Brief Summary Of Antony And Brutus

Act IV, Scene II begins in a camp near Sardis in Brutus’ tent. Brutus asks

Lucilius if Cassius is “near”. Cassius and his army appeared in the camp and Brutus

standing outside of his tent, Cassius tells Brutus, “You have done me wrong brother!”

Brutus is confused because he doesn’t know what he has done wrong. Both of them are

angry at each other, but decide to take their discussion into a more private area, Brutus’

tent. Lucilius and Titinius guard the entrance to the tent so no troops can come in.

In Act IV, Scene III, we find out the reason Brutus and Cassius are fighting is

because Brutus has arrested a man named Lucius Pella for selling powerful jobs in the

government. Brutus tells Cassius he has been dishonorable and gone behind his back …show more content…
To prepare for the trip,

they all settle down for the night to try to get some rest.

To help to calm him down, Brutus asks Lucius to play a song on his instrument.

Brutus is paranoid so he assigns soldiers to sleep in his tent and keep watch through the

night. Everyone is able to sleep but Brutus who is reading. While he is reading, the

ghost of Caesar arrives. The ghost says that he “shall see him again at Philippi”. Brutus

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is terrified and responds, “Well; then I shall see thee again?”. The ghost responds, “Ay,

at Philippi.” Brutus asks him why he would see him at Philippi, and the ghost disappears

without answering his question. Brutus is afraid and wakes up Lucius and asks him if he

is still playing his instrument, thinking maybe it was one of his men making noise and not

the ghost. Lucius responds it was not he, since he was asleep. Brutus then asks Varrus

and Claudio if they were making noise, and they respond that they were also asleep