Written around 1599, Julius Caesar dramatises the conspiracy against Rome’s most powerful leader and its turbulent aftermath. The play’s real subject is not Caesar himself but the men who kill him — above all Brutus, the idealist, and Cassius, the pragmatist — and the question of whether a noble motive can justify a terrible act.
Mark Antony’s funeral oration remains one of the most quoted passages in all of drama. This free EPUB download presents the complete text, formatted for comfortable reading on any device.