Julius Caesar- A book review/ preview.
"Currently I am reading a Shakespearean tragedy entitled Julius Caesar. This is an assignment for Miss. Mooney. In this report I will both review aspects of play that I have read and preview or anticipate aspects that I have got to read.".
A tragedy is a "serious play in which the hero becomes engaged in conflict, experienced great suffering and us finally defeated and dies. The hero is usually of noble stature but has a tragic flow or weakness". This play will be a tragedy because of the misunderstanding of the Brutus who is joining the wily Cassius in the plan to assassinate Caesar. .
The main character Brutus in this play is a supposed good friend of Julius Caesar. He is an idealistic man, motivated by nobility and principles. The minor character Cinna is the conspirator who advises Cassius to win Brutus' support for the conspiracy. The dynamic character Mark Antony is Julius Caesar's trusted companion. The static character Portia is Brutus' wife and she is devoted to her husband and is concerned for his safety.
Julius Caesar is largely set in Rome, in February of the year 44 B.C. The setting of Julius Caesar is vital to the understanding of the play. .
Rome is divided by political fight as Caesar makes his victorious entry into the city in 44 BC on the Feast of Lupercal following defeat of Pompey's sons. Fearing Caesar's ambitions, the tribunes Marullus and Flavius criticize before the gathered crowd and strip the statues of his trophies. Caesar is warned by a soothsayer to "Beware the Ides of March." Caesar proudly ignores the warning given by Soothsayer and leaves from there leaving his friend Brutus with the cunning Cassius, who carefully plays tricks upon Brutus of Caesar's ambitions in an enlist Brutus in the conspiracy against Caesar. A month later Cicero and Casca meet during a storm. Casca relates a series of disturbing of unnatural events.