Act at a glance
- V.1: enemy on the plain; Octavius: "Upon the right hand I"; parley — "Words before blows"; "Good words are better than bad strokes"; Antony: apes, hounds, Casca like a cur, "O you flatterers!"; Cassius: "If Cassius might have ruled"; Octavius: 33 wounds; "peevish schoolboy … masker and a reveller"; "Old Cassius still!"; Cassius's birthday; Epicurus; eagles gone, ravens, crows and kites; Brutus on Cato; "No, Cassius, no"; "this same day / Must end that work the ides of March begun"; "For ever, and for ever, farewell".
- V.2: Brutus orders an attack on Octavius's wing ("cold demeanour").
- V.3: Cassius kills his fleeing ensign; "Brutus gave the word too early"; Titinius sent; "My life is run his compass"; Pindarus's false report; "Caesar, thou art revenged"; Pindarus flees; Titinius's wreath; "Mistrust of good success"; Titinius dies; "O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet!"; "The last of all the Romans"; body to Thasos.
- V.4: Young Cato dies; Lucilius: "I am Brutus"; Antony spares him.
- V.5: "poor remains of friends"; Clitus, Dardanius, Volumnius refuse; Ghost seen twice; "beat us to the pit"; "no man but he was true to me"; Strato holds the sword; "Caesar, now be still"; "Brutus only overcame himself"; "the noblest Roman of them all"; burial in Octavius's tent.
Common traps
| Trap | Correct idea |
|---|---|
| Octavius took the left wing | Octavius took the right; Antony the left. |
| Cassius was a Stoic | Cassius was an Epicurean; Brutus was the Stoic. |
| Titinius was captured | He was welcomed by Brutus's men; Pindarus misreported. |
| Brutus was killed by Antony | He ran on his own sword, held by Strato. |
| "noblest Roman" said by Octavius | It is Antony's tribute. |
| "My life is run his compass" = Brutus's birthday | It is Cassius's birthday; his life has come full circle. |