The Tragedy of Julius Caesar William Shakespeare This PowerPoint will be available on my website at Vonhaden.weebly.com, BUT there are still things I need you to have in your spirals under “Novel Notes.” When you see a picture of a pencil, please take notes. …Caesar will judge you if you don’t. No one wants that.

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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar William Shakespeare What does a “tragedy” typically mean in terms of Shakespeare?

William Shakespeare at a Glance Considered to be one of the most famous playwrights of all time Was around from 1564-1616 Was a poet, playwright and actor who was born and lived in England Wrote many plays, namely comedies and tragedies. Author of Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar: Introduction The setting of this play is ancient Rome. Shakespeare creates a world full of political intrigue, magical occurrences, and military conquest.

Julius Caesar: Introduction Caesar, the most powerful man in Rome, has recently returned to the city after months of fighting abroad.

Julius Caesar: Introduction Caesar was fighting Pompey, another powerful Roman, and his sons. Pompey, as well as others in the Roman senate, was disturbed by Caesar’s growing ambition.

Julius Caesar: Introduction Their fears seem to be valid when Caesar refuses to enter Rome as an ordinary citizen after the war. Instead, he marches his army on Rome and takes over the government.

Julius Caesar: Introduction But the people don’t mind—in fact, they love him. Caesar is made dictator, or ruler—a position that was sometimes granted for a ten-year term—for the rest of his life.

Julius Caesar: Introduction Many senators, however, resent Caesar for having so much power.

Julius Caesar: Introduction Some senators begin to conspire. . . Brutus, Caesar’s friend who believes that he must act against Caesar for the good of Rome Casca, who hates the ordinary citizens of Rome yet is jealous because they love Caesar and not him Cassius, a greedy and jealous man who wants to take drastic measures to keep Caesar from winning any more power—and to take away any power that Caesar previously had!

Julius Caesar: Background One of the reasons the Senate was concerned by Caesar’s accumulation of power was Rome’s long history as a republic.

Julius Caesar : Background Around 509 B.C., the Romans ended a monarchy by rebelling against the last king of Rome, Tarquinius.

Julius Caesar: Background After this revolution, the Romans established their famous republic, in which all citizens were represented in the Senate. They were very proud of their non-king ruled government, and were determined to preserve it—but when Caesar arrived, they changed their minds!

Julius Caesar : Background Shakespeare uses Roman customs and superstition to create spooky conditions to mirror the dangerous plot being planned.

Julius Caesar : Background The Romans believed that omens could reveal the future. These omens could take the form of unusual weather, flights of birds, or other natural phenomena.

Julius Caesar: Background Animals were seen as indicators of the future. The Romans often sacrificed animals to the gods, and had their entrails (guts) examined by an official called a haruspex. Any abnormalities or imperfections indicated the anger of a god or a particularly bad event about to happen.

Julius Caesar: Background Unusual astronomical and meteorological occurrences were also seen as signs of future events. Solar eclipses were believed to foreshadow doom, as was lightning.

Tragedy & Tragic Hero Many of Shakespeare’s works were tragedies, which were widely enjoyed by his audiences. Tragedy: A serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (as destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that elicits pity or terror Tragic Hero: A literary hero who makes a judgment error (usually due to a tragic flaw) that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction.

Can you think of any modern-day Tragic Heroes?

The Globe THeatre Pick out at least one fact that you learned from this video so that when I call on you, you can tell me what you learned! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3VGa6Fp3zI

Iambic Pentameter Iambic Pentameter: A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5lsuyUNu_4

SONNET 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st; So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Persuasive Appeals (I’ll expand the picture)

Activity You and one other person will analyze 5 ads Carefully rip them out of the magazines—I will give you paperclips to keep them together. Make sure that 3 of your ads are covering all appeals—one for pathos, one for ethos, and one for logos. The other two can be repeats. Complete the following for each on loose leaf (can use one sheet) – The # & Name of “product” being advertised A: Intended Audience B: Spokesperson (if there is one) C: Purpose of advertisement D: Type of persuasive appeals-briefly explain

Advertisement Analysis Michelin Tires Intended Audience: Anyone who drives Spokesperson: A baby Purpose of Advertisement: To sell new tires Type of Persuasive Appeal: Pathos; this is because advertisers want the audience to feel bad if they do not have great tires and have a baby on board or could get into an accident with a car that has one

Ethos, Pathos, Logos in Ads: https://www. youtube. com/watch