Julius Ceasar: act 1

Julius Ceasar: act 1

1. Flavius

   • pompey follower
   • upper class
   • upsest that he workers are not working on this "holliday"
   • put to silence for pulling the scarves off statues

2. Marullus

   • pompey follower
   • upper class
   • upset that the lower class are not working
   • put to silence for pulling the scarves off the statues

3. carpenter

   • lower class
   • forced back home
   • on a holliday
     • holliday of the god of fertility
       • women are hit with a stick to "become fertile" so they may bare children
       • ceasar gives speach on poduim in which he interacts with the audience
       • games are held (scene in which casius manipulates brutis

4. cobbler

   • "mends souls"
   • lower class
   • on a holliday
     • ceasar defeats pompey
       • statues of pompey are covered in scarves to show his defeat
       • cesar is offered and refuses the crown 3 times
   • forced back home

5. pompey

   • defeated by ceasar
   • former ruler
   • typically favored by the upper class

6. Ceasar

   • defeated pompey
   • scarves= medal of honor
   • favored by the lower class
   • is told "beware the ides of march"
   • tells antony to beat a woman with a stick so she may "become fertile
   • "always needing help from others" casius
   • has siezures
   • believes that cassius is "dangerous" and power hungry
   • becomes suspicious that casius will attempt to overthrow him
   • denied the crown 3 times
   • faints at the offer of the crown
   • "cut my throat" (doesn't realize that he had said anything weird)
   • "the lion of rome"

7. soothsayer (fortune teller)

   • "beware the ides of march"
     • ides of march= march 15th
       • march 15h- caesar is stabbed to death

8. antonius

   • a.k.a antony
   • "cesar"
   • respectful follower of cesar
   • enjoys plays and music

9. casius

   • convinces brutis to betray cesar
   • convinces brutis that ceasar doesn't love him as much as brutis loves cesar
   • "plants seed of doubt"
   • shows brutis "who he really is" (or who casius wants him to be)
   • "what makes us different form cesar"
   • tells a story about ceasar; "cesar convinced me to swim to a point, however ceasar began to sink, and casius saves him"
   • ceasar should be ashamed at the high stature he holds himself to
   • appeals to emotion, reason, and ethics
   • reads allot, great obserer (always watching)
   • almost never smiles/ doesn't enjoy plays or music
   • always has something to think about
   • plans to throw papers at the window of brutis to make him think many citizens feel the same way about cesar as casius does. All of the papers will have a similar hate of ceasar but love for brutis, in different handwritings
   • "if i were brutis i would not trust me"
   • sends cinna to leave letters for brutis "from the citizens of rome"
   • believes the storm will only affect the dishonest; "what a great night for honest men, and those who can see the world's faults"
   • thinks the omens are from the gods to show what will come of the world with caesar as their leader
   • "i know where i will wear this dagger" - plans to kill caesar at his corination

10. brutis

    • convinced by cassius to betray ceasar
    • "ceasar doesnt want you to see how great you are"
    • loves ceasar however, he doesnt want caesar to be king
    • willing to die, in order to gain honor
    • honor and justice
    • ancestor took down tarquin the proud
    • you have more right to the throne than ceasar does
    • has no intrest in becoming royalty

11. Casca

    • witness at cesar's ceremony
    • feared the bad air of the crowd
    • "can as well be hanged"
    • team casius
    • "not the sharpest tool in the shed"
    • used to be smart but is now only viewed as smart by casius
    • never seen a storm as strong as this; believes that this storm is a result of them upsetting the gods in some way
    • sees a slave's hand catch fire, however it did not burn off
    • sees a lion= bad omen
    • will join in the killing of caesar if cassius could find others who could go as far as to do so

12. cicero

    • speaks in greek
    • believes Casca is over reacting at the omens
    • strong mental capacity

13. cinna

    • leaves letters for brutus to find
    • one of cassius's men
    • puts letters on brutus's seat, through brutus's window, and on the statue of brutus's ancestor

14. bad omens

    • lion
    • slave's burning hand
    • women screaming at hundred of men who are casually walking while on fire
    • owl
    • cassius believes that these signs are sent from the gods to show what life would be like with caesar as king