Act+V-Characters+&+Analysis

Act V Summary and Analysis:

Scene One-

Octavius and Antony open the scene on the battlefield in Philippi. A messenger approaches them and tells them their enemy is close and that the must act quickly. Antony tells Octavius to "lead his battle softly on the left side of the field" and Octavius ignores him and decides he is going to march on the right side. Antony gets aggravated and annoyed and asks Octavius why he is "crossing him" Octavius replies "I do not cross you but i will proceed to do so." After, Brutus and Cassius come to the battlefield and are at the head of their armies. Octavius asks if he should give the sign of battle and Antony says no. Then, the generals all meet and start talking, but then only start to insult each other and call each other names. Antony accuses Cassius and Brutus of being villans, and Antony tells Brutus that they would not be listening to Antony's insults if he could kill him as he origionally planned to do. Both of them don't back down, so they return to their sides to battle. Cassius tells Messala(1) over to him and tells him this will be a huge battle and a dangerous one and like the one they fought and LOST against Caesar. Cassius points out the signs of the easgles following them change to crows and ravens this is a sign that the battle will not go well for them and butt he ignores this and keeps going on. Cassius and Brutus are talking and Cassius asks him what they should do if they loose the battle. Brutus rejects the suggestion of suicide, but he says he will not by any means walk to streets of Rome as a prisoner. Then, the two generals say a dramatic goodbye and prepare for their battle. In this scene when Octavius sends the army in and ignores Antony's orders he is is taking charge and showing his leadership that he will soon rule over Antony.

Scene Two- The battle has begun, and Brutus tells Messala to bring Cassius to him to talk about the battle. He tells them that they need to advance faster in order to win this battle.

Scene Three- Cassius is mad because he thinks all of his men are getting scared and running off the battlefield on purpose vCassius tells Titinus(2) that he personally killed one of his men for trying to run off of the battle field. Titinus replies with telling Cassius that Brutus gave the word too early. Antony's army then had the chance to surround cassius. Pindarus(3) tells Cassius to run further away. He tells Cassius that some of their tents have been taken away and burned. Cassius then sent Titinus to go check if the men on the other side of the hill were their men or not, and sends Pindarus to watch from the hillside.Pindarus then misinforms him that Titinus got captured and killed by the troops. Cassius then calls Pinadrus back and tells him to take the sword, in which he stabbed Caesar, and stab him with it. Pindarus obeyed what Cassius said, and killed him and then ran away. Titinius and Messala enter to where Cassius is lying on the ground, dead. Titinius had a wreath of laurels placed on his head as a sign of victory and told Messala that Brutus has defeated Octavius but Antony has conquered Cassius' army. He looks at Cassius on the floor and realized that Cassius didn't understand what happened on the battlefield. Titinius tells Messala to go to Brutus to tell him what has happened.Titinius then picks up Cassius' sword and kills himself. Brutus comes and sees both of them lying on the ground and is pretty upset by it. He thinks it is because of what they did to Caesar. Brutus quickly gets over the loss of his friends, then goes to prepare for battle against Antony.

Scene Four- Brutus is there again, leading the troops. He leaves and tells his troops to keep fighting. One man is killed. Lucillius(4) pretends to be Brutus, and is captured. Antony's army then goes to get Antony and tell him that they have finally caught Brutus. Antony recognizes him and tells them Brutus is still out there and to keep fighting.

Scene Five- Brutus is still there with some of his defeated army. He asks Clitus(5) and Dardanius(6) to kill him so he will not be captured by the other side. They refuse and back away. Brutus then asks Volumnius(7) to kill him as a friend, but again, he refuses as well. There is another call for battle, and Brutus tells his men to flee ahead of him. He holds Strato(8) behind, and finally convinces him to kill him by having a sword in his hand, and having himself run into it. Strato agrees. Antony and Octavius arrive with their army, only to find Brutus' dead body and Strato near it. Strato then tells them how Brutus died, and Antony explains how Brutus was the most nobel man in Rome. He also explained how Brutus was the only one of the conspirators to kill Caesar because of Rome's sake. All the others were just jealous of him and power hungry.Octavius then orders the body to his tent. The play ends with Octavius saying: "So call the field to rest, and let's away / To part the glories of this happy day" Characters in Act Five: 1-an officer and soldier in Brutus' army. 2-an officer in Cassius' army. He kills himself when he finds Cassius dead on the battlefield. 3-the bondsman to Cassius. 4-an officer and soldier in Brutus' army. 5-an officer and soldier in Brutus' army. 6-an officer and soldier in Brutus' army. 7-an officer and soldier in Brutus' army. 8-an officer and soldier in Brutus' army. He kills Brutus by having him run into a sword.

Act V of Julius Caesar- The Movie []