Julius Caesar: Act 5 – Summary Page

Julius Caesar Act 5: In Short

Battle & Deaths

• The armies meet at Philippi; Antony and Octavius exchange insults with Brutus and Cassius before they separate to fight
• Cassius, believing his forces are defeated and his friend Titinius captured, asks his servant Pindarus to kill him with the same sword that killed Caesar; Titinius returns safe but finds Cassius dead and kills himself
• Brutus discovers both bodies and mourns, calling Cassius "the last of all the Romans"; he continues fighting but knows the cause is lost
• Seeing that he is defeated and haunted by Caesar's ghost, Brutus chooses to die with honour rather than be captured; his friend Strato holds his sword and Brutus runs on it
• Antony praises Brutus as "the noblest Roman of them all," saying he alone killed Caesar for honest reasons and not from envy; Octavius orders an honourable burial

Scene-wise Summary & Analysis

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Act 5 Scene 2

Act 5 Scene 3

Act 5 Scene 4

Act 5 Scene 5

Questions & Answers on Act 5

Act 5 MCQs

Act 5 Contextual Q&A

Act 5 Long Q&A