End of the Ancient Republic

Jan H. Blits teaches philosophy and literature at the University of Delaware.

• Manliness and Friendship in "Julius Caesar"; Caesarism and the End of the Republican Rome - Act I, Scene i; Politics and the Ethics of Intention - Brutus' Glorious Failure; Caesar's Ambiguous End.

Brings out surprising aspects of the play, and reminds us once again how richly suggestive Shakespeare is as an interpreter and teacher about politics.