Relationships
Calpurnia and Caesar have this relationship.
What is marriage?
The Soothsayer warns Caesar about this date.
What is March 15th/the ides of March?
In the opening scene of the play, Flavius and Marullus are incensed that crowds have gathered for this.
What is celebrating Caesar's triumph?
…I am constant as the northern star,
Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality
There is no fellow in the firmament.
Who is Caesar?
This outdoor theater was newly built when Julius Caesar was first performed on it in 1599.
What is the Globe?
This character is married to Portia.
Who is Brutus?
Julius Caesar is concerned with this city-state.
Where is Rome?
Near the beginning of the play, the crowd interrupts Brutus' and Cassius' discussion three times doing this.
What is shouting?
I am no orator, as Brutus is;
But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man,
That love my friend; and that they know full well
That gave me public leave to speak of him…
Who is Antony?
Julius Caesar may reflect Shakespeare's concerns about a succession crisis after the death of this monarch.
Who is Queen Elizabeth?
Lucius is called "boy" by Brutus because he has this relationship with him.
What is servant?
Caesar is assassinated in this building.
What is the Capitol?
This character proves to be more adept than expected at motivating a crowd by giving a speech.
Who is Antony?
I had as lief not be as live to be
In awe of such a thing as I myself.
I was born free as Caesar; so were you:
We both have fed as well, and we can both
Endure the winter's cold as well as he…
Who is Cassius?
The play is based on an English translation of this author's Lives.
Who is Plutarch?
This character is married to Brutus' sister, so is referred to as Brutus' brother.
Who is Cassius?
Mark Antony participates in the Feast of Lupercal by doing this.
What is running a course?
This character speaks to Portia of "The throng that follows Caesar" that "Will crowd a feeble man almost to death," but manages to catch Caesar's attention above the crowd twice in the play.
Who is the Soothsayer?
Farewell, good Strato. Caesar, now be still:
I kill'd not thee with half so good a will.
Who is Brutus?
The inclusion of this anachronistic device, referred to several times in the play, is ironically part of the play's concern with appropriate times for things.
What is a clock?
This character is Caesar's great-nephew and adopted son.
Who is Octavian?
The final battle takes place upon the plains of this city.
Where is Philippi?
The mob threatens this character for sharing a name with one of the conspirators.
Who is Cinna the Poet?
I grant I am a woman, but withal
A woman well-reputed, Cato's daughter.
Who is Portia?
Despite not being set in England, this play may be considered an epilogue to this genre of Shakespeare's plays, which were written in the 1590s, since it explores popular unrest, political power struggles, and civil war.
What are the history plays?