KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA

BELLARY

ENGLISH PROJECT
TOPIC:- JULIUS CAESAR
PREPARED BY :- K.SAI KIRAN
CLASS
:- 10TH C.*

JULIUS CAESAR

BY:- William
Shakespeare

This is a drama. As per our

C.B.S.E(N.C.E.R.T) text book.
And This is written by William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is an
English playwright and poet, recognized in
much of the world as the greatest of all
dramatists..***

*This a very big play and

cbse has divided
this
entire play into some
Scene and Acts..
*Have an Introduction to
the lesson...

WAR
History
Prophets
Drama
Politics
Murd
er

Conspiracy
Ghosts

Murd
er

IMPERATOR
GAIUS
JULIUS

Julius
CAESAR
Caesar
DIVUS
By:-

william
shakespe

His Name

Gaius Julius Caesar

Julius was the
family name.
Gaius was his
given name, one
of only eight
names which
could be given
to boys.

The name of
Gaius branch of
the Julius family
was Caesar,
which originally
meant hairy.
Hair.

ELEMENTS OF FICTION/SHAKESPEARE TRAGEDY

Exposition:
Characters & Setting

Act I

Rising Action:
Introduction of Conflicts

Act II

Climax:
Turning Point

Act III
In a tragedy, things usually go from
bad to worse in Act III

Falling Action:
Conflict resolution begins to fall into
place Result of the climax

Act IV

Denouement:
Main conflicts are resolved

Act V
This act includes a catastrophe,
which is another climactic turning
point in the story line.

Lets have an introduction

about the characters in
the play

Julius Caesar
Physically weak: Caesar has several infirmities
A tyrant: Caesar has had Marullus and Flavius
arrested
Superstitious: Caesar believes in portents and dreams
Indecisive: Caesar cannot make up his mind whether or not
to go to the senate
Inflexible: Caesar thinks himself perfect and decisive
Protagonist: Julius Caesar is an arrogant soldier and ambitious
politician, who believes that he is infallible. After his great victory over
the sons of Pompey, he believes that he is worthy of more power than
just being the head of Rome; he wants to be crowned the leader of the
entire Roman Empire.

Brutus
* Of Noble Heritage Brutus is a Roman nobleman, as was his
father
Sincere: Brutus truly believes that his role in the assassination
is for the good of Rome
Honest: He refuses to take bribes
Naive: He believes in the essential goodness of those around
him
Philosophical: His philosophies guide his actions and
decisions.

Cassius
Envious: Cassius has contempt for Caesar and envies Caesar's
position Fearful: Cassius is afraid that Caesar has ambitions to be
king. He fears what might become of Rome in such an instance.
Politically Astute: He advises Brutus to assassinate Antony along
with Caesar. Understanding what can happen, he advises Brutus not to
allow Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral.
Corrupt: Prior to the battle at Philippi, he is accused by Brutus of
taking bribes
Military Strategist: His battle plan for Philippi is well thought out
and based on sound military principles

Marc Antony

Loyal to Caesar: Antony loved and admired Caesar

Clever: Antony pretends to befriend the conspirators and
asks that he be allowed to speak at Caesar's funeral
A skilled orator: Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral sways
the crowd
Hard: Antony's role in condemning men to death shows he
can be as cold hearted as he is passionate
A skilled military leader: Antony has an equal voice in
planning the war against the legions of Brutus and Cassius

Major Theme of the play

The major theme of Julius Caesar is that misused power is
a corruptive force. This is seen in the fact that Caesar is a
dictator suspected of being tyrannous, that Cassius is so
power hungry that he assassinates Caesar,
hoping to become more powerful himself,
and
that Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus
become a
dictatorial and tyrannical
Triumvirate,worse than
Caesar ever hinted at
being.

Julius Caesar
July 12, 100 BC March
15, 44 BC, was a Roman
military and political leader
and one of the most
influential men in classical
antiquity. He played a
critical role in the
transformation of the
Roman Republic into the
Roman Empire.

Leading his legions across the Rubicon,

Caesar sparked civil war in 49 BC that left
him the undisputed master of the Roman
world.
After assuming control of the government,
he began extensive reforms of Roman
society and government.
He was proclaimed dictator for life, and he
heavily centralized the bureaucracy of the
Republic.

These events incited a friend of

Caesar, Marcus Junius Brutus,
and a number of other
senators, to assassinate the
dictator on the Ides of March
(March 15th) in 44 BC.

 The assassins hoped to

restore the normal running
of the Republic, but their
actions led to another
Roman civil war, and
eventually to the
establishment of the
autocratic Roman Empire
by Caesar's adopted heir,
Augustus.
In 42 BC, two years after
his assassination, the
Roman Senate officially
sanctified him as one of
the Roman deities.

As Caesar began to read the false petition, Casca pulled

at Caesar's tunic and made a glancing thrust at the
dictator's neck. Caesar turned around quickly and
caught Casca by the arm, crying in Latin "Villain Casca,
what do you do?" Casca, frightened, called to his fellow
senators in Greek: "Help, brothers!"
Within moments, the entire group, including Brutus,
was striking out at the dictator. Caesar attempted to get
away, but, blinded by blood, he tripped and fell; the men
eventually murdering him as he lay, defenseless, on the
lower steps of the portico. According to Eutropius,
around sixty or more men participated in the
assassination. He was stabbed 35 times.

Caesar's last words are given

as
"Et tu, Brute?
Then fall, Caesar."

Shortly after the assassination the

senators left the building talking
excitedly amongst themselves, and
Brutus cried out to his beloved city:
"People of Rome, we are once again
free!".

Caesar's death also marked, ironically, the end of

the Roman Republic, for which the assassins had
struck him down. The Roman middle and lower
classes, with whom Caesar was immensely
popular, were enraged that a small group of
aristocrats had killed their champion.

Mark Antony gave a dramatic

eulogy that appealed to the
common people. It was a
reflection of public opinion
following Caesar's murder.
Antony, who had been drifting
apart from Caesar, capitalized
on the grief of the Roman mob,
perhaps with the intent of taking
control of Rome himself.

MARK ANTONY: A loyal friend of Caesar's. In

contrast to the self-disciplined Brutus, Antony is
notoriously impulsive and pleasure-seeking, passionate
rather than principled. He is extremely spontaneous and
lives in the present moment. As resourceful as he is
unscrupulous, Antony proves to be a dangerous enemy
of Brutus and the other conspirators.

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