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Shakespeare: Julius Caesar
96 pages, Paperback
Published August 11, 1986
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March 19, 2014
There are actually a couple of great quotes in here, but overall, kind of a downer.
March 24, 2015
Had to read this for school, and it wasn't very exciting. The only thing I appreciated about it was the theme of misconstruing omens to one's own fashion. "Thou hast misconstrued everything!"
April 11, 2025
The first time I read Julius Caesar was in 10th grade, about 1958. Apparently is was read by 10th graders around the country then. (I in Ohio, my husband in North Carolina.)
i just reread it, while reading Cleopatra, A Life, by Stacy Schiff. Next, I'll read Antony and Cleopatra. i think I understood better now the action of the play, and recognized many names.
But I don't understand how it would be a good introduction to Shakespeare! If I were to choose, I think I'd pick The Tempest. I believe the shorter length may have been one reason.
As an English teacher in Denmark 40 years ago I read Merchant of Venice with my honors seniors, who loved it.
I would hate teaching Caesar, with all the mixers and suicides; battling instead of negotiating.
i just reread it, while reading Cleopatra, A Life, by Stacy Schiff. Next, I'll read Antony and Cleopatra. i think I understood better now the action of the play, and recognized many names.
But I don't understand how it would be a good introduction to Shakespeare! If I were to choose, I think I'd pick The Tempest. I believe the shorter length may have been one reason.
As an English teacher in Denmark 40 years ago I read Merchant of Venice with my honors seniors, who loved it.
I would hate teaching Caesar, with all the mixers and suicides; battling instead of negotiating.
March 21, 2018
I hadn't read this since high school and quite enjoyed it. It's a classic, what more can I say?
“Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
“Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.”
“Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
“Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.”
September 3, 2015
I read this play my freshman year in high school, after we read it we acted it out. This play was amazing, despite the fact that I had to write an essay on it, and we had to act it out. This play is what got me interested into Shakespere.
October 1, 2010
Forced to read in school, have always been glad I did. Realized much later in life that it wasn't completely factual, but few of today's murder mysteries are. Would definitely read it again.
August 18, 2012
A PERFECT PLOT PORTRAYING THE TALE OF TRUST ,POWER ,BETRAYAL,AND FIGHT FOR JUSTICE.
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