Julius Caesar

What is most important, William Shakespeare asks, loyalty first to your leaders or to your country? Can good ever come from evil actions, and are those who speak of true freedom always trustworthy?Set in Rome in 44 BC, the play depicts the moral dilemma of Brutus as he joins a rebel conspiracy led by Cassius to murder Julius Caesar to prevent him from becoming dictator of Rome. Following Caesar's death, Rome is plunged into a period of civil war, and the republic the conspirators sought to preserve is lost forever.The central emotional drama of the play focuses on Brutus' struggle between the conflicting pressures of honour, patriotism, and friendship.One of the classic Shakespearean plays of all time!