- Paperback: 251 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; 1st. Edition edition (1 April 1967)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140707042
- ISBN-13: 978-0140707045
- Product Dimensions: 17.9 x 11 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 974,557 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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One of Shakespeare's most political plays, Julius Caesar continued Shakespeare's interest in Roman history, first developed in Titus Andronicus. Drawing on Plutarch, the great historian of Rome, Shakespeare dramatises one of the most crucial moments in Roman history--the assassination of Julius Caesar. Loved by the Roman crowd but increasingly feared by the Senators, Caesar increasingly shows signs of his desire to abolish the Republic and crown himself emperor. A conspiracy is hatched, led by Cassius and Brutus, who murder Caesar on the steps of the Capitol. Mourning over his dead friend's body, Mark Antony gives one of the famous rhetorical speeches in literature, asking "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" to lament Caesar's death, privately vowing to "let slip the dogs of war" against those who have shed Caesar's blood. Antony joins forces with Caesar's son Octavius to defeat Cassius and Brutus in battle, and establish an uneasy alliance whose collapse is dramatised in Shakespeare's later play Antony and Cleopatra. Written at the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, Julius Caesar has been seen by many as a radically pro-Republican play which sailed close to the political wind of the time. --Jerry Brotton
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My first exposure to western politics, political killing and bad luck!,
By JAO Esq - "Happiness is Not a Destination" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Julius Caesar (Paperback)
I first read this book as part of a required reading in my teenage years way back in 1979 - some 32 years ago! I recently searched for and bought the book in the UK so I can revisit those scenes and images Shakespear so wonderfully portrayed in the book.
When I first read this book, I was completely "transported" to Western Europe from my native country in the western part of Africa - without, of course, leaving my living room! When there, I felt the full impact of the cold weather. I learnt about the usefulness of the soothsayers, the poets (Cina), commoners (Plebians), the ills of power and politics (Caeser paid the ultimate price for being ambitious). The book taught me for the first time: not to totally trust your peers (for Brutus made the "unkindest cut of all"); to be weary of thin, hungry-looking people (Oh, Cassius) - for they think too much and must be avoided; not to give a freehand to others to speak at critical (private or political) events without proper checks in place (for we see how Anthony, who is "no orator, as Brutus is" uses the chance he has been given by the "conspirators" to move the Plebians from a standpoint of hating to see anyone "speak harm of Brutus" and the other conspirators to calling the same people "traitors" whose houses, windows and "anything" must be plucked down); and let's not forget how Cinna the Poet was nevertheless humiliated and destroyed because of a case of mistaken identity and for being at the wrong place at the wrong time (bad luck). This play has a timeless setting and relevance. It simply lives on forever ... An invaluable asset ... buy it!
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Friends, Romans, countrymen,
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Julius Caesar (Wordsworth Classics) (Paperback)
Gaius Julius Cæsar is the Caesar we think of when we hear the word "Caesar" -- he conquered Gaul, bedded Cleopatra, and died a pretty dramatic death. And while he only appears in a few scenes of "Julius Caesar," he's the nucleus that William Shakespeare's taut conspiracy play revolves around -- his murder, his legacy, and the bitter jealousy he inspired.
Julius Caesar is returning to Rome in triumph, only to be stopped by a strange old soothsayer who warns him, "Beware the ides of March." Caesar brushes off the warning, but he has no idea that a conspiracy is brewing under his nose. In a nutshell, a group of senators led by the creepy Cassius are plotting against Caesar because of his wild popularity, suspecting that he wants to become KING. And Cassius' latest target: Brutus, one of Caesar's best buddies. Brutus is slowly swayed over to the conspiracy's side, beginning to believe that Caesar as a great man corrupted by power. Everything comes to a a devastating assassination on... guess when... the ides of March, which will elevate some men to greatness and destroy others. Though the story is supposedly about Julius Caesar, Caesar himself only has a few scenes -- but his charismatic, dominating presence hangs over the play like a heavy tapestry. What he does, what he plans, what he thinks and who he is are constantly on people's minds, and even after his death he is a powerful presence in the memories of the living. And Shakespeare cooks up a dialogue-heavy play that is a bit on the slow side, but whose speeches are so powerful and intense that you don't quite notice. There's a lot of those speeches here -- not only Antony's famous speech to the Roman people ("The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones"), but Brutus' impassioned argument with Portia ("You have some sick offence within your mind") and Cassius' oily slanted editorials about Caesar. Shakespeare's depiction of Brutus is also a beautifully nuanced one -- Antony calls him the "noblest Roman of them all" at the very end, despite the fact that Brutus calmly murdered his friend and leader. He's basically a gullible guy who follows his passions rather than his brain, and bounces into the conspiracy rather than trying to find out the truth about Caesar. You feel sorry for him, and at the same time you want the much smarter Antony to kick him like a soccer ball. "Julius Caesar" is rather slow-moving, but Shakespeare's powerful writing and nuanced depiction of Brutus more than make up for that. Friends, Romans, countrymen...
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This review is from: "Julius Caesar" (Arden Shakespeare.Third Series) (Paperback)
Excellent introduction and notes plus relevant extracts from Plutarch's Lives and descriptions of the characters make this so much more than a copy of the text - a veritable study guide.
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