Shakespear: Julius Caesar

Main Dish: Julius Caesar

• A Monologue is spoken while a character is completely alone, and a Soliloquy is spoken where a character might be in the presence of other characters.
• Stage directions indicate the place or position in which an actor should be on stage, an actors tone, emotion, or stage lighting.

Shakespear: Julius Caesar

• On January 28th, 1547 King Henry the VIII dies.
• There were no Elizabethan Theaters until 1576.
• Shakespeare and his company built two globe theaters.

In 44 B.C, the year was being called the Consulship of Caesar and Antony. During this year, Julius Caesar was assassinated after refusing the crown and is now know as one of Rome's greatest dictators.

Side Dishes

Who saw Shakespeare's plays?
A majority of the viewers were lower class, but people from all social standings enjoyed the splendor of Shakespeare's words. However, at the time of the shows the social difference was evident as people from lower class stood and the high class people, such as queen Elizabeth her self, enjoyed Shakespeare's from more lavish seats.

Because of shakespeare

• beautiful quotes such as "If music be the fruit of love, play on."
• Spectacularly written plays like romeo and Juliet, Julius caesar, and hamlet.
• Most importantly a theatrical legacy that has survived and lived on in modern times and will continue to do so for decades to come.

Dessert

Phrases by Shakespear

• If music be the fruit of love, play on.
• Love all, trust a few, and do wrong to none.
• Love looks with not with the eyes, but with the mind; and there fore is winged cupid painted blind.
• Better three hours too soon then one minute too late.

Diffference between comedy AND Tragedy

• tragedy often take a scholarly almost philosophical view of the drama and misfortunes that ensue the lives of the characters where as comedies are taken less seriously and often find humor in things that would not ordinarily be amusing.