Very good. For the last two acts I couldn't put it down. ( )

History play of the death of Caesar. Brutus and Mark Antony are the main characters, not Caesar. More action than analysis, but the bad guys are portrayed as more complex than just being bad – nicely nuanced. Read March 2008 ( )

I am not a Shakespearean scholar; I am just a reader. But upon my study of Julius Caesar over the course of a week, I loved the overall theme of honor and “heroes.” I’m sure there are many ways of reading this play; these are just some thoughts on one theme.

I found that most of the characters were despicable. They were politicians with a certain level of power and they took advantage of the masses.

But, to me, Brutus’s intentions made him honorable. Out of all the characters, his was the most likable because he wasn’t acting simply for himself. I wanted Brutus to be able to succeed.

I think part of his downfall was choosing to join with others who lacked honor in every sense of the word. While he acted for Rome, they did not. Therefore, the cause was hopeless from the beginning. In a sense, his tragedy was having the wrong friends. Honorable Brutus’s fall was then the true tragedy.

I think Brutus was a tragic hero, or, as Antony says, “This was a man” (V.v.75). For don’t we all, as humans, face tragedy in our lives, despite our best intentions?

More thoughts on my blog

Because Antony is a bad mamma-jamma whose speeches kick ass. ( )

I read this play during my Sophomore year of high school. I loved it! "Et tu, Brute!" I thought of it again because I'm reading "A Long Way Gone", and this play is referenced frequently. ( )