1 / 17

Julius Caesar Act 3

Julius Caesar Act 3. By Rose, Sanat , Isaiah, and Sayesha. Scene 1. Metellus pleases Caesar to bring back his brother who was Banished “I could be well moved if I were as you. If I could pray to move, prayers would move me. But I am constant as the Northern Star,

caitir
Download Presentation

Julius Caesar Act 3

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Julius Caesar Act 3 By Rose, Sanat, Isaiah, and Sayesha

  2. Scene 1 • Metellus pleases Caesar to bring back his brother who was Banished • “I could be well moved if I were as you. • If I could pray to move, prayers would move me. • But I am constant as the Northern Star, • Of whose true fixed and resting quality • There is no fellow in the firmament. • The skies are painted with unnumbered sparks; • They are all fire, and every one doth shine; • But there’s but one in all doth hold his place”

  3. Scene 1 • “Et tu, Brute?” • Everyone kneels at Caesar’s feet, and than, they stab him

  4. Scene 1 • The conspirators bathe their hands in Caesar’s blood • They will go to the market place to convince the Plebiansof why they did this act

  5. Scene 1 • Antony enters and sees everyone’s bloody hands • He shakes everyone’s hands

  6. Scene 1 Summary • Metellus pleases Caesar to bring back his brother who was banished • Everyone kneels at Caesar’s feet they stab him • The Conspirators bathe their hands in Caesar’s blood and try to convince the Plebians why they did this • Antony shakes all of the conspirator’s hands to mark that they have done this • Antony makes the conspirators believe that he is a friend to them but later he confesses his actual feelings of remorse in a soliliquy http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7FvgP5hO99o

  7. Scene 2 • Brutus and Cassius convince the crowd that killing Caesar was for the good of Rome • They claim that under Caesar’s rule, the people of Rome would have lived as slaves • The two say that Caesar was too ambitious • “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more”

  8. Scene 2 • Brutus and Cassius say that Antony had nothing to do with Julius Caesar, but they allow him to speak at Caesar’s funeral • Pleblians fall for Brutus and Cassius’ speech (this shows the fickle mindedness of the pleblians)

  9. Scene 2- ANTONY’s speech • “Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend me your ears!”

  10. Antony’s speech • Antony tells the people that he is there to bury Caesar and not to praise him • Antony calls the conspirators honorable men 9 times throughout the scene, until finally it starts sounding false • Antony tells the people that they tried to give Caesar the crown three times, and he refused it three times • The Pleblians fall for his speech

  11. Antony’s speech • Antony tells the people that he found Caesar’s will in his closet • When the crowd asks him to read it, he says he can’t • Antony says “Tis good you know not that you are his heirs” • Antony refuses to read it a second time and says that he cant because he fears that if he reads it, he will have wronged the honorable men • The crowd yells that the “honorable men” were traitors

  12. Antony’s speech • Finally, Antony says “You will compel me then to read the will?” • Antony goes down to wear Caesar’s body is and says “If you have tears, prepare to shed them now” • Antony talks about how Brutus “was Caesar’s angel” • “I am no orator, as Brutus is […] For I have neither wit, nor words, nor utterance, nor the power of speech” -Antony

  13. Antony’s speech scene 2 • In the will, Caesar left everyone seventy five silver coins • The crowd leaves to do mischief and Antony’s servant says that Octavius and Lepidus are at Caesar’s house

  14. Scene 2 Summary • Brutus and Cassius enter the Forum • Brutus says that he did not kill Caesar out of lack of love, but because he was too ambitious and that he feared the romans would live as slaves under Caesar’s rule • Brutus claims that Antony had nothing to do with the conspiracy but he allows him to speak at Caesar’s funeral • Antony adresses the crowd, he repeats the word “honourable” and shines a bad light on Brutus and the conspirators • He brings out Caesar’s will, who left money for all the Romans • Antony leads with emotions and the crowd decides to kill the conspirators http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2vTn4QC83o

  15. Scene 3 • In this scene, the crowd kills an innocent man because he has the same name as one of the conspirators • The importance of the scene is that it shows the rage of the crowd • It also proves the fickle-mindedness of the plebians

  16. Themes • Betrayal • Fickle mindedness • Trust • Manipulation

  17. The end!

More Related