Although Shakespeare's Four Tragedies did not include Julius caesar, because the speeches of the protagonists Brutus and Antony were so inflammatory, High School teachers in Toronto chose this script for students to practice analyzing the purpose of the speaker and the rhetorical methods used in the speech.
Above is a fragment of Toronto's 10th graders reading Julius Caesar.
Although Shakespeare used Julius Caesar as the title, Caesar was not the protagonist of the play.
Shakespeare cites Caesar's assassination shortly after his triumphant return as a clue, focusing more on revealing how the attitudes of ordinary people have changed, how conspirators have set traps, how murderers justify themselves, and how proponents have fought back.
Although this script is concerned with the dangerous political battlefield behind the scenes, we can also see that in the open political contest for popular support, the generous statements of Brutus and Antony play a pivotal role.