talvez esse seja meu shakespeare favorito até agora? talvez seja um empate com hamlet

This was more like a 2.75. Shakespeare I'd brilliant writing, but it was really hard for me to follow(it's Shakespeare what do you expect). And it took us so long to get through it I got tired if it. Maybe one day I'll be a Shakespeare girl.

This is one of Shakespeare's tragedies; probably more quoted than read or performed. It tells the story of the conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar and its aftermath. I think Elizabethans, in general knew more about ancient Roman history than most modern Americans (certainly me). So I enjoyed getting to learn something about this episode in ancient Rome. The text is 16th century Elizabethan, so it greatly helps to have the Folger edition and a dictionary to get the most from the text. I always read the Shakespeare play before seeing it performed. So it is with this one. I'm looking for tonight's performance by the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company armed with full understanding and background of the play. Recommended.

This was surprisingly amazing in that I did not struggle at all to read it which is not usually the case with Shakespeare. I see why this one is studied in schools and I'm glad to have it on my shelf.

every dude in this play is gay for each other and I stand by that

I like how often Shakespeare covers Rome in storm clouds. Senators meet in rainy alleyways, howling like wet dogs. Brutus is constantly dry-heaving at home. Caesar's wife dreams of her husband's statue spurting blood. A poet is literally ripped apart by a mob. For all the beautiful Renaissance speeches the Bard foists in his characters' mouths, Rome is a grimy nest of rat bastards. The only thing that keeps it glued together is Rome's great ideals: Friendship, Patriotism, and Caesar. And, funnily enough, all three are stabbed to death.

Shakespeare had the good sense to tap into idea of Caesar: he's the force of Change knocking on Rome's door, much more than an epileptic Roman general.

"I'm as constant as the Northern Star."

I'm sure as much in the Roman republic, and Shakespeare's time, and now, there's the fear of Caesar. He forces men to make Sophie's choices between being a "good friend" or a "good citizen." He tears spouses apart. He ferments new governments and pisses on old foundations. He leaves behind dead coagulating heroes. And, once he passes, a note as unsure as the play's last lines.

So call the field to rest, and let’s away
To part the glories of this happy day.

bring back dramatic men