Help me out, please.
I need something - anything - to look forward to with Julius Caesar. Things about it that make it interesting and/or fun, ideally. But at least that don't suck.
Please?
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
It's not drudgery... it's not drudgery...
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Here's one: "Friends, Romans, countrymen: lend me your ears." Actually, there are not good parts for women in that play, but it could make an interesting project to research Shakespeare's notions of divine right/royalty, and look at the play through that lens. It has its moments. But MSD, R&J, Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Richard III, and Othello were more fun for me to teach. Check out Folger's resources on the play.
Hm. I wonder how much time I could justify spending on Monty Python... ;)
I like the supernatural elements in the story. (Sorry... enough to carry the play!) It seems a little out of place at times, but then when premonitions come true, the characters seem a little more human--I guess not as strong as you would think for the setting and period. Brutus is an interesting character, too, in that his character isn't just black and white--good or bad.
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