Portia, are all, for the most part, taken only from Brutus section. Shakespeare even uses details pertaining to events from Plutarch. Case in point,Shakespeare includes in Antonys eulogy (III, ii) and the reading of Caesars will, in which everycitizen of Rome is left 75 drachmas, and Caesars personal gardens and orchards are left forpublic use. The people are so moved by this that they resolve to cremate Caesars body in a holyplace and declare that they will set fire to the homes of his murderers. Cinna the poet, a friend ofCaesars, is walking among the plebeians, explaining a dream that he had involving Caesar (III,iii). The group barrages him with questions, one of which is his name. When he replies that he iscalled Cinna, the already angry mob assumes that he is Cinna the conspirator and beats him todeath. This sequence of events is taken almost exactly from The Life Marcus Brutus (pg. 122).Another example of Shakespeare using specifics from Plutarch is Caesars assassination(III, i). Artemidorus writes a letter to Caesar informing him of those plotting the murder. He triesto deliver the letter himself but is thwarted to due to the mass of people surrounding Caesar (pg.100). The conspirators are then approached by Popilius Lena, who wishes them well on theirenterprise(III, i, 12) (pg. 117) and then speaks to Caesar. At first, Cassius fears their plan hasbeen revealed by Popilious, but Brutus realizes from Caesars expression that the message was o...
