Fate; warning; Soothsayer
“Beware the ides of March.”
Caesar’s pride and arrogance; power
“I am constant as the Northern Star.”
Brutus’ justification; loyalty vs betrayal
“Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.”
Antony’s persuasive speech opening; rhetoric
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.”
Emotional impact; betrayal; Antony manipulating the crowd
“This was the most unkindest cut of all.”
Ultimate betrayal; Caesar shocked
“Et tu, Brute?”
Brutus’ internal conflict; deciding murder
“It must be by his death.”
Cassius appealing to Brutus’ ego; persuasion
“Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus.”
Caesar’s ambition; hubris
“Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.”
Caesar’s death scene; tragic climax
“Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar.”
