Julius Caesar

A REVIEW

A ) Queen Elizabeth I. B) Mark Antony. C) The guy sitting on the right with a plume and paper who’s first name is William? Who was the author?

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

What was the name of the theater where many of William Shakespeare’s plays were performed?

Hint: For a penny you can stand in the open courtyard with the other “groundlings”…

For another penny you can sit among the richer folk… and not worry about the rude and noisy commoners.

Hints: It was located on the banks of the Thames River. It was round in shape. It was called…

HOT LITERARY CONCEPT DID WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE EVER MEET JULIUS CAESAR? NO!!! NO? BUT WHY?

COOL FACTS: JULIUS CAESAR WAS ASSASSINATED IN 44 B.C.

COOL FACTS: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Was born in 1564 A.D.

LITERARY LOGIC: They could not have met.

VOCABULARY WHAT IS ANACHRONISM ?

ANACHRONISM WHEN A PERSON OR THING DOES NOT BELONG IN TIME WITH OTHER PEOPLE OR THINGS.

EXAMPLE AN AIRPLANE IN A STORY ABOUT COLUMBUSAN AIRPLANE IN A STORY ABOUT COLUMBUS.

EXAMPLE A MICROWAVE OVEN IN A COVERED WAGON.A MICROWAVE OVEN IN A COVERED WAGON.

EXAMPLE William Shakespeare and Julius Caesar meeting? ANACHRONISMANACHRONISM

VOCABULARY Pathetic Fallacy ?

VOCABULARY Pathetic Fallacy Is when nature imitates the action in literature– it can foreshadow!

VOCABULARY Symbolism Pun Conflict!

VOCABULARY Character Concept--- The Crowd is a _______

ACT ONE SCENE ONE

I.i

fight to the death Pompey and Julius Caesar fight to the death ! Pompey was a Roman general. Caesar was a Roman general. Many Romans die in their war.

Pompey is dead. The people foolishly celebrate the civil war and are poked fun at by two TRIBUNES or government officials.

What would we do if two American generals fought?

I.ii

Brutus and Cassius are not happy with Caesar. They fear that they would become slaves to a tyrant.

Meanwhile

Antony offers Caesar a crown three times. Caesar doesn’t accept the crown. He becomes ill.

I.iii

VOCABULARY WHAT IS AN OMEN ?

AN OMEN ForeshadowsA sign or symbol of what will happen: An Omen Foreshadows.

HOT LITERARY CONCEPT ForeshadowTo Foreshadow Foreshadowing Foreshadows Foreshadows

Comets, Storms, Indigestion... EXAMPLES

An Omen for Caesar Caesar is warned of the future by a blind seer, fortune teller, or prophet.

Beware the Ides of March!

VOCABULARY WHAT IS A CONSPIRATOR ?

A CONSPIRATOR Someone of a group who plans harm to another.Someone of a group who plans harm to another.

That Night:

Brutus meets the conspirators on a stormy and ominous night.

Will Brutus join them?

The storm is an omen of bad events!

II.i

Brutus considers what he should do. His wife is concerned.

Will Brutus tell her?

II.ii

VOCABULARY WHAT IS A Soliloquy ?

Soliloquy When a character has a long speech and is THINKING OUT LOUD.When a character has a long speech and is THINKING OUT LOUD.

Brutus has a soliloquy about Tyranny.

VOCABULARY WHAT IS A TYRANT ?

TYRANT When a person has ABSOLUTE POWER.When a person has ABSOLUTE POWER.

Epitaph on a Tyrant a poem by W.H. Auden

Perfection of a kind, was what he was after, And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;

He knew human folly like the back of his hand, And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;

When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter, And when he cried the little children died in the streets. “ Epitaph on a Tyrant ” is a poem by W.H. Auden.

Will Brutus join the conspirators?

Brutus finally decides that too much power in one person is bad…

Think About It! From his poem, “Epitaph on a Tyrant,” does… W.H. Auden feel the same way as Brutus?

Perfection of a kind, was what he was after, And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;

He knew human folly like the back of his hand, And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;

When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter, And when he cried the little children died in the streets. “ Epitaph on a Tyrant ” is a poem by W.H. Auden.

Thought it through! “When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,/And when he cried the little children died in the streets,” the irony in the last two lines of his poem suggest that W.H. Auden would agree.

II.iii

The Morning of March Fifteenth: (The Ides of March?)

Calpurnia warns Caesar Cassius tempts Caesar.

HOT LITERARY CONCEPT Hubris Too much pride... Being self centered… overconfident...Being overconfident... Hubris Too much pride... Being self centered… overconfident...Being overconfident...

HOT LITERARY RESULT Caesar’s Hubris, or pride, makes up his mind.

Calpurnia weeps as Caesar ignores the warnings.

Caesar ignores his wife, the storm, the omens, and Soothsayer.

Caesar is Assassinated!

Antony swears REVENGE!

Brutus goes to the People.

Brutus speech turns the people AWAY from Antony.

Antony goes to the people.

Antony’s speech turns the people away from Brutus.

Antony Defeats Brutus… who falls on his own sword (ouch!) rather than become a slave or prisoner.

Antony Honors Brutus.

“This was the nobelest Roman of them all….”