Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1. Brutus: Caesar's friend but he believes that Caesar's dictatorship isn't good for Rome. He's manipulated by Caesar's enemies into helping

   • Antony: Caesar's friend/ claims allegiance to the conspirators in order to save his life but then a Caesar's funeral he convinces the audience to see Brutus as a traitor causing a revolt against the conspirators.
   • Portia: Brutus Wife. She kills herself after out of grief knowing that Antony and Octavius have become really powerful

2. Calpurnia: Caesar's Wife. She warns him about a dream she had in which he died but Caesar’s ambition makes him still go to the senate

3. Cassius: General and a long time friend of Caesars but later betrays him by convincing Brutus to kill him because of him dislike on Caesar becoming so godlike in the eyes of the people

4. Casca: Opposed Caesar's rise to power. Agrees with Cassius and Brutus

5. Octavius: Caesar's son, he returns after Caesar's death and joins Antony to fight Brutus and Cassius

6. Flavius and Murellus: tribunes who condemn the people from cheering for Caesar and they remove decorations from Caesar's statue and then are punished

7. Soothsayer: A fortune teller who warns Caesar to 'Beware the Ides of March' in which he died

8. Cinna the conspirator: Convinces the men to use Brutus to help kill Caesar and He also helps deliver fake letters to Brutus to help gain his support.

9. Cinna the Poet: Cinna was killed by the mob and disliked the way in which Caesar ran the Roman Empire and He was the leader of a popular political party