Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

1385 Words3 Pages

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Works Cited Missing

Julius Caesar was written in 1599 by William Shakespeare; Julius

Caesar was the earliest of Shakespeare's three Roman history plays.

Like Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus. The play was not published

until 1623 when it appeared in the folio edition complete with the

acts but no scenes. It was probably the first play performed in the

Globe Theater. However, the text of the play did not appear until the

1623 First Folio edition.

Julius Caesar was based on true real life events around 44BC when Rome

was a huge country which covered from Britain to North Africa and from

Persia to Spain. As the empire grew stronger so did its enemies: Rome

suffered from constant power struggle between ambitious military

leaders at that time. This information adds to play which Shakespeare

wrote in the play to make Julius Caesar much more powerful with a high

reputation and status among the surrounding countries at the time.

Also by reading the historical activities which the play was inspired

by, we realize that Julius Caesar was a very powerful person mostly

because of his political power. By understanding this concept we know

how much of a wrongdoing was made (according to the villagers) when

the conspirators killed Caesar in the play. The play also has

Open Document