Julius Caesar

Flavius

condemned those who praised Caesar, punished for removing decorations from Caesar’s statue

Julius Caesar

dictator, wanted to be made king

Mark Antony

Caesar’s friend; impulsive and passionate; the dangerous enemy of Brutus and the other conspirators; we meet him as the goat person

Marcus Brutus

loved Caesar at the beginning but though he wasn’t good for Rome, Cassius plays on his emotions, nieve

Caius Cassius

Resents the fact that Roman people have revered Caesar as a god, leads Brutus to kill Caesar by sending him forged messages (forged letters, saying that Caesar is weak); Impulsive, unscrupulous

Casca

Senator, tribune, resents Caesar’s ambition, believed that Caesar’s personality was an act, first to stab Caesar

Decius

member of the conspiracy, convinces Caesar that Calphurnia misinterpreted her nightmare, leads Caesar into the hands of the conspirators, and says that the dream represents the lifeblood of Rome

Portia

Brutus’ wife and daughter of Cato, upset to find him reluctant to speak and stabs herself

Calphurnia

Caesar’s wife, great authority into omens and portents, warns Caesar of going to the Senate on the Ides of March

Octavius Caesar

Caesar’s great nephew and successor, joins forces with Antony to fight Cassius and Brutus, follows his father’s authoritative figure, partners with Lepidus

Soothsayer

The person that warns Caesar of the Ides of March, tells him on Feb. 15 and the day of

Artimedorus

Attempts to warn Caesar of the conspirators by giving him a letter

Caesar

“Et tu, Brute?”

Brutus

“There is a tide in the affairs of men, / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;”

Brutus

“…for I love / The name of honor more than I fear death.”

Cicero

Roman senator renowned for his oratorical skill; speaks at Caesar’s triumphal parade, dies at the order of Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus; not a part of the conspiracy because he was too old to be trusted

Titinius

close friend of Cassius and participate in the fight against Antony and Octavius, Cassius kills himself because Pindarus says that Titinius was taken

Pindarus

stabs Cassius

Messala

participates with Brutus and Cassius in the battle, general

Ghost of Caesar

warns Brutus that he will die in Phillipi

Mark Antony

“The evil men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.”

Cassius

“The fault dear Brutus is not in the stars, but ourselves.”

Calphurnia

“When beggars die, there are no comets seen; / The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.”

Caesar

“Cowards die many times before their deaths; / The valiant never taste of death but once.”

Mark Antony

“and say all to the world, this was a man.”

Brutus

“Not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more.”

Cassius

“How many ages hence / Shall this our lofty scene be acted over / In states unborn and accents yet unborn?”

Mark Antony

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; / I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. / The evil that men do lives after them; / The good is oft interred with their bones;”

Flavius, Murellus

how the play begins

most people loved Caesar, however, the officials didn't

significance of how the play started

fake letter

how Cassius convinces Brutus to join the conspiracy

Luprical

festival in Act One

Mark Antony, rejects it 3 times

who offers Caesar the crown, what is the response

March 15

Ides of March

Brutus truly loved Caesar but wanted the best for Rome

Brutus’ thoughts and reluctancy on joining the conspiracy

Cassius

mastermind of the conspiracy

flatters Caesar, targets his. ego

how Decius was persuasive

calls himself the north star

how Caesar shows his ego in his final speeches

pathos

how Antony was so persuasive

Brutus wanted to go to Phillipi while Cassius wanted to stay

Cassius and Brutus differences in battle plans