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book review of Julius Caesar of class 10

Answer 1

Julius Caesar has returned from successful campaigns in Gaul(France)and Hispania(Spain)and has also deposed his most powerful ruler Gnaius Pompey. He has also secured Egypt thereby ensuring a constant grainsupply for Rome and is now the most powerful man in the city. Jealous of his success, a group of powerful conspirators led by Cassius, Casca and Metellius Cimber plan to assassinate Caesar before he secures his power fully. To do this they win over Marcus Brutus, Caesar's close friend and ally by convincing him that it is in the best interests of the Roman Republic that it remains a Republic; with the power in the hands of the citizens and thus the senators; rather than an Empire with all thepower in Caesars hands. Being an idealist who idolizes the Republic, Brutus is swayed and accedes to aid them in their plot and agrees to assassinate Caesar in the Senate building, where traditionally theentrants are required to doff all armour andremove weaponry. Meanwhile, Caesar is unaware of the grim fate awaiting him and confident in his power and popularity among the people, he pays little heed to the bad omens perceived by his wife Calpurnia and to the warnings of a Soothsayer who bids him to 'Beware the Ides of March'. As Caesar enters the Senate, the conspirators fall upon and assassinate him by means of daggers concealed in their garments, Caesar dies after mortal blows to his body and upon perceiving the treachery of Brutus whom he considered among his closest friends. Next, Marcus Brutus speaks to the clamouring citizens who demand to know of the cause of death of their beloved hero.Brutus tries and explains to them how killing Caesar was necessary for the Republic and how his ambition threatened its continuity. Brutus's speech is followed by Marc Antony, another one of Caesar's closest friends who questions the motivesof the conspirators in public and moves them to grief over the assassination. He subtly sways the crowd and by the end has the crowd mobilized against the conspirators. The next acts describe the hunting down of the conspirators one by one by Antony and Octavian: Caesar's nephew and successor culminating in the Battle of Phillipi before which the ghost of Caesar appears and taunts Brutus. The play ends after Antony pays tribute to the deceased Brutus, lauding him as the noblest Roman of all because he alone had acted out of patriotism for the Republic rather than personal motives.





for better understand watch movie Julius Caesar

Answer 2

Julius Caesar, one of William Shakespeare's plays featuring a historical figure, was an interesting look at the death of Caesar at the hands of his friend Marcus Brutus. Looking at this like it's a novel doesn't really work, of course. It's a play, and was written to be dramatic.