The Tragedy of Julius Caesar: With Related Readings

by Tim Scott (Editor)

In 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.

Genres: Read For School, Classics

159 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1997

Reviews

[Nikhil Pansare · Rating 3 out of 5]

Julius Caesar = IVLIVS CÆSAR