new to ...
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... Cassius once more in the decision to fight at Philippi and is proved wrong by the event , no ideal- istic motive can excuse Brutus's insistence on being obeyed ; Cassius is the more experienced soldier . Still , Brutus's fatal ...
... Cassius once more in the decision to fight at Philippi and is proved wrong by the event , no ideal- istic motive can excuse Brutus's insistence on being obeyed ; Cassius is the more experienced soldier . Still , Brutus's fatal ...
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... Cassius , too , for all his villainlike role as tempter to Brutus , his envious motive , and his Epicurean skepticism , reveals a finer nature as the play progresses . Inspired perhaps by Brutus's philosophic idealism , Cassius turns ...
... Cassius , too , for all his villainlike role as tempter to Brutus , his envious motive , and his Epicurean skepticism , reveals a finer nature as the play progresses . Inspired perhaps by Brutus's philosophic idealism , Cassius turns ...
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actors Alarum Antony's army Artemidorus battle bear blood Brutus and Cassius BRUTUS CASSIUS Brutus's Caesar's death Calpurnia Capitol CASCA Cassius Cassius's Cato Cicero Cinna Claudius CLITUS conspiracy conspirators countrymen dangerous Dardanius Decius Brutus dost doth Elizabethan enemies Enter Brutus Enter Lucius Exeunt Exit fear film fire Flavius follow FOURTH PLEBEIAN friends Fyodor Dostoevsky ghost give gods hand hast hath hear heart honor humor ides of March Julius Caesar Lepidus Ligarius live look lord Lucilius Marcus Brutus Mark Antony marketplace Marullus matter Messala Metellus Cimber night noble Brutus Philippi Pindarus play play's PLEBEIAN Plutarch political Pompey Pompey's Portia Publius Roman Rome scene SECOND PLEBEIAN Senate SERVANT Shakespeare soldiers SOOTHSAYER speak speech spirit stand Strato sword tell theater thee things THIRD PLEBEIAN thou art Titinius tragedy traitors Trebonius unto VARRO Volumnius word wrong