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Mar 16, 2013 23:41:54 GMT -5
Post by brandonina on Mar 16, 2013 23:41:54 GMT -5
Hey guys, so we're apparently done with reading Julius Caesar. What is one life lesson that you learned or a thing that came into your mind after reading this? For me, I thought that whatever the bad deed you cause, whether it's corruption, greediness for power, or betrayal, you get paid for it. Religiously speaking, god will punish you. This is what I thought of, referring to what happened to Brutus and Cassius. How about you guys?
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Mar 17, 2013 0:39:22 GMT -5
Post by bilal15 on Mar 17, 2013 0:39:22 GMT -5
what i learned is that if you do something wrong to a person that same thing will happen to you.
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james
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Mar 17, 2013 3:01:47 GMT -5
Post by james on Mar 17, 2013 3:01:47 GMT -5
Yeah,, just like you said, I thought whatever you've done bad, it comes back to u somehow. Also, I thought if something bothers you inside, you gotta try to resolve it by expressing your feelings or anything. Especially if it has something to do with relationships wth ur friends or close ones. Because, you saw how things went wrong with Brutus and Caesar. Brutus didn't express how he feels about Caesar and Caesar was being arrogant and didn't listen to his friends. As a result, one had to kill his best friend and die later.
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Mar 17, 2013 6:51:12 GMT -5
Post by sergeyfen on Mar 17, 2013 6:51:12 GMT -5
I agree with what you said, any bad thing you do eventually comes back to you, i guess that just how life works. You cant get away with everything, you will always be punished for what bad thing you have done. Same thing goes with good deeds, if you do something good for a person, eventually someone will pay back with that kindness.
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Mar 17, 2013 8:26:16 GMT -5
Post by KevinW on Mar 17, 2013 8:26:16 GMT -5
Trust no one.
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Mar 17, 2013 9:09:01 GMT -5
Post by ExtremelyExtremeExtremist on Mar 17, 2013 9:09:01 GMT -5
I learned two lessons: bad things you have done come back to you and listen to others. Whatever someone did bad things, that person is punished. We should listen to others even though we¡¯re lazy or don¡¯t want to hear anything. Caesar didn¡¯t listen to the soothsayer, his wife, omens, and Artemidorus. Because he didn¡¯t listen to warnings, he died.
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jisu25
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Mar 17, 2013 9:48:39 GMT -5
Post by jisu25 on Mar 17, 2013 9:48:39 GMT -5
I learned that by planning murder for justice, you will end up facing a much heavy toll then killing for selfish reasons. Basically for what kind of reason, murder is not good.
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Mar 17, 2013 10:57:36 GMT -5
Post by woojongpark on Mar 17, 2013 10:57:36 GMT -5
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gb1708
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Mar 18, 2013 6:35:42 GMT -5
Post by gb1708 on Mar 18, 2013 6:35:42 GMT -5
I have learned that in the real life, you can not take both thing that you must choose one of them. Also, there are loyalty, retribution and especially, Shakespeare's language.
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Mar 18, 2013 6:53:13 GMT -5
Post by elisalee on Mar 18, 2013 6:53:13 GMT -5
I learned a lesson that not to plan on something that you would regret. In Julius Caesar, after the conspirators killed Julius Caesar together, they killed themselves because they were all regretting on what they did. I sometimes make stupid decisions so I always regret it.
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Mar 18, 2013 7:50:23 GMT -5
Post by linnie on Mar 18, 2013 7:50:23 GMT -5
Umm... I kind of disagree with you Brandon... Since I believe what Cassius and Brutus did wasn't wrong. Some people might think that they did wrong deed, but it depends on people. In my case, I think they did good deed since Julius Caesar could have been corrupted emperor who ruined Rome faster. They thought it was right to kill Julius Caesar and I think that is right as well.
Anyway, back to the point, a lesson I learned in this play was people should have both private and public self well blended together. Look what happened to Brutus and Julius Caesar. Their public self overcame their private self and last, they died. I think all of us need both public and private self, well mixed and balanced. We can relate this to World on Turtle's back where they focus on balance between nature and human. Also we can connect this with Yin Yang. I think I have both private and public self. In private I am more talkative and outgoing, but in public, I am less outgoing.
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Mar 19, 2013 10:27:32 GMT -5
Post by lukejoo1092 on Mar 19, 2013 10:27:32 GMT -5
For me, although I didn't really accept it, I think the lesson that Shakespeare was trying to get across was things don't always end up happening the right way. Brutus and the others killed Caesar for the sake of the Roman citizens but the stupid people ended up rioting against them, burning down their houses and trying to kill them. If their intentions were really for the good of Rome, like Brutus, then they were innocent and were right to kill Caesar but the results they got weren't what should have happened, or at least what they expected. Things don't always turn out the way you plan them to, even though if your plans were the most noblest and righteous of them all. It just happens. So you gotta live with it.
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Mar 21, 2013 5:41:59 GMT -5
Post by nadiraamalina on Mar 21, 2013 5:41:59 GMT -5
One thing that I got from the play was to read into situations better, so you won't misinterpret them and get into trouble. One of the major themes of the play 'misinterpretation of omens', because, to put it lightly, a lot of people got into trouble because of misinterpreted omens. Cassius died because of a miscommunication, which caused the person causing the miscommunication to die. That's just one example, and there are a lot more in the play.
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Mar 26, 2013 9:21:46 GMT -5
Post by esther on Mar 26, 2013 9:21:46 GMT -5
I agree with what all of you guys said. I especially like what Brandon said. You should know that what you have done comes back to you. My parents say to treat other like how you want to be treated. In other words, things come back to you. Whether what have done is a good one or a bad one, it comes back to you either in a good way or a bad way.
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sorn
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Mar 26, 2013 18:14:00 GMT -5
Post by sorn on Mar 26, 2013 18:14:00 GMT -5
I learn that power can really change people so don't ever let power control you. Don't be blind by what you see just because other people told you to do the other thing. You have to be open-minded and look at the world in a wider way. Power can control your acts and the hunger or power can never make you become a successful person (even though it does something but you will end up being a bad leader).
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