Julius+Caesar+Scene+4.3

__**Scene: 4.3**__ Actors (Student names and roles): • Cassius- Stacey • Brutus- Kelly • Messala- Corinne • Lucilius/Varro- Halley • Poet/Claudius- Jenn • Lucius- Dara • Ghost of Caesar- Jagoda

I**mportant Events-** -Brutus accused Lucius Pella of taking bribes. Cassius wrote to Lucius telling him that he knew that he was innocent. Brutus and Cassius start to argue. They “make up” a little while later.

-Brutus confides in Cassius and says that he is very upset and that is why he was so angry before. He tells Cassius that his wife, Portia, committed suicide by swallowing burning coal because she was upset about Brutus’s absence.

-Titinius and Messala come and tell Brutus and Cassius about what is going on with the military. They say that Octavius and Antony have came in with a large army and put a hundred senators to death. Brutus says this information is not true and seventy senators were put to death.

-Brutus asks if they should march to Philippi to meet Antony’s army. Cassius says they should wait. Brutus and Cassius argue and then Cassius accepts Brutus’s idea.

-Lucius falls asleep and Brutus is reading a book. The ghost of Caesar appears. The ghost says that he will come back to Brutus when Brutus is at Philippi. Then the ghost disappears and Brutus wakes up his servants, but none of them saw the ghost. Brutus tells the servants to get Cassius and tell him to start moving his troops and they will follow him.

1) Poet 2) Brutus and Cassius 3) “For shame, you generals, what do you mean? Love and be friends as two such men should be, for I have seen more years, I’m sure, than ye" (Julius Caesar 4.3).
 * Important Lines-**
 * QUOTE 1**

1) Cassius 2) Brutus 3) “A friendly eye could never see such faults”(Julius Caesar 4.3).
 * QUOTE 2**

1. "Remember March; the ides of March remember. Did not great Julius bleed for justice' sake? What villain touched his body that did stab And not for justice? What, shall one of us That struck the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes And sell the mighty space of our large honors For so much trash as may be graspéd thus? I had rather be a dog and bay the moon Than such a Roman" (Julius Caesar IV.3). //^ Brutus is speaking to Cassius after the death of Caesar. He tells Cassius to remember what Caesar did for Rome, just days before. He says that the conspirators stabbed such an important man. Because they've been dishonest, should they do anymore just for the honor and the money that may be given to them? Brutus says he would rather be a dog and howl at the moon than be this kind of a Roman.//
 * QUOTE 3**

2. "'Tis better that the enemy seek us; So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers, Doing himself offense, whilst we, lying still, Are full of rest, defense, and nimbleness" (Julius Caesar IV.3). //^Brutus and Cassius are speaking of the deaths of the conspirators and how they need to fight back against the plebeians. Brutus explains his plan to Cassius and Cassius jumps back with a contradictory plan, saying that instead of the conspirators heading toward Philippi, they should wait until the plebeians come to where they are. By doing this, the plebeians' resources are being wasted, and not the conspirators, so by the time they get to the conspirators, they've been weakened, rather than the other way around.//
 * QUOTE 4**

-Brutus shows that he wants more power by standing up to Cassius. Brutus is developing a conscience because he saw the ghost.
 * Character Development-**

-Cassius is starting to show his true character, which is envious and greedy.

-Brutus and Cassius are starting to oppose each other.

-The motif of a character having trouble sleeping recurred once again when Brutus was up late and saw the ghost of Caesar. This shows that Brutus is having an inner struggle about many things such as his wife,Portia, killing herself.
 * Motifs-**


 * New Material for Old Topics-**

//Spirit/ Legacy of Caesar//


 * Brutus has seen the ghost of Caesar who warns him that they will meet again at Philippi. Earlier in the story the plebeians said Caesar’s spirit would not rest until they got their revenge. This scene takes place before any fighting had begun. Therefore, Caesar continues to live as a spirit waiting for revenge.

//Warnings//


 * The poet warns Cassius and Brutus not to get caught up in their differences when he notices they have been quarrelling. He also warns Lucilius that Cassius and Brutus should not meet alone.
 * Cassius warns Brutus that marching to Philippi to fight is not the best idea.

//Character Shift//


 * Earlier in the story, Brutus becomes the leader of the conspirators. Brutus continues to take charge as he talks with Cassius, Messala and Titinus about their military plan. Brutus says they should march to Philippi and challenge Antony. However, Cassius disagrees but they end up sticking to Brutus’s plan.


 * One Sentence (Summary Sentence)-**

Brutus and Cassius get into an argument over accusations, and Brutus informs Cassius of Portias’s death before they plan to march to Philippi and challenge Mark Antony and Octavius. Brutus is then warned by Caesar’s ghost, who threatens to visit Brutus in Philippi.