Julius Caesar Act 1 Summary

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This play takes place in ancient Rome during 45 B.C. Act One starts off with Caesar parading through the street of Rome celebrating his recent victory against Pompey (______________). Meanwhile, two tribunes argue with Roman citizens who have abandoned their work. A soothsayer attempts to call out to Caesar to warm him about the Ides of March but he dismisses her warnings and continues his victory celebration. Elsewhere, Brutus and Cassius discuss Julius Caesar’s unworthiness to rule and worry deeply that the citizens want him to be king. Caesar’s path towards absolute power in the Roman Republic was seen as a major taboo by the Senators demonstrating a true possibility of the fall of the Republic. Cassius comments on the citizens treating

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