Leading Roles
He is the Roman general whose rising power leads to a deadly conspiracy.
Who is Julius Caesar?
Caesar's final words to his friend as he is being stabbed.
"Et tu, Brutus?"
This is the location where the conspirators carry out the assissination of Caesar.
What is the Senate? (Or Capital building)
She is the wife of Julius Caesar who begs him to stay home on the Ides of March.
Who is Calpurnia?
Shakespeare's play is based on the "Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans" written by this Greek historian.
Who is Plutarch?
This "honorable man" is Caesar's close friend but joins the conspiracy for the good of Rome.
Who is Marcus Brutus?
The famous warning given to Caesar by the soothsayer.
"Beware the Ides of March."
To sway Brutus, Cassius plants these in Brutus's house to make him believe the public wants him to lead.
What are (forged) letters?
This woman is the wife of Brutus and the daughter of Cato.
Who is Portia?
Caesar famously says Cassius has this kind of "look", which makes him dangerous.
What is a "lean and hungry look"?
The manipulative mastermind who convinces Brutus that Caesar must be stopped.
Who is Cassius?
Antony begins his funeral oration with this line.
This character has a prophetic nightmare about Caesar's statue spouting blood.
Who is Calpurnia?
Portia does this to her thigh to prove that she is strong enough to keep Brutus' secrets.
What is stabs herself?
This character is the first to stab Caesar.
Who is Casca?
Caesar's loyal friend who turns the Roman citizens against the conspirators with a funeral speech.
Who is Marc Antony?
Casca uses this phrase to describe Cicero's speech, which he did not understand.
This poet is killed by a rioting mob simply because he shares a name with one of the conspirators.
Who is Cinna (the Poet)?
This is the gruesome way Portia eventually dies after Brutus flees Rome.
What is swallowing hot coals?
These two tribunes are "put to silence" for removing decorations from Caesar's statutes in the opening scene.
Who are Flavius and Murellus?
The third member of the future Triumvirate alongside Antony and Octavius, whom Antony describes as a mere errand-runner.
Who is Lepidus?
Brutus says this to explain his motive. "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I
Brutus takes his own life by falling on his sword during this final battle.
What is the Battle of Philippi?
Calpurnia's dream depicts Roman citizens doing this in the blood flowing from Caesar's statue.
What is bathing their hands in it?
This teacher of rhetoric tries to warn Caesar of the plot by handing him a letter on his way to the Senate.