Topics for Consideration

1. Who is the best, most honorable character in the play? Justify your answer.

2. Are Brutus's actions believably motivated? Explain why or why not. Antony's?

3. Who is the worst, most corrupt character in the play? Justify your answer.

4. Compare and contrast Antony and Brutus.

5. What things in Julius Caesar are ironic, and what effect does the use of irony have on our perception of the play?

6. Explain why the play Julius Caesar is a tragedy.

7. Compare and contrast Brutus and Cassius.

8. How is flattery used in the play?

9. What is the use of Lucius as a character in the play?

10. Would you have liked living in the Roman Empire? Why or why not?

11. Do you believe dreams have meaning in our daily lives? Why or why not?

12. Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not?

13. Explain how someone could be "politically assassinated" (killing a person's political career without actually physically killing the person) in our modern times.

14. Who are some of America's greatest orators? What kinds of speeches do they give?

15. Discuss the role of the media (news, advertising, TV programming) in manipulating the general public today.