A Probable Italian Source of Shakespeare's "Julius Cæsar"

Brutus addresses the citizens and announces the death of the tyrant. He calls on all to rejoice in their reestablished freedom, while the conspirators shout the glad tidings. Th...

I intend in this monograph to demonstrate the probability of Shakespeare’s indebtedness in the composition of the first three acts of his “Julius Caesar,” to the “Cesare” of Orl...

Brutus and Cassius discuss the probability of a detection of their plot. It seems that Lenate, evidently not of their number, had approached Brutus and whispered his good wishes...

The scene is not stated, but is evidently, throughout the play, an open space before a temple in the vicinity of Caesar’s house. The time is just before dawn. Brutus is discover...

Calpurnia and her nurse indulge in the inevitable lengthy and tiresome discussion concerning the former’s terrible dream. The ghost of Caesar, horrible with wounds, had appeared...

Caesar and Antony indulge in a lengthy dialogue which is started by the observations of the former regarding the banquet at the house of Lepidus the preceding evening. Caesar, a...

Purpose of Thesis—The Prologue of “Cesare”—Synopsis of its Plot—Its Senecan Characteristics—The Dramatis Personae—Persons Common to both “Cesare” and “Julius Caesar”—The Relatio...

Peculiarities of Shakespeare’s Delineation—The Influence of Medieval Conception of the Character—Pescetti’s Treatment—His Appreciation of Caesar’s Nobler Qualities—Their Submerg...

The Moral Elevation of the Hero, and the Reason therefor—Parallel in Content in a Brutus-Cassius Scene—Brutus as a Leader—Pescetti’s Conception of the Character—Brutus’ Lack of...

Passages in Shakespeare traceable to Appian—The Parallel Passages in Pescetti—The Speech of Brutus and the Oration of Antony with the Parallels in the Fifth Act of Pescetti—The...

Antony—Pescetti’s Conception—Parallels in Shakespeare—The Brutus-Portia Scenes—Their Historical and Critical Importance—Pescetti’s Delineation of Portia—Her Place in the Action—...

Pescetti’s Work known in England—Probable use by Sir William Alexander in the Composition of “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”—The Evidence—Parallels between “Cesare” and Alexander...

The Brutus-Cassius Scenes—The Debate Concerning Antony—Details peculiar to both Pescetti and Shakespeare—Comparison with Muretus and Grévin—Similarity in the Sequence of Scenes...