With close reference to the text explain how Mark Antony manipulates the crowd after the death of Caesar
With close reference to the text explain how Mark Antony manipulates the crowd after the death of Caesar 'Julius Caesar' the Roman tragedy was written by the famous English playwright William Shakespeare in the year of 1599. The play is based on factual events, such as the assassination of Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator. Although 'Julius Caesar' is set in Rome over 2000 years ago it explores themes such as ambition, greed, superstition, revenge, assassination and the universal theme of politics most of which are relevant to the present day and Shakespeare's own time, the Elizabethan era. Julius Caesar was assassinated; the link to the Elizabethan era for this would be that several plots to kill Queen Elizabeth I were carried out. The link to our own time in this instance is the assassination of JFK president of the United States of America. In all three scenarios the conspiracies were set against extremely powerful people who were in leading roles during their lives. It is because of these links that the play 'Julius Caesar' appealed to the people in Shakespeare's time. Shakespeare's Globe theatre kept the audience engaged and produced plays that were relevant to them. The people of the Elizabethan era were superstitious people, subsequently Shakespeare wrote his plays' with elements of superstition in them e.g. ghosts & spirits. In his play 'Tempest' he has numerous
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
Character Study of Julius Caesar
Vicky Whelan Character Study of Julius Caesar From what I have read so far of 'Julius Caesar' I have formed an opinion about the character of Julius Caesar and to me he comes across as a fighter. He thinks that he is above every one else and that he is more than a regular man. This makes him very arrogant and takes very little notice of the people around him. As far as he is concerned, they are meaningless and not worth his time like the beggar from the crowd that warns him about the ides of March, he dismisses it because he is just a beggar. This reflects his attitude that he is above every one else just because he is the Caesar. He believes he is honourable but he isn't as honourable as he thinks. He wants to be trusted by his fellow man but I see no evidence that he will put himself out to gain their trust. Common people admire and respect Caesar and probably believe that he would be a good, powerful leader for the Roman empire and sort the problems it may have. Caesar probably believes those things as well but quest for power often clouds his judgement. He also believes that everybody likes him and that is why he's surprised when the conspirators approach him. When they do stab him, his last words are "es tu brute" which means "and you Brutus". He did not believe that Brutus could do such a thing. All the time when he has been thinking that everyone looks up to him but
You are directing a performance of "Julius Caesar". How would you direct the actors and use stage craft to create the impact that Shakespeare intended.
You are directing a performance of "Julius Caesar". How would you direct the actors and use stage craft to create the impact that Shakespeare intended. Before I go into directing here is a brief introduction about the Original style of play which Shakespeare wrote citizens. A far better public speaker than Brutus, Antony cleverly m. Brutus speaks before the citizens of Rome. He explains why Caesar had to be slain for the good of Rome. Then, Brutus leaves and Antony speaks to the crowd to turn them against the conspirators by telling them of Caesar's good works and his concern for the people, he proves this by reading Caesars will. He has left all his wealth to the people. As Antony stirs the citizens to pursue the assassins and kill them, he learns that Octavius has arrived in Rome and that Brutus and Cassius have fled. I will set the story in a 1930's gangster style film with the mayor of the New York just been killed and now they address the city from a stand at the top of a set of stairs which lead away from the town hall where they make the speech to the stunned crowd. To get the effect of him speaking to the crowd there will only be a few people in front of the stand and the rest of the crowd could be the audience giving the feel of that the speech is sent out on a larger scale rather than directed at only a small group of people where he would have to speak across
Consider the characters of Brutus and Antony from as many angles as possible indicating how the language used helps to convey a particular impression of them.
Consider the characters of Brutus and Antony from as many angles as possible indicating how the language used helps to convey a particular impression of them In this essay I will be writing about the two main characters in the William Shakespeare play "Julius Caesar" which are Brutus and Antony. The two characters are complete opposites, Brutus is a "honourable man" who is driven by his patriotism and good nature, while Antony is a cruel man led by spite and jealousy. Their attitudes and how others see them is a very important part of this play. People judge each other in the first fifteen seconds of meeting the main attributes a person is judged on is appearance, actions, wealth etc. Throughout the play Brutus is seen as honourable especially when others are talking about him for example when he addresses the crowd after he has killed Caesar who was seen as the greatest ever rulers of Rome the crowd see why he had done such a thing and didn't question it. "let him be Caesar" Antony, who uses his cunning to sway the crowd, changes their opinion. The crowd are fickle and Antony uses it to his advantage, eventually the crowd believe what Antony has said and are all against the conspirators. "There's not a nobler man in Rome than Antony." Antony tricked the conspirators, by befriending them each "I doubt not of your wisdom. Let each of you render me his bloody hand",
During the course of the play, characters die in different ways for different reasons. Show how Shakespeare makes any four of the deaths interesting.
