Chapter III: Introduction: Page

I. SOURCES vii

THE MAIN STORY vii

NORTH'S _PLUTARCH_ vii

APPIAN'S _ROMAN WARS_ xii

EARLIER PLAYS xiii

THE SCENE OF THE ASSASSINATION xiv

"_ET TU, BRUTE_" xvi

BRUTUS'S SPEECH, III, ii. xvi

II. DATE OF COMPOSITION xvii

EXTERNAL EVIDENCE xviii

INTERNAL EVIDENCE xx

III. EARLY EDITIONS xxiii

FOLIOS xxiii

THE QUARTO OF 1691 xxiv

ROWE'S EDITIONS xxiv

IV. THE TITLE xxv

V. DRAMATIC CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT xxv

ANALYSIS BY ACT AND SCENE xxvi

VI. MANAGEMENT OF TIME AND PLACE xxx

HISTORIC TIME xxx

DRAMATIC TIME xxxi

PLACE xxxi

VII. VERSIFICATION AND DICTION xxxii

BLANK VERSE xxxii

RHYME xxxiii

PROSE xxxiii

VIII. THE CHARACTERS xxxiv

JULIUS CÆSAR xxxiv

BRUTUS xli

BRUTUS AND CASSIUS xlvii

PORTIA xlix

ANTONY li

THE PEOPLE liii

IX. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS liii

AUTHORITIES (WITH ABBREVIATIONS) lv

CHRONOLOGICAL CHART lvi

DISTRIBUTION OF CHARACTERS lx

THE TEXT

ACT I 3

ACT II 42

ACT III 79

ACT IV 116

ACT V 144

INDEX

I. WORDS AND PHRASES 169

II. QUOTATIONS FROM PLUTARCH 173