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The Tragedy of Julius CaesarCharacter Profiles
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Julius Caesar •When the play starts, he is the only man
capable of giving orders and ensuring they are carried out. • Fails to understand the many signs
indicating a plot against him and is killed by a conspiracy led by Cassius and Brutus. •His ghost haunts the remainder of the play,
and his name is invoked by both Cassius and Brutus before they commit suicide in the final act.
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Calpurnia •Wife of Caesar. •Has a dream in which she sees a statue
of Caesar bleeding from multiple wounds,•Begs him to stay at home the day he is
killed. •Caesar ignores her and goes to the
Senate House anyway.
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Marcus Brutus •Noble Roman opposed to Caesar.• Idealist who upholds honor above everything else. •Brutus only agrees to kill Caesar after becoming convinced that it is necessary for the Roman Republic. •Dies on the battlefield by impaling himself on his own sword.
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Portia •Wife of Brutus. •Proves her courage and strength by stabbing her thigh with a dagger in order to force Brutus to tell her about the plot to kill Caesar. •Kills herself by swallowing hot coals from the fire after Mark Antony and Octavius assume power in Rome.
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Lucius
•A servant to Brutus
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Caius Cassius
•A man opposed to Caesar. •Assembles the conspirators and is the man who convinces Brutus to kill Caesar.•He commits suicide at the battle of Philippi after falsely thinking his army has been defeated.
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Casca • A man opposed to Caesar
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Trebonius
•A man opposed to Caesar
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Decius Brutus
•A man opposed to Caesar. •He misinterprets Calpurnia's dream in order to convince Caesar to go to the Senate House on the ides of March.
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Metellus Cimber
•A man opposed to Caesar.
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Cinna
•A man opposed to Caesar
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Caius Ligarius
•Man opposed to Caesar.
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Mark Antony •Ruler of Rome after Caesar's death. •Antony is Caesar's friend from the
beginning and he gives a rousing speech to the masses which causes riots in Rome.•Brutus and Cassius are chased out of the
city in the ensuing chaos, and Antony forms the second triumvirate with Octavius and Lepidus.
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Octavius Caesar •A ruler of Rome after Caesar's death. •A young general who joins the second triumvirate. •He and Antony fight against Brutus and Cassius; •He historically becomes the future emperor of Rome.
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Lepidus
•A ruler of Rome after Caesar's death
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Flavius
•A tribune of the people. •He is removed from office after derobing the statues of Caesar.
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Murellus
•A tribune of the people. •He is removed from office after disrobing the statues of Caesar.
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Cicero
•A senator. •He tells Casca that men construe omens the way they want to. •He is later killed by Antony and Octavius when they purge the Senate.
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Publius and Popillius Laena
•Senators.
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A Soothsayer
•A man who tells Caesar to beware the ides of March (March 15) but who is ignored.
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Artemidorus
•A man who tries to give Caesar a letter in which he describes the plot against him. •Caesar ignores his letter.
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Cinna the Poet
•A poet who is beaten and possibly killed because he has the same name as one of the conspirators.
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Pindarus
•The bondsman to Cassius.
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Titinius
•An officer in Cassius' army. He kills himself when he finds Cassius dead on the battlefield.
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Lucillius, Messala, Varrus, Claudio, Young Cato, Strato, Volumnius, Dardanius, Clitus
•Officers and soldiers in Brutus' army.
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A Poet
•A man who bursts into Brutus' tent and tries to warn the army that Brutus and Cassius are angry with each other. •Brutus orders him to be taken away.
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The Ghost of Caesar
•A ghost of Julius Caesar who speaks to Brutus at Sardis.
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A Cobbler, A Carpenter, A Messenger, servants, senators, soldiers, and attendants
•Other minor characters…
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Plebeians
•Commoners