During the course of the play, characters die in different ways for different reasons. Show how Shakespeare makes any three of the deaths interesting. "Julius Caesar" being a historical tragedy, death is pre-eminent. Caesar's death is a focal point of the plot around which revolved the death of Brutus, Cassius, Cinna the poet and Portia's death. JULIUS CAESAR Caesar's death is aided by supernatural portents. Prior to his death, there is thunder and lightning "all the sway of earth shakes, like a thing unfirm", "a tempest dropping fire", and Calpurnia's dream which foretold Caesar's death. All this created an eerie climax, since his was the only death foretold by a premonition. The reader is left to wonder after the warnings from the soothsayer "Beware the Ides of March!" and Artemidorus "Caesar, beware of Brutus, take heed of Cassius...There is but one mind in all these men, and it is bent against Caesar" whether Caesar's fate could have been changed had he listened to them. Caesar's death is sensational because he dies at the hands of men he called his "friends". Several armed conspirators were needed to kill Caesar a single unarmed man. His dying words "Et tu, Brute?" are very poignant (deeply moving). Even though the readers know Caesar's death is inevitable, due to the various warnings and omens, until the last moment, there is a thrilling suspense in which the
Compare and contrast the funeral speeches of Brutus and Antony. How would a director advise the actors on playing these roles?
Compare and contrast the funeral speeches of Brutus and Antony. How would a director advise the actors on playing these roles? Firstly, Brutus decides to make his speech first, which is a bog mistake, because the plebians will only really remember the last speech that was made, thus making Brutus' speech less effective. Brutus would usually speak in a verse language, but in his speech he spoke in prose, to try and come down to the plebians level and he thinks that they will appreciate that. However, Antony speaks as he should, in verse and the plebians respect that and expect him to speak like that, so as soon Antony starts his speech, they already like it more than Brutus'. Also the first sentence of each speech is significant. Brutus starts his speech with "Romans, countrymen and lovers!". This is a great start to the speech because it shows how Brutus is equal to the plebians, and the plebians like to think that they are equal to someone as great as Brutus, and therefore are on Brutus' side. However, Antony starts his speech and goes one better and starts his speech by saying "Friends, Romans, countrymen...". The most significant word is friends, it shows how he is fond of the plebians, and that he wants to be their friends. The plebians feel surprised, and overwhelmed by this, so straight away into Antony's speech, when they were on Brutus' side just minutes before,
In William Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar', honor is displayed as a prominent theme throughout the play.
English Coursework In William Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar', honor is displayed as a prominent theme throughout the play. Honor is having great respect for others, regardless of their status in society; and performing great deeds not for personal gain but for the good of others. Marcus Brutus is an example of an honorable man; Caius Cassius, however, is not. When Brutus joined the conspiracy against Caesar, he did it solely for the good of Rome. Unlike all the other men, Brutus justified his motive for murder: Brutus feared that Caesar would alter his attitude when he was crowned emperor: "He would be crown'd/ How that might change his nature..." (II,i,12-13). Brutus was afraid of the possibility of a negative change in Caesar that could doom Rome. Cassius formed the conspiracy with motives based solely on envy, and he believed that Caesar was not going to be a good enough ruler. He says: "...it doth amaze me A man of such feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone." (I,ii,128-31) Cassius also thought that he was also much stronger than Caesar. Cassius says: "...Caesar said to me, `Dearest thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point?' Upon the word Accoutred as I was, I plunged in and bade him follow; so indeed he did. The torrent roared...but ere we could arrive the point proposed, Caesar
William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Amanda Daniels Act 2 Scene 1 . At the beginning of scene 1, Brutus is contemplating his reasons for joining the conspiracy against Julius Caesar. "It must be by his death: and, for my part, I know no personal reason to spurn him at him, but for the general." He has nothing against Caesar personally, but fears he will become a tyrant. "He would be crown'd: how this might change his nature, there's the question." Brutus is gentle-natured and wishes there was some way to prevent Caesar from becoming a tyrant. "O, that we then could come by Caesar's spirit, and not dismember Caesar." 2. Brutus wants Lucius to look at the calendar to find out when the Ides of March is. "Is not to-morrow, boy, the Ides of March...Look in the Calendar and bring me word." The Ides of March is when he and the other conspirators are planning to assassinate Caesar. "Beware the Ides of March." 3. Brutus finds letters to him from commoners. These letters are important because they are actually from Cassius. He is trying to sway Brutus to join his cause. "[Cassius] will this night, in several hands, in at his window throw, as they all came from several citizens, writings all tending to the great opinion that Rome holds of his name." This is significant because it pushes Brutus to join the cause. It makes him think the Citizens of Rome do
Compare and contrast the speeches made by Brutus and Antony over the body of Caesar.
Compare and contrast the speeches made by Brutus and Antony over the body of Caesar. Explain the ways in which Shakespeare exploits language for dramatic effects, exploring both the reactions of the crowd on stage and of the spectator who is watching the play. Brutus and Antony have made speeches over the body of Caesar whom Brutus killed. Shakespeare makes Brutus sound as if he's an honorable, loving, peaceful man, and Antony like a sly conceited revengeful man. Antony is a man who seeks revenge over Caesar's body and plunge Italy into civil war, ''that mother shall but smile when they behold their infant's quarter'd with the hands of war.'' But he seeks silence from the crowd and for them to listen to him. Brutus' aim in his speech was to make the crowd understand why he had killed Caesar 'not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Brutus uses three ways in which to address the crowd first he starts off by saying ''Romans, countrymen, and lovers'' what he means by saying this is, he thinks of them as part of the political process in Rome, which is a mistake of Brutus from him being under too much pressure, but the crowd are too fickle too notice this. The second way in which he addresses the crowd is by seeking silence ''hear me for my cause; and be silent.'' The third way was a reference to a pause ''I pause for a reply.'' Antony in his speech calls the
