Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare
List(s):"Racine Library List"
"Carp 500"
"Treasury of the Familiar"
Category: "Drama"
Pages:95
Year of Publication:1599
Notes:Recounting the death of Caesar on the steps of the Senate house, the play offers some of Shakespeare's finest scenes: Antony's skillful speech at Caesar's funeral, and the quarrel and reconciliation between Brutus and Cassius with the news of Portia's death.

COMMENTS — Famous quotes to watch for:
• Beware the ides of March.
• But, for my own part, it was Greek to me.
• Et tu, Brute!
• Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war.
• Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
My Rating: 7

Reviews for Julius Caesar

Review - Julius Caesar

Act 3, Scene 2 "Antony’s Oration over Caesar’s Body" is on the Treasury of the Familiar list.

I have a theory. Shakespeare, to his contemporaries, was not high brow entertainment. The common, illiterate working man went to see his plays to laugh at the dolt who couldn’t recognize his wife because she was dressed as a man. Somewhere along the way, probably about the time people stopped saying “thee” and “thou,” he became accessible only to the well-educated. But in his day, his plays filled the niche that movies fill in our world. And while his vocabulary was genius, some of his plots are every bit as ridiculous as the average romantic comedy.

So, two, three, four hundred years from now, the person who can quote Caddyshack or Monty Python and the Holy Grail will be every bit as impressive as the person who quotes Shakespeare today. That’s my theory, anyway.
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