Act 3, scene 2 Brutus explains to the people that the cause of Caesar’s assassination was the preservation of the Roman Republic from Caesar’s ambition to be king.Pretending to support Brutus, Antony plans to use this opportunity to turn the Roman people against the conspirators. Ignoring Cassius’s advice, Brutus gives Antony permission to speak at Caesar’s funeral. Beginning with Casca they stab Caesar to death and bathe their arms and hands in his blood. Once inside the Capitol, the conspirators gather around Caesar under the guise of pleading for the return of an exile. Act 3, scene 1 In the street Caesar brushes aside Artemidorus’s attempt to warn him of the conspiracy.She meets the Soothsayer, who still fears for Caesar and wants to warn him. Act 2, scene 4 Portia, who has been told of the conspirators’ plan to kill Caesar, waits anxiously for news of their success.Act 2, scene 3 Artemidorus waits in the street for Caesar in order to give him a letter warning him of the conspiracy. He is joined by Brutus and the rest of the conspirators, as well as by Mark Antony. Caesar changes his mind and decides to go. Decius Brutus, arriving to accompany Caesar to the Capitol, convinces him that the senators plan to crown Caesar that day but that they may never renew their offer should they suspect he is afraid. Calphurnia, Caesar’s wife, persuades him to stay home because she fears for his safety. Act 2, scene 2 It is now the fifteenth of March.Brutus, joined by Caius Ligarius, departs for Caesar’s. When the other conspirators have left, Portia, Brutus’s wife, begs of him an explanation for his sudden change of mood. Visited by the conspirators, he agrees to join them but rejects their plan to kill Mark Antony as well as Caesar. When he is brought one of the unsigned letters that Cassius has had left for him to find, Brutus decides to act. Act 2, scene 1 Brutus anxiously ponders joining the conspiracy against Caesar.When Cinna joins them, Cassius sends him to leave letters where Brutus may find them and be persuaded that his opposition to Caesar is desired by many. Cicero having left, Cassius arrives to persuade Casca to join the conspiracy to liberate Rome from the threat of Caesar’s kingship. Act 1, scene 3 Casca, meeting Cicero, describes the marvels visible in the streets that night and suggests that the marvels foretell important events to come.Cassius, alone at the end of the scene, expresses his surprise that Brutus, who is one of Caesar’s favorites, is willing to conspire against Caesar and decides to take immediate advantage of this willingness. After Brutus and Cassius talk with Casca about Mark Antony’s public offer of the crown to Caesar, Brutus agrees to continue his conversation with Cassius the next day. Cassius urges Brutus to oppose Caesar for fear that Caesar may become king. When Caesar and others exit, Cassius and Brutus remain behind.
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