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Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

avary_birk's review against another edition

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challenging dark fast-paced

4.25

_circe_'s review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

vreads3's review against another edition

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2.0

Read this a couple times outside of school and then just last year for English. It's a Shakespearean classic, not my favorite, but it was all right.

zachf's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

HBO’s Rome is the best adaptation of this play

massaglia's review against another edition

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5.0

I am really excited about revisiting this play. When I student taught for my English degree and teaching license many years ago, I taught four sections of "Julius Caesar" to advanced English 11th graders. It was one of the most challenging and exhilarating experiencesI have had. I not only had to read and thoroughly understand the play's context, relevance, and language, I had to find interesting ways to make the play approachable to the students.

To prepare to re-engage with the play, I viewed this documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us2PZbGZerk which was very helpful - I learned a ton. I also read the very helpful wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar_(play)

When I taught the play, I showed scenes from this version of the play: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045943/ with Marlon Brando who stared as Mark Antony - check out this clip of Antony's famous speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X9C55TkUP8 Love it!

Here is the BBC version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTKEGVoPzdg These BBC productions are awesome. This time, however, am excited about watch this version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPNd1K49M8I For more information regarding this production, see: http://www.bam.org/media/1588711/julius_caesar_final.pdf The play is an all-black cast and set in present day. There are ties of this production to Robben Island - a prison where Nelson Mandela was held. It's extremely coincidental that I came across this version at this time because I'm about two-thirds of the way through Mandela's autobiography "Long Walk to Freedom" (I highly, highly recommend you read it!). How cool is that?


objetdart's review against another edition

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3.0

Backstabbing friends. Can't trust anyone.

seaton731's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

books_and_keys's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

dukeofthelotls's review against another edition

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emotional informative tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

xteenb's review against another edition

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1.0

Friends, Romans, country, lend me your ear. I come to bury Ceasar not to praise him. The evil men do lives after them. So let it be with Ceasar. The noble Brutus has told you Ceasar was ambitious. If it were true, twas a grievous fault and grievously has Ceasar answered it.

or something like that.

I had to memorize that entire passage for an English class. My high school Shakespeare class was much better. We all had copies of Shaespeare's Bawdy so we could understand the naughty bits. And our instructor made us memorize hundreds of lines because he said they made great fodder for cocktail parties.