Thursday 8 December 2011

Julius Caesar


Characters: Brutus- loved Caesar as a friend, but he wants to be in power instead. He fears Caesar wouldn't be a good leader for Rome.
                   Julius Caesar- declined the crown several times. He isn't  power-hungry,but does his share of  flaws. He doesn't seperate his public life from private life. Ignores ill omens and threats against his life and believing himself as a North Star
                   Mark Antony- friends with Caesar. He spoke at the funeral of Caesar. He does whatever he did to save his own life.
                    Cassius- a talented person. He disliked the fact that Caesar became godlike in the eyes of the Romans

Summary:  The main idea of Julius Caesar is two sides who want to become crowned king. Brutus fears that the Romans would want Caesar as King which would turn against the Republics. Cassius found people treated Caesar like a god, but he is no better then Brutus and himself. Cassuis blames Brutus and himself for letting Caesar rise to power when he was so weak. Caesar tells Anotony that he deeply doesn't trust Cassius. Antony offered the crown to Caesar and each time the crowd cheered, he rufused it. Brutus fears a dictator empire. Cassius leads his conspirator to Brutus's home and they talked about a plan to attack Caesar. They agreed to lure him form his house and then attack him. Cassius wanted to kill Antony too, but Brutus says with too many blood shed, it will dishonour them. Lots of people warned Caesar not to go Senate for he will die since its the Ides of March. Brutus and his fellows killed Caesar at last. Antony speaks over the death body of Caesar and turns the Romans against Brutus and Cassius. Octavius, the adopted son of Caesar and Antony plan to go and fight Brutus and Cassius. Over at Philippi at the battlefield zone, Cassius dies first following that death of Brutis. Octavius was happy and enjoyed the revenge of death of the murders who killed his father.

                 
  
In my opinion, I liked the animated movie better then the play just a bit more because I understood it better. I found some of the people in the play rushed their lines a bit so it kinda hard to understand. What was good about the play was they had nice costumes that fitted back in the old days. The scenery fitted in very well. It was simple and not to complicated to distract us to look at something else. They spoke clearly. I kinda understood what the play was about after the movie. What I liked the movie was they had subtitles. The pictures/ people who acted were good? They had sound in it which the play didn't. Overall, I enjoyed both Julius Caesar movie and play.


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