Premium Content Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene 1: A lesson is dramatic effectiveness
By Christopher Jamieson - October 08, 2005
Act 2 scene 1 of Julius Caesar, from lines 1-69, is terribly important as it marks a turning point in the play. The two characters appearing are Brutus and his servant, Lucius. Brutus, having had the notion of murdering Caesar planted in his mind by Cassius, ponders and explores the idea here and, through self-applied rhetoric combined with the…
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