Julius Caesar
MSJC's Menifee Valley Campus captures the essence of this tale in a modern retelling set in the 1940s.
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, written in 1599, is a gripping historical tragedy that unfolds against the backdrop of ancient Rome. It investigates themes of political power, honor, and fate versus free will. The central characters include Caesar himself, Brutus, Cassius, and Mark Antony, each representing different facets of political ideology and personal conviction. The play’s famous lines, such as “Beware the Ides of March” and Mark Antony’s funeral oration (“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears...”), have become iconic in the world of literature.