... worthy enough to wear a crown upon his head. Brutus and Cassius conspire with six others, who are also truly jealous, to assassinate Caesar for the good of Rome. After Brutus, Cassius and the other conspirators kill Caesar, the second Triumvirate, Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavius take charge in Rome. Brutus and Cassius gain nothing but only lose their lives for the assassination of ... war breaks loose, there is still a struggle for the power of Rome. As Mark Antony and Octavius prepare to battle Brutus and Cassius for the death of Caesar, Mark Antony tells Octavius to lead his crew u...

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... Caesar's ambition and as he says himself "It must be by his death and for my part I know no personal cause to spurn at him, but for the general" (2.1). For by murdering Caesar, Brutus feels that he is saving the citizens of Rome from bondage. After the assassination of Caesar, both sides, Cassius and Brutus are against Antony, Caesar's good friend, and Octavius ... , the heir to Caesar's throne, separate and form their own armies ... an intelligent, intellectual man but he made several military errors. In Philippi, he gave the word to fight too early and Octavius grabbed that chance eage...

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... shame. Brutus says that he believes power corrupts leaders. "Th' abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power; and, to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd more than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, that lowliness is young ambition's ladder, whereto the ... turns his back, looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees by which he did ascend. So Caesar may; then lest he may, prevent." - Brutus, II, i. After the conspirators kill Caesar, Antony and Octavius want to gain their own power. Cassius does too. As one would expect, these two opposin...

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... reminds Cassius that he himself has been know to take bribes as well. Brutus asks Cassius to remember the Ides of March and why they had killed Caesar. He asked Cassius if they were becoming the very corruption they had killed. The two men insult each other. Brutus accuses Cassius of ignoring his plea for ... money and Cassuis accuses Brutus of not loving him. He is crushed by the loss of his closest friend and ally and expresses the wish that Octavius and Antony will kill him soon and then offers Brutus his dagger so that he stab and kill him. They make up and drink wine together. Cass...

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... With the help of Casca, Cassius is able to prove to Brutus that he is not the only one who has a grudge against Caesar. Caesar is a good a showman and is able to play with the crowd. By refusing the crown three times, he is able to ... are no comets seen; the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes- The above lines (said by Calpurnia) serve as another warning to Caesar. Caesar, being superstitious, commands his augerers to perform a sacrifice. After having performed the sacrifice, when the priests dissected the animal, they were unable ... hypothesis and therefore there was no...

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... one of the most eminent figures in Western military and political history." (galenet.gale.com 1) Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius) is a professional soldier and public official. After Caesar's death he formed an alliance with Octavius and Lepidus to govern Rome as a triumvirate. In 44 B.C., this alliance defeated the forces of Brutus and Cassius at the battle of Philippi. (galenet.gale.com) Marcus ... a Roman nobleman and member of the Republic's most illustrious families. He takes a prominent role in the conspiracy against Caesar, his close friend. After the assassination, he flees to Rome...

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... home he reconstituted the courts and increased the number of senators. His reforms of the calendar gave Rome a rational; means of recording time A number of senatorial families, however, felt that Caesar threatened their position, and his honors and powers made them fear that he would become a rex (king), a title they, as Republicans, hated. Accordingly, in 44bc, an assassination plot ... him. After Caesar's first wife, Cornelia, died in 68bc, he married Pompeia, a granddaughter of Sulla. When the mysteries of the Boan Dea, over which she presided, were violated, she was maligned by goss...

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... Octavius, the great-nephew of Julius Caesar, was born in Rome on the 23rd of September, 63 BC (Southern 1). After Julius Caesar's death on the Ides of March in 44 BC, a struggle for power in Rome ensued, even though 18 year old Octavian was the heir. Marc Antony, a good friend of Julius Caesar, disposed of the conspirators that murdered Caesar ... and Mark Antony. The agreement said that each man would be a dictator and they would rule together for a term of five years and avenge Caesar. One of the bloodiest acts in Roman history then occurred. A list was produced, and any man whose name...

