Julius Caesar (Tragedy / Roman History)
By William Shakespeare (1599)
Based directly on Plutarch: the Roman republic's greatest moral dilemma—noble Brutus persuaded by Cassius to assassinate Caesar, Antony's masterly funeral oration, and Philippi. Dramatis Personae: Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus, Cassius, Mark Antony, Portia, Calpurnia, Octavius.
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Week 1 — Act I, Sc 1–2: The Ides of March & Cassius's Temptation
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Week 1 — Act I, Sc 1–2: The Ides of March & Cassius's Temptation
Scene Summary & Living Narrative: Tribunes chide the crowd for celebrating Caesar; the Soothsayer warns: 'Beware the ides of March'; Cassius works upon the honorable nature of Brutus.
Key Quotation for Recitation & Copywork: 'Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.'
[Public Domain: William Shakespeare, First Folio / Globe Edition.]
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Week 1 — Act I, Sc 1–2: The Ides of March & Cassius's Temptation
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Week 2 — Act I, Sc 3 & Act II, Sc 1: The Midnight Conclave
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Week 3 — Act II, Sc 2–4: Calpurnia's Dream & Portia's Anxiety
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Week 4 — Act III, Sc 1: Et Tu, Brute?
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Week 5 — Act III, Sc 2 (Part I): Brutus's Speech in the Forum
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Week 6 — Act III, Sc 2 (Part II): Friends, Romans, Countrymen
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Week 7 — Act III, Sc 3 & Act IV, Sc 1: The Mob and the Triumvirate
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Week 8 — Act IV, Sc 2–3: The Quarrel of Brutus and Cassius
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Week 9 — Act IV, Sc 3 (End): The Ghost of Caesar at Sardis
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Week 10 — Act V, Sc 1–3: The First Clash at Philippi
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Week 11 — Act V, Sc 4–5: The Death of Brutus
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Week 12 — Act V, Sc 5 (End): This Was the Noblest Roman of Them All
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