"Cinna: Truly,my name is Cinna.
First Plebeian: Tear him to pieces! He's a conspirator!
Cinna: I am Cinna the poet,I am Cinna the poet!"-Julius Caesar,III.iii
This shows that the plebeians really did care for Caesar and they were going to give justice to the conspirators for what they had done. If they didn't care about Caesar they wouldnt have cared who Cinna was. Also how quickly the plebeians judged Cinna the poet makes them seem ignorant because they judged him by his name. They should have found out more about him before treating him the way they did.
1)Why were the plebeians so quick to judge Cinna the poet??
2)Why did the plebeians atill treat Cinna the poet wrongly after he told them who he was??
Friday, January 7, 2011
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Julius Caesar Act 3 Scene 2
"There is tears for his love;joy for his fortune; honor for his valor;and death for his ambition."-Julius Caesar,III.ii
Brutus states this in his speech to the Roman people explaining to them his reason for murdering Caesar. In this statement Brutus gives one of ,if not the most important and motivative reasons for murdering Caesar. Over and over again Caesar's ambition is mentioned. Here it is the reason for his death and the answer to Antony's question
In this scene of Shakespeare there were alot of things that I marked. There were many statements that made me think and seemed extremely important but this was the only one that I completely understood why it was significant.
1)How true do you think the statement Antony expressed "The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones" is?
2)Why are the Roman people so easily convinced of one thing or the other? Are they even really convinced or do they just act in order to get what they want?
Brutus states this in his speech to the Roman people explaining to them his reason for murdering Caesar. In this statement Brutus gives one of ,if not the most important and motivative reasons for murdering Caesar. Over and over again Caesar's ambition is mentioned. Here it is the reason for his death and the answer to Antony's question
In this scene of Shakespeare there were alot of things that I marked. There were many statements that made me think and seemed extremely important but this was the only one that I completely understood why it was significant.
1)How true do you think the statement Antony expressed "The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones" is?
2)Why are the Roman people so easily convinced of one thing or the other? Are they even really convinced or do they just act in order to get what they want?
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Caesar Act 3 Scene 1
"The ides of March are come."- Julius Caesar,III.i
This is extremely significant beacuse Caesar knows that the day of his death is finally here. This statement leads to a whole lot in the rest of the text. When I read this I thought "Oh-no this is it! This is what the whole play is based off of." This statement literally means Caesar is going to die. I know this is meaningful but I'm not really sure why because I thought this book was about Caesars death but now that he's dead what happens next? I know everything that happens now is because Caesar is dead but he's dead so now what?
Why does Antony feel he has to be friends with the conspirators in order to understand why they killed Caesar? If that was me there's no way i could be friends with the people who killed one of my close friends. But things were differnt then. Way different.
Why is Caesar so brave? He literally went to his death.WOW. Is it because he is a king? Is it the way he was raised? Is it something he just always had? What is it? Maybe its a combination of all of that and more. I want to be that brave.
This is extremely significant beacuse Caesar knows that the day of his death is finally here. This statement leads to a whole lot in the rest of the text. When I read this I thought "Oh-no this is it! This is what the whole play is based off of." This statement literally means Caesar is going to die. I know this is meaningful but I'm not really sure why because I thought this book was about Caesars death but now that he's dead what happens next? I know everything that happens now is because Caesar is dead but he's dead so now what?
Why does Antony feel he has to be friends with the conspirators in order to understand why they killed Caesar? If that was me there's no way i could be friends with the people who killed one of my close friends. But things were differnt then. Way different.
Why is Caesar so brave? He literally went to his death.WOW. Is it because he is a king? Is it the way he was raised? Is it something he just always had? What is it? Maybe its a combination of all of that and more. I want to be that brave.
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