Julius Caesar Act IV and V Film Notes
1. As act IV begins, what do you notice about Antony? Is there a change in him from the previous acts? Why/ why
not?
2. What is Cassius so upset about as he meets Brutus at their camp? What does this interchange reveal about
Brutus?
3. What news does Brutus receive about Portia? What significance does this news have on Brutus?
4. What are the two military strategies that Brutus and Cassius debate? What are the advantages and
disadvantages of each?
5. What does Brutus see at the end of Act IV? What affect does this have on him?
6. What is the purpose of the long goodbye that Cassius and Brutus have prior to battle?
7. After the battle, what does it mean when Cassius says “Time has come round and where I did begin, there shall I
end.”?
8. As Brutus discovers Cassius, what do you think he realizes? Hint: he says “O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet!
Thy spirit walks abroad, and turns our swords in our own proper entrails.”
9. What does Brutus mean by his final words, “Caesar be still…, now/I killed not thee with half so good a will”?
10. Characterize Mark Antony’s attitude toward Brutus at the end of the play.
11. Who is the tragic hero of this play: Brutus, Cassius, or Caesar? Why?