Title Analysis

THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR

The first thing that you do when you are analyzing the title is to define all of the words in the title. What emphasis do these words give to the story? How does this hint to events in the future?

Next, if the title indicates any event, then predict as to how you think that will go down? Why will it happen? When and where will it happen? Who is going to perpetrate or be involved in this tragedy?

Afterward, considering that we all know that Caesar is going to die, we then postulated as to how they could kill me. Obvious or secretive? Mean and messy or soft and quiet?

Reading Notes

As a guide, I provided them with the following rough outline, which was displayed on the board.
Create questions as you read regarding the following:

• Characters
• Jobs
• What can we infer or intelligently assume about this person because of their profession?
• What mental, physical, or social skills and/or others does this job require?
• Personality
• Who does this person remind you of?
• Why does this person behave this way?
• How is this person received by others?
• Weirdness
• What characteristics does this person possess?
• What does this say about this person?
• What can we intelligently assume or infer about this person as a result of this weird habit or quirk?
• FOR EXAMPLE:
• What do scars symbolize?
• What does a person in all white or all black symbolize?
• What does a person's style of dress tell about them?
• Mood
• How do you feel when you read this?
• If the author is rumored to be "crazy" or mad, then what does this mean about the style of writing?
• What does the author say or how does he or she create this feeling in you?
• EXAMPLES: One of my favorite books is "Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors". It is the story of a rugby team that crashes into the snow-capped Andes Mountain range in Chile, South America and how they survive for an impossible 72 days, with no "food" in -20 degree and below weather! The author does an excellent job in it of conveying or passing on a mood of frigidity or absolute cold. Literally, though I read the book in the summer, whenever I read the book, I would have to wear a coat or jacket, because I would start to get chill bumps.
  
• Setting ~ Where
• Why is this story set here, in this place?
• What does this do for the story?
• Hurt or help?
• Accent or distract?
• Ironic or appropriate?
• FOR EXAMPLE:
• Most times you don't see scary movies occur in well-lit areas, with pleasantly warm sunny days, but on dark and stormy nights
• Motives
• Why do characters do the things that they do?
• Methods
• How do characters accomplish the plans and plots they devise or think up?
• Details & Specifics
• What does the author say?
• What does the author leave out?
• What does the author emphasize or highlight?
• What does the author downplay or marginalize?

Caesar Reading

You should have taken the time to read Act 1 scene 3 and Act 2 scene 1.

Questions should be developed because you all will question me on Monday to prove that you have read.

Here is a parallel text version. In other words, original (Old English, hard) text on the left and modern (an easier syntax and clearer language) text on the right.

This is another version of Julius Caesar and it is searchable and organized.

Julius Caesar

Here is a parallel text version. In other words, original (Old English, hard) text on the left and modern (an easier syntax and clearer language) text on the right.

This is another version of Julius Caesar and it is searchable and organized.

Here are the questions.

DON'T FORGET THAT ALL OF ACT 1 SCENE 2 QUESTIONS ARE DUE ON THURSDAY.