Julius Caesar...

In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings "Beware the ides of March" and of moving public oratory "Friends, Romans, countrymen!" Ironies abound and most of all for Brutus, whose fate it is to learn that his idealistic motives for joining the conspiracy against a would-be dictator are not enough to sustain the movement once Caesar is dead.

We had to read this play for English and all though it was a very long process -not as long as Romeo and Juliet freshman year was but still long enough. We all got a kick out of first the killing of Cinna the poet where the plebians 'tear him for his bad verses, tear him for his bad verses.' Then in the tent when Lucius gets to use his instrument (for the people that don't know what this means you could probably google it or ask your English teachers). It wasn't that bad to tell you the truth though.