2007-03-14 12:55:32 · 6 answers · asked by Orange? 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
On the Ides of March the senators stabbed Gaius Julius Caesar sixty times on the floor of the Senate chamber. Casca stood behind Caesar and stabbed him in the back of the neck. He was the first. Brutus was the last Ceaser uttered the famous words "Et tu Brute"
2007-03-14 13:19:07 · answer #1 · answered by MikeDot3s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caesar is not the central character in the action of the play, appearing in only three scenes and dying at the beginning of the third Act.
Caesar's assassination is perhaps the most famous part of the play. After ignoring the soothsayer as well as his wife's own premonitions, Caesar is caught at the senate at the mercy of the conspirators. After a few words exchanged, Casca stabs Caesar in the back of his neck, and the others follow in stabbing him; Brutus is last. At this point, Caesar utters the famous line "Et tu, Brute?" ("And you, Brutus?", i.e. "You too, Brutus?"). Shakespeare has him add, "Then fall, Caesar," suggesting that Caesar did not want to survive such treachery. The conspirators make clear that they did this act for Rome, not for their own purposes.
2007-03-14 13:06:02 · answer #2 · answered by llosier9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some pundit said that Julius Caesar was stabbed in the rotunda.
2007-03-14 20:32:46 · answer #3 · answered by Berta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe that this has been authenticated or historically asserted anywhere. It has been portrayed many times but not know with any conviction.
2007-03-14 13:07:17 · answer #4 · answered by dougie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under the ribs.
2007-03-14 12:59:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the back of the neck
2007-03-14 14:04:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anthony E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