This document provides information about William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, including a summary of the plot, characters, and key quotes. It discusses several main characters - Caesar as a tragic hero who is noble, intelligent and popular but meets a tragic end, Antony as a manipulative yet devoted friend of Caesar who avenges his death through his oratory skills, and Brutus as an idealist who judges others as nobly as himself but fails to see humanity's flaws. The document also notes that Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright and most widely quoted author in history.