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Title: Julius Caesar (Cliffs Complete Study Editions) by William Shakespeare, Sidney Lamb ISBN: 0-8220-1419-X Publisher: Cliffs Notes Pub. Date: 01 July, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.37 (35 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Shakespeare Outdoes Himself!
Comment: This was the first play performed at the Globe Theatre. For that reason alone, this play deserves special attention. But the characters, the language, and this interesting situation represent Shakespeare's finest efforts. Cassius is ruthless with a malicious attitude. But he honestly fears what Caesar will do if he is crowned. Brutus is a good and honest man. He contemplates joining Cassius to kill Caesar despite the fact that Caesar loves him as a friend. (In history as well, Caesar was notably kind to Brutus.) But yet he too fears that if Caesar is crowned, Rome will bleed. Mark Antony is convincing as Caesar's loyal aid who SEEMS insignificant at first. But after Caesar is killed, he emerges as the most powerful and intelligent character in the play. What makes this play so phenomenal is that we can easily understand and sympathize with any of these major characters. (Even though they are on opposite sides.) What's left? Only chilling omens like the Soothsayer, the storm, the ghost of Caesar, etc. Only memorable passages like Mark Antony's famous 'honorable' speech. If you like this play, I suggest the B & W version where James Mason does Brutus, John Gielgud does Cassius, and Marlon Brando does Mark Antony.
Rating: 5
Summary: Friends, Romans, Web Surfers...
Comment: A while back, a friend of mine and I decided to pick a Shakespeare play every couple months, read it, then get together and discuss it.
It worked with pretty good results for ROMEO AND JULIET, but then we ran out of gas somewhere in the middle of our next selection, JULIUS CAESAR.
Now that I've finally finished reading the play long after our allotted "couple months," I have to say that the fault (the mutual disinterest that effectively brought our little Shakespeare club to a halt) doesn't lie in the play itself, but rather in my preconceptions of what the play was about.
I can't speak for my friend, but since I took the Cliff Notes route in high school when we were supposed to be reading about Caesar and Brutus and the rest of the treacherous Roman senate (and didn't do a very thorough job at that) I always assumed the play's action revolved around the plot to kill Caesar and culminated with his death scene. I wasn't prepared to find Caesar dead halfway through the play, with two-plus acts remaining. I think I just lost interest once Caesar blurted, "Et tu, Brute?" and slouched over lifeless on the cold marble.
But thankfully I eventually kept going, and discovered what the play is really about: the manipulation of the public that goes on after Caesar's death. The speeches in JULIUS CAESAR, given by those who would take his place, are full of the damage-control, image-making spin that happens everday on our "all news" channels. It's an interesting play, maybe not Shakespeare's best, but one that has certainly has some modern relevance and is worth examining.
Now if my friend and I can just get our club back on its feet. Maybe a comedy next time...
Rating: 4
Summary: Julius Caesar
Comment: This is one of Shakespeares most famous plays. I was required to read this play for school and I found that it was best when it was read aloud than when I read it too myself. It has been debated on whether Brutus or Caesar was the main character of the play and having read it i can see why. Julius Caesar is an essential role in the play as the dictator of Rome but Brutus is also a very important character. It is Brutus' internal conflict on whether or not he should betray his friend for the good of Rome that is the main subject of the beginning of the play. Also, many of Brutus' flaws like his bad judgement of character fuels the plot of the play. The lanuage is a little difficult to read but it enhances the play and the story. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in history or wants to read a compelling classic.
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Title: Julius Caesar (Cliffs Notes) by Martha Perry, James E. Vickers ISBN: 0764585959 Publisher: Cliffs Notes Pub. Date: 15 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The TEMPEST by William Shakespeare ISBN: 0671722905 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Sophocles, The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone by Sophocles ISBN: 015602764X Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Fahrenheit 451 by RAY BRADBURY ISBN: 0345342968 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 August, 1987 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by John Steinbeck ISBN: 0140177396 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
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