Julius Caesar
Shakespeare dramatized the most famous assassination in history and turned it into a study of how idealism leads to catastrophe.
“Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar.”
Why It Matters
Shakespeare dramatized the most famous assassination in history and turned it into a study of how idealism leads to catastrophe. Brutus — the honorable man who kills his friend for the republic and destroys the republic in the process — is one of the great tragic ironies in literature. "Et tu, Brute?" is the most recognized line in English drama.
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Personal reviewClassic story, great. Beware the ides of march. The cloak with all the wholes in it. Red blood when dying like the red of the sun going beneath the horizon. The honor of all the characters. Nobody is slimey. Banger
Notable Quotes
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.”
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.”