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Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (1599) dramatizes the conspiracy against the Roman dictator, his assassination, and its bloody aftermath. Torn between friendship and the republic, the honorable Brutus joins Cassius in killing Caesar, only to be outmaneuvered by Mark Antony's oratory and defeated at Philippi. A profound study of political idealism, manipulation, and the unintended consequences of violence, it contains some of the most famous rhetoric in English.

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Contents

1. Act I
   1. Scene I
   2. Scene II
   3. Scene III
2. Act II
   1. Scene I
   2. Scene II
   3. Scene III
   4. Scene IV
3. Act III
   1. Scene I
   2. Scene II
   3. Scene III
4. Act IV
   1. Scene I
   2. Scene II
   3. Scene III
5. Act V
   1. Scene I
   2. Scene II
   3. Scene III
   4. Scene IV
   5. Scene V