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... there was a thunder and lightning storm and there was raining fire, all showing signs of what was about to happen. After Caesar's death, another supernatural event occurred. Marc Antony and Octavius were at war with Brutus and Cassius. Brutus was in his tent where his army was camped when the ghost of ... Caesar appeared. During their encounter Brutus asked the ghost of Caesar "Why com'st thou?" (Act 4. Scene 3. Line 326). The ghost of Caesar answered, "To tell thee thou ... this day. The things that threatened me Ne"er looked but on my back. When they shall see the face of Caesar, they ...

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... assumed only the best of people. This tragic weakness resulted in many errors throughout the play. Major incidences such as the decision to kill Caesar. Brutus was too idealistic and lived in fantasy world in which he made all his decisions simply by expecting that all were as honorable as ... public good through his inevitable abuse of power. Although Brutus agonizes over his decision to join the conspiracy, he eventually justifies the plot to kill Caesar-not on the basis of any actual wrong doing, but on the basis of potential wrong doing. Brutus, and his companions thought it necessa...

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... he wanted to become dictator for life. To some senators, this made them fear him becoming dictator, but they also feared the future of Rome. Caesar's ambition was to become king, but in a crowd-pleasing fashion. Meaning he did not want to leap right in and look too anxious, that is ... He fell dead at the foot of Pompey's statue. Pompey was avenged, as well as Bibulus and Cato. After a provocative funeral oration by Mark Antony, Caesar's body was burned by the mob in the forum. When at the games in his honor the following July a comet appeared and it was regarded as ... his godhead and h...

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... wanted in a conspiracy because Caesars power is getting bigger by the hour Casca reveals malicious info to Brutus that suggests that Caesar may be getting more ambitious Brutus reveals his own fears of Caesar The conspiracy gains another person And that person is Brutus All conspirators meet at his house and plan for Caesars death Worried, ... didn't know what Mark Antony was going to do He revealed his hated for the conspirators Brutus and Cassius then explain To the people of Rome why they killed Caesar so they wouldn't complain "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" Mark Ant...

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... people that he was not too ambitious. But through all of that, Caesar was just acting; he really was not modest and all he wanted was to be the complete ruler of Rome. Mark Antony and Octavius Caesar make sure that what Caesar was trying to do gets accomplished; having only one ruler. Mark Antony, ... during the funeral of Caesar, turns Brutus" speech around and makes the people believe that the conspirator's motives were not ... honorable, but they killed him based on the fact that they were envious of Caesar's power. Yet at the end of the play, Mark Antony praises Brutus; he says tha...

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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Gaius Cassius was very emotional. Cassius was also a judge of character. He was at first considered to be a noble Roman. He killed himself during the battle against Antony and Octavius" forces because he believed that he had sent his good friend to his death. Because of Cassius" ... Cassius" good judgment of character. Cassius shows us his good judgment of character when he warns Brutus not to consent to allowing Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral. "Brutus, a word with you. You know not what you do; do not consent that Antony speak in his funeral. Know you ... ...

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... and cowardly ways. Antony is a very loving person. You can feel his passion and love for the people of Rome and Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, Antony visits Caesar's cold, lifeless body, and says, "Passion, I see, is catching, for mine eyes" (III.i.283). Even ... , Antony expresses the passion and love he had for Rome's ex-ruler. However, despite a loving person, he is quite a Backstabber. When Lepidus instantly leaves the room after the conversation with the Antony & Octavius ... , Antony exposes "This is a slight unmeritable man, Meet to be sent on errands: is it fit" (IV.i.12-13). Th...

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... thought. The next person to be looked upon in Mark Antony, apparently Julius Caesar's right-hand man. He plays the part of the hero as he takes Caesar's side after death and rallies the people against the conspirators. As he speaks to Octavius, though, he shows that he is mainly after the power also in saying ... , of this ominous threat. After a while, the audience is shown and led to believe his true drive. This drive turns out to be pure jealousy of Caesar's popularity and resulting power. He wanted it for himself. Finally, the question of the noble Brutus is at hand. From the start, h...

