| Caius Cassius | the instigator of the assassination plot against Julius Caesar |
| Caius Cassius | is sly and manipulative |
| Caius Cassius | recruits Marcus Brutus to join the conspiracy by referring to Caesar’s growing ambition and increasing lack of concern for the common man |
| Caius Cassius | tricks Brutus into believing that the people want Caesar disposed of by sending him false letters he has written in disguised handwritting |
| Caius Cassius | his reason for killing Caesar was that Cassius is the type of person who is never satisfied if someone is above him-extremely jealous |
| Caius Cassius | constantly hints at suicide throughout the play |
| Caius Cassius | at the end of the play he has Pindarus his slave kill him with his own sword |
| Caius Cassius | begins to believe in omens at the end of the play |
| Caius Cassius | brother-in-law to Brutus-married Brutus’ sister |
| Caius Cassius | a hot tempered man who is quick to find fault in others |
| Caius Cassius | makes wise decisions but allows Brutus to overrule him |
| Julius Caesar | member of the first Roman triumvirate composed of Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar |
| Julius Caesar | at the beginning of play has already been made king of the Roman empire, but wants to be made king for life |
| Julius Caesar | is over-confident and susceptible to flattery and is overly ambitious |
| Julius Caesar | supposedly has epilepsy and is deaf in one ear |
| Julius Caesar | is married to Calpurnia, but has no biological children |
| Julius Caesar | has adopted his grand-nephew Octavius Caesar as his legal heir |
| Calpurnia | wife of Julius Caesar |
| Calpurnia | is barren and unable to give Caesar the son he desperately wants |
| Calpurnia | pleads with Caesar to stay home from the Senate on the Ides of March by retelling the unnatural events that occurred during the violent thunderstorm the evening before and the prophetic dream she had of his death |
| Octavius Caesar | the adopted legal heir of Julius Caesar |
| Octavius Caesar | a young man inexperienced in military and political matters, but one that has strong feelings and confidence in his ability |
| Octavius Caesar | at the end of the play, he has the final words and is projected to take command of the second triumvirate composed of Octavius, Mark Antony, and Lepidus |
| Octavius Caesar | does not always agree with Antony |
| Mark Antony | in the beginning of the play considered to be a simple playboy who has no political clout |
| Mark Antony | is a mastermind of the second triumvirate and works the fickle Roman public into a state of anarchy and rebellion against the conspirators |
| Mark Antony | a powerful orator |
| Mark Antony | fools the conspirators into believing that he is their friend |
| Mark Antony | cries Havoc and vows to gain total revenge against the conspirators |
| Lepidus | the third member of the second triumvirate |
| Lepidus | not considered an equal by the other two members, Antony and Octavius |
| Lepidus | thought to be useful by the other two as only an errand boy |
| Lepidus | was brought into the triumvirate because he was a leader of the military under Caesar and, therefore, had control of a large army that the second triumvirate needed |
| Marcus Brutus | “the noblest Roman of them all” |
| Marcus Brutus | a stoic which means that he adheres to the principle that people should rise above emotional upsets and be unmoved by all or any life’s happenings |
| Marcus Brutus | does not believe in the concepts of kings, |
Julius Caesar Character Traits
April 14, 2020