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3.1 Dramatic Reading of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

October 14, 2006

3.1 is perhaps the central scene in the play. The most important event--Caesar's murder--occurs in this scene, so to some extent the rest of the play revolves around it (leading up to or declining away from).

As an activity, it might be interesting to look at the Aristotelian plot features of the scene to show how, in many ways, it is self-contained. It has an initial siutation, out of which some conflict develops. At the middle of the scene, there is a climactic event which serves, too, as�a turning point. The remainder of the action (with one exception which I� will discuss below), while tense, could be considered falling action or denoument (culminating with the rebellion's "inclusion" of Antony).

At the end of the scene, however, this falls apart because the audience learns that Antony was only hiding his true feelings about the rebellion and will eventually side with Ocatvius. After the conspirators leave, therefore, there is a transition in the action tfrom the beginning of the play to the remainder of the play--the ensuing�war between Antony/Octavius and Cassius/Brutus (and all of their supporters).���

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1. Greg Martin

   You're welcome!

   You're welcome! Send suggestions.

   December 1, 2006

2. JM

   Thanks!

   Thank You so much for posting the Julius Caesar REading! It really helps!

   October 29, 2006

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