Julius Caesar Characters and Themes

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Julius Caesar

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Ambitious ruler, seen as a threat to freedom

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Brutus

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Torn between loyalty to Caesar and duty to Rome

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Cassius

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Manipulates Brutus; driven by jealousy

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Marc Antony

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Loyal to Caesar; uses rhetoric for revenge

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Octavius

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Caesar’s heir; future leader of Rome

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Calpurnia

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Caesar’s wife; has prophetic dreams

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Portia

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Brutus’s wife; represents loyalty and emotion

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Soothsayer

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Warns Caesar to 'Beware the Ides of March'

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Power and Corruption

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Power leads to moral downfall

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Honor and Loyalty

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Conflict between public duty and private loyalty