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#2, Brute?
I made the ugliest noise.
It’s not even March. It’s literally more than 6 months till the ides of March. Why.
TODAY
based on this tweet!
Sometimes I worry maybe I’m the friend that no one likes but they all think everyone else likes me, so they all hide it, but then someone confesses they hate me, and everyone else agrees, and they team up to all stab me in the back 23 times at the Senate on the Ides of March
Okay but people always ask “Why is it called ‘Julius Caesar’ if he dies in Act 3 and Brutus is the main focus? Why isn’t it called ‘Brutus?’” and I have the answer: it’s because no matter what happens, to anyone, to pretty much every character from Antony to Cinna the Poet to Cassius to finally Brutus, Caesar is standing by and is essentially the cause or related in some way. His presence never leaves the play or the characters, and that’s why the supernatural in this play is so darn spooky.
the ides of march
[Caesar: “hey guys” Senator: “oh hey Caesar” Caesar: “i uh, i brought my knife” Senator: “your knife?” Caesar: “Octavius said to bring one in the group chat”]
greetings duke! this is slightly time sensitive, but I'm about to read Julius Caesar and was wondering what you could tell me about it beforehand? Like what to expect/what to look out for? I realized I have no idea what it's actually about, other than it taking place in Ancient Rome. I'm sorry for not checking the tags (or google) but I'm just afraid of spoilers. I mean I know it's a Shakespearean tragedy, so obviously people will die, but I just don't want to know who. Thanks so much!
It’s hard to know what to tell you without spoiling the plot. But basically Julius Caesar is a play about people and power dynamics. A lot of people will tell you it’s about politics but I think it’s messier and more human than that. Caesar is a play about personal wrongs and loyalties, but because they’re the personal disputes of very important people, everyone is affected. In 44 BC when the media as we know it wasn’t a thing, popular political feeling was less about policy than persuasion. So be on the lookout for different styles and strategies of manipulation. How does Caesar win everyone over? How are his tactics different from the ones Cassius uses to seduce Brutus to his cause, or the way Brutus tries to mollify the people, or the way Antony stirs them up again? It’s a masterclass in speech and debate. At the same time, though, there are some very intimate hopes and fears at work, and a lot of the play’s tension is a result of that disconnect between public and private. We know what Brutus and Cassius said in the Senate, but what’s going on behind closed doors? The infamous ‘Tent Scene’ (4.3) is a great example.
It’s a very complex and layered play. But in the end it’s a play about human dynamics, and that’s what Shakespeare excels at. Enjoy it. It’s astounding.
Spoiler alert:
sometimes i think i’m arrogant but then i remember that julius caesar was kidnapped by cicilian pirates and when they demanded a ransom of 620 kgs of silver he got mad because he thought he was worth more than that and made them raise it to 1550 kg
He has also recited his own poetry to them.
Beware the Ides of marshmallow!
Sylvia Plath (via incorrectsylviaplathquotes)
Writing Comic - Shakespeare Revisited
Beware the Ides of March!
Macbeth, Banquo, Hamlet, Claudius, Julius Caesar, Mercutio, Tybalt, Polonius, everyone in Titus Andronicus, Othello, Coriolanus, Laertes, Romeo, Juliet, Paris, and many others (via incorrectshakespeare)
For never was a tale of more blood and guts
Than this of Rome and her Julius
