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Post by jooyoungpark on Mar 6, 2013 9:03:05 GMT -5
Yes I agree with you yeajin, i was very surprised at first of how Caesar's death was just one line "HE DIED" done! Well for me i think the reason why shakespeare wrote it like that is because this is a "Script" not a book or a novel. It is meant to be seen not read.
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Post by sorn on Mar 9, 2013 19:01:40 GMT -5
I actually expect him to die in a war or something because that would look more high-class. Hahahah I don't know but from what I've seen in the history, all of the powerful leaders always die in a war or in an event that they have to sacrifice for their country. Or maybe die in front of the crowd or even the citizens of Rome to make the story even more dramatic.
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Post by ExtremelyExtremeExtremist on Mar 10, 2013 8:23:01 GMT -5
I was disappointed with the description of Caesar¡¯s death. Before, I thought that there will be a lot of dramatic events and actions. I agree with others that Shakespeare wrote it like this to focus on the consequence after his death. Important things were located before and after the death, which were well-described. I have another idea, that the scene of the death was influenced by the society. I know that back then, putting a lot of violent contents in books or movies was highly inappropriate. People didn¡¯t want violent contents probably because of fear of war. Feel free to fix this if I¡¯m wrong.
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Post by jungholee on Mar 15, 2013 23:50:12 GMT -5
I didn't really disappointed about the one line death because I thought Brutus and the conspirators are more important person. Actually Caesar was not in many scenes. Brutus had more lines, and it looked he is more important person in this book. So actually I didn't really surprised about that.
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Post by nadiraamalina on Mar 21, 2013 6:28:20 GMT -5
I think the line was so short so people could focus more on the actions of the actors. If they had a lot of lines as Julius Caesar died, it would've taken away from the emotional aspect of his death. Not that there was any though, I mean, really? Did any of you guys like Caesar as a character from reading the play?
Also, a connection to real life, notice that when something bad happens in movies, the sound is turned down, and there is only a.) Quiet music in the background or b.) Muted screams of anguish or tears. So instead of turning down the music in a play, they'd just have no lines.
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Post by junilee26 on Mar 23, 2013 8:29:45 GMT -5
Omg yes, Caesar's death in the script was EXTREMELY disappointing. Before reading the book we all knew that Caesar was going to die and I guess we each had high expectation on reading how his death had been presented. I thought that there was going to dramatic descriptions all over the script. Unfortunately when we got to the point where Caesar had died, yup there was only a (*Caesar Dies*). It had also disappointed me. However the ending of the book saved it because I never predicted everyone's death.
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