Julius Caesar ACT I

Week’s Homework Assignments Tuesday: Finish Act I Wednesday: Finish Act II Thursday: Finish Act III Friday: Finish Act IV Monday: PORTFOLIOS DUE! Finish Act V, Prepare for Socratic Seminar on Funeral Orations Tuesday: Review for test

Denotation Who knows how to cite a play? Editions Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 1-5 1:2:200-5 Editions Folger Shakespeare Library - http://www.folger.edu Digital Text of Plays (online & PDF) - http://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/?chapter=4

Enjambment What is enjambment? How does it work? When do you pause? A line break without a pause in speech How does it work? Don’t pause at the end of every line When do you pause? Commas, periods, and other natural pauses.

Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 1-80 (1:1:1-80) Iambic Pentameter Enjambment Count the syllables, listen to your natural rhythm of speaking “Is this a holiday? What? Know you not Being mechanical, you ought not walk” Enjambment “Upon a laboring day without the sign Of your profession—Speak, what trade art thou?

Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 1-80 (1:1:1-80) Outdated Language “Neat’s leather” (1:1:29) cowhide Missing syllabus “whe’er” (1:1:66) Word Order

Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 1-363 (1:2:1-363) Your turn to try reading. Who wants to volunteer to read aloud? Ides of March When is it? Why is it significant? Accent mark on plungéd (1:2:112)

Building the Argument Act I, Scene 2, lines 135-175 (142-170), Cassius’ speech to Brutus (“Why, man, doth he bestride the narrow world…) What is Cassius trying to convince Brutus to do? What logical arguments does he make? What appeals to emotions does he make? (Identify techniques and cite specific examples of each.) How does Brutus respond?

Homework Finish Act I Tomorrow: We will debrief Act I and discuss Cassius’ speech. We will also start Act II. Exit Ticket: 4 Reasons Reading Shakespeare is hard are: _______________