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    The document provides background information on William Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. It includes a timeline of key events in Caesar's life and Roman history in 44 BC. It then summarizes important details about the plot, characters, historical sources, and dramatic structure of the play. The document aims to provide readers with essential context and terminology to understand Shakespeare's portrayal of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar and its aftermath.

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    The document provides background information on William Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. It includes a timeline of key events in Caesar's life and Roman history in 44 BC. It then summarizes important details about the plot, characters, historical sources, and dramatic structure of the play. The document aims to provide readers with essential context and terminology to understand Shakespeare's portrayal of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar and its aftermath.

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    The document provides background information on William Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. It includes a timeline of key events in Caesar's life and Roman history in 44 BC. It then summarizes important details about the plot, characters, historical sources, and dramatic structure of the play. The document aims to provide readers with essential context and terminology to understand Shakespeare's portrayal of the conspiracy against Julius Caesar and its aftermath.

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    The passage provides an overview of William Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, including a timeline of historical events, descriptions of characters, and notes about the play's structure and themes.

    The plot of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar revolves around the conspiracy to assassinate the Roman dictator Julius Caesar and the aftermath of his death, including the power struggle between Mark Antony and Octavian.

    Some of the main characters in the play include Julius Caesar, the dictator of Rome; Marcus Brutus and Caius Cassius, who are conspirators against Caesar; and Mark Antony, Caesar's friend.

    The Tragedy of Julius

    Caesar

    by
    William Shakespeare
    Caesar Timeline
    Caesar (102-44 B.C.); Son-in-Law, Pompey
    Civil Wars 49 B.C. : Caesar vs. Pompey
    Pompey flees to Egypt, and is murdered.
    Caesar is victorious
    Caesar elected consul (ruling magistrate of
    Republic)
    Named dictator for 10 years by Senate
    Bio and play begin w/ Caesars victorious return
    after defeating Pompeys son in Spain
    Conspiracy already under way
    Roman Empire 44 B.C.
    Europe Today
    Important Facts

    Type of Plot: Tragedy


    Time of Plot: 44 B.C.
    Locale: Rome
    First Performed: 1599-1600
    First Published: 1601
    Principal Characters
    Julius Caesar, dictator of Rome
    Mark Antony, his friend
    Marcus Brutus, a conspirator against
    Caesar
    Caius Cassius, another conspirator
    Portia, wife of Brutus and Cassius wife
    Calpurnia, Caesars wife
    Important Points
    Based on Plutarchs Lives of the Noble
    Grecians and Romans.
    Shakespeare had to work his dramatic art
    within the restrictions of known history.
    We know that the play is not just about plot;
    they are more about explorations into
    human nature, about language, and about
    the ambiguity that much of the lang.
    presents.
    Important Points Cont.
    The historical events associated with
    the death of Caesar and defeat of the
    conspirators took 3 years; not 3 days.
    Prose used in the play by comic and
    less important characters.
    This play is very political; monarchy
    vs. democracy.
    Important Points Cont.
    Despite the title, Brutus, not Caesar, is
    the hero of this play.
    We often forget that these plays were
    created to be heard and seen.
    When we read a play, we miss some
    of what we call the performance
    language of the play.
    Format of the Play: 5 Part
    Dramatic Structure
    Exposition: to Act I, scene ii
    Complication: Act I, scene ii; to Act II,
    scene iv
    Climax: Act III, scene i
    Consequence: Act III, scene ii; to Act
    V, scene ii
    Denouement: Act V, scenes iii to v
    Key Terms
    Dramatic Irony: when readers or audience know
    info that a character does not know.
    Blank Verse: unrhymed poetry written in iambic
    pentameter.
    Iambic Pentameter: has five pairs of syllables
    (10 in all) with each pair following the pattern
    unstressed/stressed.
    Soliloquy: an act of speaking one's thoughts
    aloud when alone or regardless of hearers.
    Aside: an actor's remark addressed to the
    audience rather than the other characters.
    Key Terms Cont.
    Monologue: a long speech by one
    character to another character.
    Tragic Flaw: a personality trait of the tragic
    hero which leads to his downfall.
    Anachronism: the placing of something in
    the wrong historical period.
    Tragedy: a play in which events turn out
    disastrously for the main character or
    characters.
    Works Cited
    Bloom, Harold, ed. William Shakespeares Julius
    Caesar. New York: Chelsea House, 1988.

    O Brien, Peggy, ed. Shakespeare Set Free. New


    York: Washington Square Press, 1993.

    Rosenblum, Joseph, ed. A Readers Guide to


    Shakespeare. New York: Salem Press, Inc.,
    1999.

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