is Caesar Act 1 Scene 1 ‘Characters Setting Along a Roman street, right after Caesar had Flavius} Murellus Cobbler *} defeated his rival, ATribune, £ ATribune, % A Commoner Nobleman © Nobleman 3 ° Plot: Flavis and Murellus The cobbler The tribunes ask the cobbler why replies that they orders the the commoners were | taking a holiday. are celebrating Caesar's triumph. = commoners to return to work. Flavius tells Murellus to go to the Capitol and to remove any crowns on any of Caesar's statues there. “These growing feathers plucked from Caesar's wing / Will make him fly an ordinary pitch...” | | -Flavius The tribunes’ idea that if they can control the public, then they can control Caesar’s power.Julius Caesar Act 1 Scene 1 Manipulation of the Public Commoners Later, both Brutus and Mark Anthony manipulate the general public. Quotes: “A trade, sir, that I hope I may use with a safe conscience, / which is, indeed, sir, a mender of bad soles.” -Cobbler A pun on the word soles; suggesting shoe soles and human souls. “These growing feathers plucked from Caesar's wing / Will make him fly an ordinary pitch...” -Flavius The tribunes’ idea that if they can control the public, then they can control Caesar's power.