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Julius Caesar: Act 2, Scene 3
So far, Julius Caesar has ignored all the vague premonitions and unscientific ill omens that have surrounded his going to the Capitol this morning. IF ONLY SOMEONE HAD SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BEFALL...
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Julius Caesar: Act 2, Scene 4
We're getting closer and closer to the Main Event! Let's check back in with Portia, who, in the interim, has been clued in to her husband's plans and is appropriately freaking out about the whole...
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Shakespeare Quotes For Thanksgiving
It's Thanksgiving in America! Here are some handy Shakespeare quotes for you to use. You can also check out my exposé of the (in)famous "thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks" quote. This is the fifth...
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Julius Caesar: Act 3, Scene 1 (part 1)
WE'RE HERE. FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS, IT'S GOING TO BE A BUMPY ACT. LOOK BEHIND YOU, CAESAR.Giving TuesdayIt's Giving Tuesday! If you can, take the time today to donate to the charity or non-profit of...
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Julius Caesar: Act 3, Scene 1 (part 2)
WE'RE HERE. IT'S HAPPENING. It's really interesting how comparatively silent Caesar's assassination is. Apart from Casca, nobody says anything until after Caesar is dead. Usually in Shakespeare people...
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Julius Caesar: Act 3, Scene 1 (part 3)
Yep, we're still here, in the Capitol, with a dead body on the ground. Get used to it. Julius Caesar isn't exactly packed with laughs, but as far as I'm concerned, Cassius's line "Brutus, a word with...
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Julius Caesar: Act 3, Scene 1 (part 4)
OK, let's wrap up the Assassination scene so we can move on to the Everyone Making Big Speeches scene. I love the Servant who comes on here and has an emotional breakdown at the sight of Caesar's...
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Julius Caesar: Act 3, Scene 2 (part 1)
OK, let's get those speeches started! First we have Brutus's prose preaching: It's kind of a pity Brutus's speech is often overshadowed by The Big Speech that follows it, because it's really very good....
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Julius Caesar: Act 3, Scene 2 (part 2)
HERE IT IS. THE LINE. THE SPEECH. You probably had to memorize this speech for school sometime, but don't let that put you off it. It's actually a REALLY GOOD SPEECH. There are lots of fun versions of...
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Julius Caesar: Act 3, Scene 2 (part 3)
Oh, I'm sorry. Did you think Antony's speech-making ended after the whole "friends, Romans, countrymen" bit? Oh no. Oh no he's JUST GETTING STARTED. Mark Antony: master of mass emotional manipulation.
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Shakespearean Christmas Carols, part 4
The holidays are upon us! Celebrate by substituting the words to your favorite carols with these decidedly more Shakespearean verses: Be sure to check out my other Shakespearean Christmas Carols: Part...
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Shakespearean New Year's Resolutions, part 5
HAPPY NEW YEAR! It's time for another round of Shakespearean New Year's Resolutions! Here are some resolutions from past years: And I just realized that this is going to be my FIFTH YEAR drawing Good...
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Julius Caesar: Act 3, Scene 2 (part 4)
OK! Enough holiday shenanigans. Let's get back to Julius Caesar. If you remember, when we last left Antony, he was in the midst of making the speech of his life, having just exposed the bleeding body...
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Julius Caesar: Act 3, Scene 3
When we last left Julius Caesar, Mark Antony had just used the power of judiciously-applied over-the-top rhetoric to mobilize a mob of murderous citizens bent on revenge. Let's see how that goes! Poor...
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Close, But No Caesar
Phew, Julius Caesar is getting pretty heavy, isn't it? Let's take a brief moment for some comic relief before we move into Act 4: Sorry not sorry.
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Julius Caesar: Act 4, Scene 1
OK, Caesar has been assassinated, speeches have been made, the citizens of Rome have been riled, the conspirators have run away, and poets have been dismembered. Let's see how Antony and his new...
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Julius Caesar: Act 4, Scene 2 (part 1)
Hey, guess what?It's time for THE TENT SCENE! More accurately, it's time for one part of THE TENT SCENE, because THE TENT SCENE goes on for a long, long time. Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a...
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Julius Caesar: Act 4, Scene 2 (part 2)
More tent scene! When we last left our anti-heroes, they were busy squabbling. If you're wondering who that guy is who interrupts Brutus and Cassius's hug-it-out session, it's "Poet", not to be...
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Julius Caesar: Act 4, Scene 2 (part 3)
So, where are we now?We're still in the tent! Talking about stuff! This bit of the tent scene is primarily exposition, although it does feature Brutus putting on his best "Brave, Stoic, & Noble"...
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Julius Caesar: Act 4, Scene 2 (part 4)
We've finally reached the end of The Tent Scene! Let's celebrate by hosting a supernatural apparition! I actually love the short interaction betwen Brutus and the ghost. It's so repetitive:BRUTUS: Why...
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