2. Britney or Shake or Both By Kelly Vance Edited by Jamie House

3. Britney Spears grew up in Kentwood, LA.

4. Britney Spears was married twice. The first was a one day marriage that was annulled and the second was to …… Kevin Federline

5.  Both  Shakespeare was an actor in many if not most of his plays, which is one reason he was not penniless  Britney Spears acted in How I Met Your Mother, Will and Grace, and Crossroads

6.  Britney  During Shakespeare’s time women would not have worked outside the home

7.  Britney-December 2nd.

8.  Both  Shakespeare, "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers". - (Act IV, Scene II). KING HENRY IV  Britney – lawyers have billed Brit more than $600,000 in legal fees over the last five months. K-Daddy's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, has billed half a mil. over the last four months. The court has already ruled Brit has to pay MVK's "reasonable" attorney's fees.

9.  Shakespeare  Shakespeare married a woman 8 years older than he was.

10.  Shakespeare’s wife Ann Hathaway (no, not that one) was several months pregnant when the two married.

11.  Shakespeare  At that time it was called Grammar School but he finished-Britney did not.

12.  Britney!  Just kidding, Shakespeare’s family was illiterate as were most of the people in this era.

13.  Britney  She paid $3000 for a Yorkie she named London

14.  Both  Queen Elizabeth was known to have supported Shakespeare’s Theater  Britney and Prince William were pen pals and said to have been romantically involved

15.  Britney  Shakespeare and wife Anne Hathaway had three, two girls and one boy.

16. Both Shakespeare lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I Currently Queen Elizabeth II reigns in England

17.  Both  Shakespeare as an actor in his plays  Britney after the infamous head shaving fiasco

18.  Both  Queen Elizabeth was known to have supported Shakespeare’s Theater  Britney and Prince William were pen pals and said to have been romantically involved

19.  Britney  Shakespeare and wife Anne Hathaway had three, two girls and one boy.

20. Both Shakespeare lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I Currently Queen Elizabeth II reigns in England

21.  Both  Shakespeare as an actor in his plays  Britney after the infamous head shaving fiasco

22.  Both  Shakespeare was born in Stratford on Avon ( Avon is the river next to the town of Stratford)  Avon sold a Britney Spears doll with a key chain that sang “Lucky”

23.  Shakespeare  Britney is American, not English, Silly.

24. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 23 “Men at some time are masters of their fates...” “Therein, ye gods, you make the weak most strong...” The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare “Beware the ides of March.”

25. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 24 Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. John Emerich Edward Dalberg, 1 st Baron Acton, 1834–1902 The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

26. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 25 William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is the story of an assassination—the murder of a public figure. The play contains compelling political parallels to twentieth-century history reveals how power can corrupt even the seemingly incorruptible explores the political, psychological, and moral turmoil that surrounds such an event [End of Section] The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

27. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 26 The Play: The Results of Violence This play is about an assassination—the murder of a public figure—more than 2,000 years ago. The victim was Julius Caesar, a Roman general and dictator. Shakespeare drew his material about Julius Caesar from an ancient biographical text by Plutarch, a Greek writer and biographer who lived close to the time of Julius Caesar. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

28. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 27 Julius Caesar was an extremely successful and popular general The Tragedy of Julius Caesar formed the First Triumvirate (a three-man government) with Pompey and Crassus in 60 B.C. won large territories for Rome and amassed a personal fortune during the Gallic Wars

29. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 28 Julius Caesar drove Pompey out of Rome and took control of Rome The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, was declared dictator for ten years and then for life was assassinated on March 15, 44 B.C. by a group of senators who felt Caesar was too powerful and a threat to the republican government

30. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 29 The Scene… Based on a true story, this play takes place in Ancient Rome, where Julius Caesar has just returned in triumph from war. The crowd hails him as their new leader, but there are some Romans who fear he will become too powerful of a ruler, more like an emperor, and they will lose the liberties they have enjoyed as citizens of a free state.

31. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 30 The action of Shakespeare’s play begins one month before the assassination. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar The play had appeal for Elizabethans who were fascinated by Greek and Roman history and culture tended to see their own age mirrored in those great ancient civilizations

32. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 31 In Shakespeare’s day, people believed that the monarch’s right to rule came from God; opposition to monarch was considered opposition to God the heavens would be offended and society would plunge into chaos if the chain of authority was snapped The Tragedy of Julius Caesar all order stemmed from the authority of God

33. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 32 When Shakespeare wrote this play, Queen Elizabeth I was old and in failing health. She had no children, so there was no declared successor to the throne. People were worried that there might be a bloody struggle for power after the Queen died. Elizabethans saw their own troubled times mirrored in this story of war and ambition and betrayal. [End of Section] The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

34. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 33 duplicates the rhythms of English speech Hear the Beat All of Shakespeare’s plays are written in blank verse. Blank verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

35. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 34 Iambic Pentameter iamb—unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable pentameter—a line with five feet The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Read these lines aloud, and listen to the rhythm. Which syllables are stressed? The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interrèd with their bones. ˘ ′ ˘ ′ ˘ ′ ˘ ′ ˘ ′

36. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 35 Characters’ Speech Noble characters generally speak in blank verse. Commoners speak in ordinary prose. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Occasionally a noble character will speak in ordinary prose—when addressing commoners or bantering.

37. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 36 Ordinary Prose Read these lines. Which character is a nobleman? Which is a commoner? Marullus. But what trade art thou? Answer me directly. Cobbler. A trade, sir, that, I hope, I may use with a safe conscience, which is indeed, sir, a mender of bad soles. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

38. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 37 Pauses and Stops for Breath When reading Shakespeare, follow the punctuation marks. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Pause for commas. Stop for end punctuation—periods, question marks, exclamation points.

39. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 38 Lines that end with a punctuation mark are called end-stopped lines. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar We all stand up against the spirit of Caesar, And in the spirit of men there is no blood. pause at comma stop at period Listen to these lines and notice where the speaker pauses.

40. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 39 Listen to these lines and notice where the speaker pauses. If he love Caesar, all that he can do Is to himself—take thought and die for Caesar. And that were much he should, for he is given To sports, to wildness, and much company. Lines that do not end with a punctuation mark are called run-on lines. You must “run on” to the next line. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar no pause stop at periods

41. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 40 Now you try it. Where would you pause in these lines? Portia It will not let you eat, nor talk, nor sleep, And could it work so much upon your shape As it hath much prevailed on your condition, I should not know you Brutus. Dear my lord, Make me acquainted with your cause of grief. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar no pause pause at commas stop at periods Listen to these lines. How does your reading compare?

42. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 41 Archaic Words Some of the words Shakespeare uses are now archaic, which means “having to do with an earlier time,” and no longer used today. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar ague: feverhie: hurry alarum: call to arms, such as a trumpet blast knave: servant, or person of humble birth an: ifprithee: pray thee (beg thee) betimes: from time to timesmatch: small amount fleering: flatteringsoothsayer: fortune teller

43. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 42 Words with Different Meanings The most troublesome words in Shakespeare’s plays are those that are still in use but now have different meanings. “thou naughty knave” Today: Naughty means “bad.” Shakespeare’s day: Naughty means “worthless.” The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

44. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 43 Words with Different Meanings The Tragedy of Julius Caesar closet: small room, often a private study just: true exhalations: meteors merely: wholly; entirely gentle: noble Gentleman once referred to a man who had a title repair: go ghastly: ghostlysad: serious humor: temper or dispositionsoft: slowly; “wait a minute” indifferently: impartially wit: intelligence

45. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 44 A pun is a word or phrase that means two different things at the same time. Puns are based on two meanings of a word homophones—words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings Ironing clothes is a pressing matter. soles/souls sun/son flour/flower The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Vocabulary

46. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 45 Recognizing and Mapping Puns In the first scene, when the cobbler says he is a cobbler, he plays on two meanings of the word. In Shakespeare’s day, the word could mean either “shoemaker” or “bungler.” This is one way to map this pun. cobbler shoemaker Bungler or fighter The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Vocabulary

47. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 46 When the cobbler calls himself “a mender of bad soles,” he also puns on the meaning of soles. Soles refers to parts of shoes but also sounds exactly like souls, which is the emotional or spiritual part of a person. Map it like this. solessouls Vocabulary

48. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 47 More Puns “All that I live by is with the awl....” (line 21) [End of Section] Vocabulary “I am... a surgeon to old shoes; when they are in danger, I recover them.” (lines 23–24) recover make better put on new covers awlall

49. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 48 [End of Section] Plebeians – commoners, the people Tribune – officer elected by the plebeians Archaic – out of date, Shakespeare uses many words we no longer use. Anachronism – something that is out of the correct time period. For instance, someone in a play having an iPhone but the play takes place in the 80’s. More About the Writer

50. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 49 Techniques in Caesar Tragic Hero – Shakespeare always develops a tragic hero as the focal point of his tragedy. His tragic hero is a nobleman and leader whose death affects the course of the empire. Moreover, Shakespeare endows his tragic hero with a character weakness, or flaw, that ultimately causes him to make a fatal mistake. Both Caesar and Brutus qualify as the tragic hero of Julius Caesar.

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52. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 51 External and Internal Conflict – Shakespeare builds a tragedy on external and internal conflicts. He uses the political controversy in Rome to create the external conflict in Julius Caesar and ambition and the desire to do right as internal conflicts. Comic Relief – Shakespeare uses humor to relieve the somber mood of a tragedy. The use of puns, for example, is an example of humor..

53. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 52 Revenge Motive – One of the major characters in a Shakespearean tragedy is often motivated by a desire for revenge. Mark Antony’s original purpose in waging war against the conspirators is revenge. Chance Happening – Shakespeare introduces a chance happening that precipitates the catastrophe of a tragedy. As a result of such a chance happening, Shakespeare’s hero is doomed to death at the conclusion of the play. The chance happenings in the battle scenes are good examples in Julius Caesar.

54. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 53 Supernatural Incidents – Shakespeare often includes a supernatural incident in a tragedy. Appearances of ghost and prophetic dreams are common in Julius Caesar Animal Motifs are used throughout the play. Watch for Shakespeare’s use of animals as symbols. The archetype of the RITUAL is also found. Rhetorical devices and persuasive techniques are used often, also. We’ll learn more about them as the play goes on.

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