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| − | < | + | '''''Julius Caesar''''' is a tragical play <ref> It can be classified as a history, but is normally classified as a Tragedy. </ref>by [[William Shakespeare]] based on the death of Roman emperor [[Julius Caesar]]. |
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| − | + | The play opens with Julius Caesar's triumphant return to Rome, having defeated his enemies including his lead rival, Pompey. Shortly after his arrival, a nobleman, called Cassius, starts a plot to assasinate Caesar. Several Romans are jealous of his new power and seek to take it for themselves. One of the unsure conspirators, Marcus Brutus, does it for a different purpose; to preserve the Roman Republic. The assasination takes place as planned and the conspirators proclaim that Caesar was an ambitious tyrant. However, they make the mistake of letting Julius Caesar's close friend, Marc Antony, to give an oration at the funeral. He rallies the Romans against the conspirators and they flee. Antony and Caesar's nephew, Octavius, form an army to take the conspirators. Both of their armies meet at Phillipi. The conspirators lose the battle and both Brutus and Cassius commit suicide. | |
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Julius Caesar is a tragical play [1]by William Shakespeare based on the death of Roman emperor Julius Caesar.
Synopsis
The play opens with Julius Caesar's triumphant return to Rome, having defeated his enemies including his lead rival, Pompey. Shortly after his arrival, a nobleman, called Cassius, starts a plot to assasinate Caesar. Several Romans are jealous of his new power and seek to take it for themselves. One of the unsure conspirators, Marcus Brutus, does it for a different purpose; to preserve the Roman Republic. The assasination takes place as planned and the conspirators proclaim that Caesar was an ambitious tyrant. However, they make the mistake of letting Julius Caesar's close friend, Marc Antony, to give an oration at the funeral. He rallies the Romans against the conspirators and they flee. Antony and Caesar's nephew, Octavius, form an army to take the conspirators. Both of their armies meet at Phillipi. The conspirators lose the battle and both Brutus and Cassius commit suicide.
References and Notes
- ↑ It can be classified as a history, but is normally classified as a Tragedy.
