even though the title is Julius Caesar; Julius Caesar is not the most visible character in its action; he only appears in five scene through out the play. Its seems that after reading the play that, Marcus Brutus speaks four times as many lines at the center physiological drama is his struggle between the conflicting demands of honor patriotism and friendship to others in the play.
Julius Caesar was knowing to be first performed at the Globe theater; we know this due to a diary entrance from Thomas Killigrew (not to sure on the name but will cheek); who was Swiss traveler who saw the tragedy of Julius Caesar at backside theater believed to be the globe on September 21st 1599 short time after the globe was built.
Now when the globe was first built it was put just on the south bank also knowing as the Devil play ground as it was were people would miss behave and drink. This was not the nice side of the bank as it would be were all the bear cage fighting would take place and pubs plotted area so you could image the atmosphere. Back in 1599 there was no special lighting that let the actor when on stage; so must performances would take part during the day; due to this it wasn't just the actors lit it was also the aduince. As during Shakespeare the time it wasn't about seeing the show it was all about being seen at the theater as social event to stand at the globe and watch it would be 1 shilling, to sit it would cast 2 then the most expensive would 5 shillings; at this price they would be bale to seat on the bouncy; sometimes people would pay to seat on the edge of the stage and watch therefore the actors would sometimes be falling over them.
As it was all about hearing the actors; when Julius Caesar was first performed there would not be no backdrop ect as it would be done with blank behind them. The actors would also not have some where fancy to go a get there costumers they steel and take out the rubbish to make there costumes for their performance; there acting style would be different to how we see today due to the fact as they would only get there ques lines therefore they never had the second on stage to wait around an relax as they always had to pay attention for there que line.
There are quite a few themes within this play; one being fate versus free will. As Julius Caesar raises many questions about the force of fate in life versus the capacity for free will of the people. Cassius refuses to accept Caesar's rising power and deems a belief in fate to be nothing more than a form of passivity or coward. This showes in I.ii.140-142 with the conversation with Brutus.
Another main theme is public and private self; this is quite a main one as in most tragedy's stems characters tend to neglct of the private feelings and loyalties in favor of what they believe to be the public good. Similarly characters confuse their private selves with their public selves, harding themselves or transforming themselves into ruthless political machines. Brutus is a good character as example as Brutus, as Brutus rebuffs his wife, Portia, when she leads with him to confide in her;s believing himself to be acting on people will, he soon forges with murder of Caesar despite their close friendship witch he protarys; this is great example as it sure shows the private him with his wife then how he can soon turn in the eye of public of killing the empire.
this is only to detail exaple of the themes in the play there are also others with such as rhetoric and power, misinterpretations and misreading.
when Julius Caesar was first written, there was in England and associated with Caesar; there was a political awareness that was taken place. As it was possible to change rigidity of rule: rigidity probably extending to tyranny. These possibilities were discussed in the 1590s more widely by way of the death of Richard II a victims in of tyranny, and Caesar assassination out of fear of tyranny. Samuel Daniel's first four book were on the war of roses, Shakespeare was aware of these books bases on the civil wars . Out of all the proportion, devoted 160 of its stanzas to the deposition and deat Richard II and on that same year wrote a play on Richard II; therefore this made people think about Shakespeare more about politics. Julius Caesar shows that Shakespeare is all about the monarchy; by the themes and how the people react to their leader.
The best political example that i can think about is when queen Elizabeth had sat on her throne for nearly forty years, enlarging her power at the expense of aristocracy and House of commons. AS she was then sixty-six year old, her reign seemed likely to end soon, yet she lacked any heirs (as Julius Caesar did). so this coursed many people fear that it would plunge England into the kind of chaos that had plagued England during the fifteenth-century wars of Roses and that's why it relates back to Samuel Daniel's, and Shakespeare directed these worries.
The relevents off today would be that shakespear is for the queen as he belives in monarchy. Where in today soicty no one would be in a panic if we did lose the queen due to the fact that today we have the government to make laws and to run the country, even though the queen is meant to do the royal assent the last time to was done in the correct maner was in the 18century. So therefore the government would lead the country.
i will add the pictures on to different blog and expand on them in part 2.
i will add the pictures on to different blog and expand on them in part 2.
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