Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare · c. 1599 CE · Play · English · Renaissance

Caesar comes back to Rome in triumph and the crowd offers him a crown, which alarms senators who can see a republic ending. Cassius works on Brutus, the most respected man in the city, until he will act with them. The honorable man talked into murder for the republic; the funeral oration that turns the world.

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Lineage

• parallels ↑ The Oresteia
  Aeschylus · 458 BCE · Play
• ↓ Antony and Cleopatra
  William Shakespeare · c. 1607 CE · Play — continues this
• ↓ Coriolanus
  William Shakespeare · c. 1608 CE · Play — shares sources with this
• ↓ Timon of Athens
  William Shakespeare · c. 1606 CE · Play — shares sources with this
• ↓ Julius Caesar
  Joseph L. Mankiewicz · 1953 CE · Film — adapts this
• ↓ Dear Brutus
  J. M. Barrie · 1917 CE · Play — takes its title from this
• ↓ Caesar Must Die
  Paolo and Vittorio Taviani · 2012 CE · Film — adapts this

Attributes

Closest analogues

• Julius Caesar
  Joseph L. Mankiewicz · 1953 CE · Film

  67% · 14 shared
  TragedyPoliticalHistoricalPower & CorruptionBetrayalDuty & HonorFreedom vs FateTragic HeroRuler / KingTragic ReversalBloodThe Ghostvs PersonTragic
• The Oresteia
  Aeschylus · 458 BCE · Play

  56% · 13 shared
  PlayTragedyPoliticalDuty & HonorFreedom vs FateJustice & RevengeRuler / KingAvengerTragic ReversalBloodThe Ghostvs PersonTragic
• Richard III
  Laurence Olivier · 1955 CE · Film

  54% · 13 shared
  TragedyPoliticalHistoricalPower & CorruptionBetrayalRuler / KingTragic ReversalBloodThe Ghostvs Personvs SelfTragicEnglish
• The Saga of Gisli
  Anonymous · c. 1250 CE · Novel

  54% · 12 shared
  TragedyHistoricalBetrayalDuty & HonorJustice & RevengeTragic HeroAvengerTragic ReversalBloodvs Personvs SelfTragic
• King Lear
  William Shakespeare · c. 1606 CE · Play

  53% · 14 shared
  PlayTragedyPower & CorruptionDuty & HonorJustice & RevengeRenaissanceTragic HeroRuler / KingTragic ReversalThe Clockvs Personvs SelfTragicEnglish
• Richard II
  William Shakespeare · c. 1595 CE · Play

  53% · 14 shared
  PlayPoliticalHistoricalPower & CorruptionDuty & HonorFreedom vs FateRenaissanceTragic HeroRuler / KingTragic Reversalvs Personvs SelfTragicEnglish