Julius+Caesar+Scene+5.5

Scene 5.5 Actors: Allison Waldman - Brutus/Messala/Lucilius Erin Smith - Dardanus/Volumnius/Octavius Jessica Kronenberger - Anthony Kayla Begen - Clitis/Strato

__Important Events:__ 1. Brutus asks for assistance in killing himself 2. The first 3 people; Dardanus, Clitus, and Volumnius deny him because they love him too much. 3. The fourth person, Strato, accepts and holds the sword for Brutus. 4. After Brutus dies, Mark Anthony claims that he was an honorable man. 5. Octavius plans the funeral.

__Important Lines:__ - "That's not the office for a friend, my lord" (//Julius Caesar// 5.5). - "Caesar, now be still. I killed not thee with half so good a will" (//Julius Caesar// 5.5).
 * When Brutus asks for Volumnious's assistance in killing himself as a favor from a friend, Volumnious responds with this line.
 * He denies Brutus, just like the two before him because he loves Brutus too much.
 * Upon his death, Brutus admits that he loved Caesar, and killed not out of hate for him, but for Rome.
 * He admits he had more reason to kill himself than he did to kill Caesar.

__Character Development:__ Brutus **–** starts thinking again. 1. He “sees” Caesar’s ghost and decides his time has come to die. 2. He braves kills himself by running into his sword. 3. Even in his last minutes, he remains the same type of person he always was, and as he is dying, acknowledges that Caesar has been avenged. 4. He also states that he kills himself with more reason than he had to kill Caesar. He is seen as noble as the ruler. 5. They call him “Lord” and say they would rather kill themselves than kill Brutus.

__Motifs__ Ghost of Caesar – wants revenge, someone will die “Beat us to the pit” – driven them to the grave, someone will die __ New Material for Old Topics __ Caesar’s Death/Caesar’s Ghost **–** 1. Reference to Caesar’s death from his ghost and Brutus speaks to Caesar when he is dying saying that he has more of a reason to kill himself than he had when killing Caesar. 2. His ghost wanted vengeance and got it when Brutus killed himself. 3. There is talk about the civil war which is part of the spirit of Caesar.

Strato assisted Brutus in his suicide, and Mark Antony considers Brutus as the only honorable conspirator and puts together his funeral. **
 * __One Sentence (Summary Sentence)__