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... the Senators do not want to lose their own power by Caesar, several of them, led by Cassius, plan to destroy Caesar. Brutus is manipulated into joining the conspiracy, he fears that Caesar, his friend, will become a callous ruler; he openly states his belief that power corrupts all leaders. After Caesar's assassination, Octavius and Antony seek their own power configuration and Cassius, leading ... the conspirators, plots for his own victory. At Caesar's funeral, Antony speaks of the power Caesar had, and also of the supremacy that ... Brutus has attained ever so quickly. " come I to sp...

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... solidify the senatorial power. Pompey and Crassus, both placed in power by the Senate, were also feared by the Senate. They repealed much of Sulla's constitution and together with Julius Caesar formed the First Triumvirate. This informal collaboration lasted until the death of Crassus followed by the death of Julius" daughter, Pompey's wife. Pompey became jealous of ... Caesar and stirred the Senate against him. This brought on another civil war in which Caesar was victor. He increased the number of Senators using Italians and Gauls, reformed the calendar, named himself prefect of moral...

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... in the most compelling poetic drama. He describes Antony's generosity and how popular he was with his men, and cuts out suggestions of Cleopatra's disloyalty. Shakespeare even invents actions by Octavius Caesar in order to increase our sympathy for the lovers. Strangely, in his need for a fast moving plot, he neglects to mention that Antony actually stayed with his wife Octavia for ... to drink he would drink animals" urine. None of the things he has had to do have made him flinch. He only ever cried when Julius Caesar died, and he is the greatest soldier that Octavius Caesar knows. Cle...

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... him. In Cassius's letters, he suggests to Brutus that action needs to be taken and that a wrong needs to be corrected with out directly mentioning Caesar. Even though Cassius had had a similar conversation with him earlier that day, Brutus was so overly trusting that he was incapable of seeing the truth. ... Later his handicap resurfaces when he decides, against Cassius, not to kill Antony saying, ". . . think not of him; he can do no more than Caesar's arm when Caesar's head is off." Brutus thinks too little of Antony and believes that he will not be a threat. Then, after Cassius warns...

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... was followed by the confiscation of their property. The proscriptions of Sulla, which preceded the reactionary political legislation enacted during his dictatorship left a particularly bitter memory that long survived. Caesar left Rome for the province of Asia on the condition that he divorce his wife because Sulla would only allow him to leave on that condition. When he heard the ... "master of the horse". This representative was Mark Antony. Much resentment was felt by prominent senators like Cicero on account of the great power and influence of such against of Caesar. Caesar's milita...

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... was followed by the confiscation of their property. The proscriptions of Sulla, which preceded the reactionary political legislation enacted during his dictatorship left a particularly bitter memory that long survived. Caesar left Rome for the province of Asia on the condition that he divorce his wife because Sulla would only allow him to leave on that condition. When he heard the ... "master of the horse". This representative was Mark Antony. Much resentment was felt by prominent senators like Cicero on account of the great power and influence of such against of Caesar. Caesar's milita...

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... was followed by the confiscation of their property. The proscriptions of Sulla, which preceded the reactionary political legislation enacted during his dictatorship left a particularly bitter memory that long survived. Caesar left Rome for the province of Asia on the condition that he divorce his wife because Sulla would only allow him to leave on that condition. When he heard the ... "master of the horse". This representative was Mark Antony. Much resentment was felt by prominent senators like Cicero on account of the great power and influence of such against of Caesar. Caesar's milita...

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... was followed by the confiscation of their property. The proscriptions of Sulla, which preceded the reactionary political legislation enacted during his dictatorship left a particularly bitter memory that long survived. Caesar left Rome for the province of Asia on the condition that he divorce his wife because Sulla would only allow him to leave on that condition. When he heard the ... "master of the horse". This representative was Mark Antony. Much resentment was felt by prominent senators like Cicero on account of the great power and influence of such against of Caesar. Caesar's milita...

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... the peasants get angry and burn the houses of all the conspirators and when Mark Antony gets revenge for the murder of his great friend Julius Caesar. Brutus" speech at the funeral at first made sense to the peasants, but it was MarK Antony's speech that struck the hart of the peasants ... so familiar That mothers shall but smile when they behold Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war; All pity choked with custom of fell deeds: And Caesar's sprit ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry 'Havoc,' and let ... ...

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