Julius Caesar Quotes and Characters.

"Et tu, Brute?--Then Fall Caesar." Caesar to Brutus. Even you Brutus? Caesar could not believe his best friend killed him "Stoop, Romans, stoop. And let us bathe our hands in Caesar's blood Up to the elbows and besmear our sword." Brutus to Conspirators. They should kill Caesar because it is the best thing for Rome. "You blocks, you stones, you worse than useless things." Marullus to Commoners. He is mad at them for celebrating Caesar's return to Rome. "But I am constant as the Northern Star, of whose true fixed and resting quality." Caesar to Senate. Caesar is as might as a star. He does not change his mind and is not swayed easily. "Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about To find ourselves dishonorable graves." Cassius to Brutus. Trying to convince Brutus why Caesar should not be ruler. "Ambition should be made of sterner stuff." Antony to Crowd. Saying Caesar loved the people therefore he is not ambitious. "O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet." Brutus to Caesar. Caesar is dead, but his influence is still strong in Rome "Let's be sacrificers, not butchers" Brutus to Cassius. Let's not kill Antony. We are killing Caesar for the good of Rome. We shouldn't be mass murderers. Our murder has a sole purpose: take down Caesar. "...and let slip the dogs of war." Antony to Himself/Caesars corpse. He promised Caesar he would avenge his death and that Rome will see a great war. "Beware the Ides of March." Soothsayer to Caesar. To be aware of March 15, that something bad will happen to him. "Men at some time are masters of their fate. The fault...is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings." Cassius to Brutus. Romans believe in fate but choose to do nothing to change it. Saying things need to be challenged in life. "There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." Brutus to Cassius. Trying to convince Cassius to meet at Phillipi. "Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous." He suspects that Cassius is going to try to overthrow him. "...not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more." Brutus to Crowd/Plebeians. He killed Caesar for the good of Rome. "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him..." Antony to Crowd. Says this to put Caesar's memory to the grave. Stabs herself to prove she is trustworthy Portia First member of the triumvirate killed Crassius Flatters Julius Caesar into going to Senate on March 15 Decius Brutus Caesar's grandnephew and heir designate Octavius Caesar Attempts to warn Caesar on way to Senate on March 15 Artemidorous Brutus' brothers-in-law Cato and Cassius Has a banished brother and seeks his return Metellus Cimber Warns Caesar on the Lupercalia feast Soothsayer Thought by Brutus to be only a limb of Caesar Antony Member of first triumvirate defeated by Caesar Pompey His ghost appears to Brutus Julius Caesar Dreams that Caesar is a bleeding statue Calpurnia Poet mistaken for conspirator Cinna the Poet Commits suicide out of loyalty to Cassius Titinius Roman orator considered to be better than Mark Antony Marcus Brutus Member of the second triumvirate with Octavius and Antony Lepidus