Julius Caesar · Character
Cicero
Famous orator who appears briefly to comment on omens.
minor
First appearance: Scene III
Cicero's tie to Caius Cassius is one of the pressures that moves Julius Caesar—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Briefly converses with Casca about the storm and omens, then departs.
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With Caius Cassius (social): Cassius and Cicero are political acquaintances, though Cassius does not fully trust Cicero with the conspiracy. With Julius Caesar (social): Cicero is a respected senator and acquaintance of…
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- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Conspirators and Key Figures
- Protagonist
- Supporting Characters and Omens
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Closing
This scene is the dramatic climax because it represents the emotional and psychological peak of Brutus’s rheto…
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- Caius Cassius
social · ambivalent
Cassius and Cicero are political acquaintances, though Cassius does not fully trust… How this plays out →
- Julius Caesar
social · ambivalent
- Caius Cassius
social · ambivalent
Cassius and Cicero are political acquaintances, though Cassius does not fully trust… How this plays out →
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