While meeting with a group of conspirators planning the murder of Caesar, Brutus tells the group that, while they are killing him, they should do it respectfully. The murder should be more of a ...

Julius Caesar is a problematic play, structurally – basically it falls apart in the second half – and in terms of its principal character, the chilly, remote Brutus. Shakespeare created many ...

Led by Cassius, a group of conspirators convince Brutus, Caesar's best friend to join their alliance by planting forged letters of complaint from commoners stating their concerns over Caesar's ...

Cassius confronts Brutus about his friend’s uncharacteristic coldness. When Cassius is reassured on this count he reveals his own fear of Caesar’s growing power, probes Brutus’s feelings on ...