Shakespeare Assignment on Julius Caesar.

GCSE Shakespeare Assignment on Julius Caesar

How could this have happened? More to the point why did it happen? Caesar’s dead and I didn’t even get to say goodbye.

So what the soothsayer said must have had some truth in it, when he said “Beware the ides of March”.

What shall I do? First I’m going to have to send the servant and try to get permission from Brutus to speak at the Capitol, otherwise I won’t be able to live with myself if Caesar gets buried and no one but me mourns him properly.

I arrive at Brutus’s place I start pleading to him for permission to be a speaker at the capitol,“That’s all I seek and an moreover, suitor that I may produce his body to the market place, and in the pulpit, as becomes a friend, speak in the order of his funeral”.

Brutus replies, “You shall Mark Anthony”.

But then Cassius called Brutus over and I was suspicious that Cassius was trying to persuade Brutus not to let me speak. Brutus came back and spoke to me once again, “Mark Anthony, here take you Caesar’s body. You shall not in your funeral speech blame us, But speak all good you can devise of Caesar and say you do’t by our permission, else you shall not have any hand at all, about his funeral. You shall speak in the same pulpit where to I am going after my speech is ended.

So I agreed with their conditions and responded “ Be it so, I do desire no more”.

We both agreed and more Brutus told me “Prepare the body then, and follow us”.

So I began my preparation.

Brutus begins his speech and I’m surprised that he does not look nervous his face expression tells me that he is very calm.

I’m halfway through listening to Brutus’s speech marvelling that Brutus was so good at touching the crowd’s hearts, as you can see the crowd are cheering for Brutus. The quote in his speech that really made the crowd to start ...

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So I agreed with their conditions and responded “ Be it so, I do desire no more”.

We both agreed and more Brutus told me “Prepare the body then, and follow us”.

So I began my preparation.

Brutus begins his speech and I’m surprised that he does not look nervous his face expression tells me that he is very calm.

I think Brutus thinks that I have a low mentality to think he could bribe me with a place in the commonwealth. Well if my speech with the crowd is a success then not only could I or will I have a place in the commonwealth but I could become emperor.

Brutus’s speech is something to overcome, how am I going to convince the crowd? I know what I’ll do, I’ll make everyone sound really honourable and make no one sound like a non-honourable man.

I am going to say all these all these good things about Brutus but really there is not one thing I like about Brutus or will ever like about him. But I can’t really speak my mind on Brutus if I was to do this I could become public enemy Number one.

I’ve got to make sure I become emotional at one time or another. I’ve got to explain that Caesar was not ambitious in means of bringing many captives home to Rome, and I definitely have to say how Caesar’s victories contributed to Rome’s wealth.

If I say that when the poor cried Caesar would have wept this would surely touch the crowd’s hearts. The crowd all loved him once not without cause.

If he was ambitious then why did he thrice reject the crown? Was this supposed ambition?

Calling people like Brutus or Cassius “honourable” is a good idea otherwise the crowd may turn against me.

If I bring in Caesar’s body and show how viciously he was killed then maybe I can get the crowd on my side.

I can see how satisfied the crowd was with Brutus’s speech.

I am clearly going to state that I am not there to disprove of what Brutus had said, but to speak my mind and I am sure by the end of the speech I will achieve my aim.

Finally I will read Caesar’s will and tell them about all the good things he left them and I am definite that by the end of the speech I know who’s side the crowd will be on but will Brutus know?

My trump card will be Caesar’s will.

What I still don’t understand is how man can be so evil? Caesar did not deserve his life ending like this, so I am going to point out the stab wounds from each person, like Brutus’s stab wound and Casca’s stab wound.

When Brutus stabbed Caesar, Caesar looked into the eyes of Brutus and it was not the actual pain of the stab by Brutus, but of the betrayal and deceit by Brutus that hurt Caesar most. The words of shock that came from Caesar’s mouth “Et Tu Brute” theses words were so heartbreaking.

Brutus is coming to the end of his speech and now I think I’m really prepared and have quotes in my speech that will really make the crowd to start cheering and shouting.

I just finished my speech and said everything that I planned went really well they were all cheering and shouting for me and for revenge on Brutus’s troop and the rest of the traitors.

Look at them all they are so excited they all running of wanting to get there revenge on Brutus and I was right my prediction was absolutely correct they are all on my side. Now it’s not only me going to be loving Caesar when he is eventually buried but there will be millions of people weeping for him.

I knew they would be excited about Caesar’s will but I never knew they would be this ecstatic once I started talking about Caesar’s will they all started chanting “read the will” several times repeatedly.

Brutus has probably heard the news now that almost everybody is on my side, I’m sure he now probably fears for his life and I don’t blame he. He is presumably regretting that he didn’t take Casca’s warning seriously otherwise things could have been really different.

I wonder who will now be competing for the commonwealth?

All went according to plan, Octavius.

The plebeians dispersed ready to hunt down the conspirators. Civil war must follow. We must plan our campaign.