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Julius Caesar Scripts

The document includes key scenes from Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar', highlighting the warnings given to Caesar about the Ides of March and the conspirators' plot against him. It shows the conflict between Brutus and Cassius regarding Caesar's power and ends with Antony's speech that sways public opinion against the conspirators after Caesar's assassination. The themes of ambition, betrayal, and the struggle for power are central to these scenes.

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Julius Caesar Scripts

The document includes key scenes from Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar', highlighting the warnings given to Caesar about the Ides of March and the conspirators' plot against him. It shows the conflict between Brutus and Cassius regarding Caesar's power and ends with Antony's speech that sways public opinion against the conspirators after Caesar's assassination. The themes of ambition, betrayal, and the struggle for power are central to these scenes.

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Beware the Ides of March!

(Act 1 Scene 2)
Characters: Caesar, Soothsayer, Cassius, Brutus
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Soothsayer: Caesar! Beware the Ides of March!

Caesar: Who is that man?

Brutus: A fortune teller, Caesar.

Caesar: He is a dreamer. Ignore him. Come, let us go.

(Caesar exits or steps aside.)

Cassius: Brutus, why do you let Caesar rise above us?

Brutus: I love Caesar, but I worry about Rome.

Cassius: Caesar is just a man, no better than us.

Brutus: What are you suggesting?

Cassius: That Rome should not be ruled by one proud man.

Brutus: I will think about what you have said.

Cassius (aside): Brutus will join us soon.

End
Et tu, Brute? (Act 3, Scene 1)
Characters: Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, Antony
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Caesar: What business brings you all before me?

Cassius: We beg you to listen.

Caesar: I do not change my mind. Mettelus’ brother will remain in prison for the duration I
previously set. There is no reason for me to change my mind.

(Conspirators move closer.)

Cassius: Then we act!

(Pretend stabbing begins.)

Caesar: Traitors!

(Looks at Brutus.)

Caesar: You too, Brutus? Then Caesar falls.

(Caesar falls.)

Brutus:. No man will rule as dictator of Rome, not even Caesar. Let us bathe our hands in his
blood. Romans, we did this for freedom, not hatred!

(Antony enters. Sees Caesar’s dead body.)

Antony: O mighty Caesar! What have they done?

Brutus: Do not fear us, Antony.

Antony: I only wish to bury Caesar… and remember him.

End

(Friends, Romans, Countrymen! (Act 3,


Scene Two)
Characters: Antony, Citizen 1, Citizen 2

Script

Antony: Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come here only to bury Caesar,
not to praise him.

Citizen 1: Let us listen to Antony.

Antony: Brutus says Caesar was ambitious. But Caesar cared for the poor.

Citizen 2: Maybe Caesar was not ambitious.

Antony: You all loved Caesar once. Why not mourn for him now?
Citizen 1: Antony speaks the truth!

Antony: Here is Caesar’s will. He has left gifts for the people.

Citizen 2: Brutus has betrayed us!

Citizen 1: Revenge!

Antony (aside): Now the people turn against the conspirators.

End

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