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GCSE English Literature · key term
An ordinary Roman citizen belonging to the common people rather than the patrician aristocracy. In Julius Caesar, the plebeians appear collectively as commoners and citizens.
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Paper 1
Revise: The plebeiansThe plebeians are Rome's common people. Shakespeare presents them as a collective presence rather than one continuously developed individual: the carpenter and cobbler appear at the beginning, while numbered citizens dominate the funeral and the attack on Cinna. Their changing loyalties help determine who can control Rome.
Track the crowd's changing loyalties across Act 1 Scene 1, Act 3 Scene 2 and Act 3 Scene 3, rather than treating the plebeians as unchanged throughout.
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