Anticipation Guide

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Anticipation Guide

• It is never right to kill another person

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Anticipation Guide

• It is sometimes acceptable to betray your friends

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Anticipation Guide

• The more success and power you have, the more
  people dislike you.

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Anticipation Guide

• Political leaders usually act in the best
  interest of their countries

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Anticipation Guide

• No cause, political or otherwise, is worth dying
  for.

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Anticipation Guide

• If a political leader has done something wrong,
  it is okay to get rid of him or her by whatever
  means necessary

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Julius Caesar Background Information
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

• Most scholars agree that Shakespeare wrote The
  Tragedy of Julius Caesar in 1599.
• This play is based upon the assassination of
  Julius Caesar by his close friends and
  confidants.

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Background Information

• The Romans were superstitious.
• They believed that future events could be seen in
  dreams, the stars, and unnatural occurrences.
• Many Romans believed that fate controlled ones
  life.

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Background Information

• In 503 BC, Rome ended the rule of the Tarquins, a
  series of harsh, cruel rulers.
• Rome decided to never again be under the rule of
  such an oppressive government.

They refused ALL forms of government that
consisted of kings or emperors, basically any
ruler who achieves power based on inheritance
instead of an election.
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Romes GovernmentAfter the Tarquins

• Rome set up a republic
• A government in which officials are elected.
• The new government is made up of two parts
• Two consuls (leaders) and a senate.

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• The Consuls were elected officials.
• They appointed the Senate members who could be
  from any walk of lifenoble or common.

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Julius Caesars Rise to Power

• Julius Caesar got into politics during a time in
  which the Consuls and the Senate were having
  problems.
• In this time of instability and arguing, he
  became an outspoken leader.

Consuls
Senate
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• In 60 BC the first triumvirate (3-person
  governing body) was formed.
• It consisted of Caesar, a famous general named
  Pompey, and a wealthy man named Crassus.

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• After Crassus died, Pompey began to fear that
  Caesar was growing too powerful and popular.

Crassus
Caesar
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• At this time, Caesar and his army were far away
  from Rome, conquering many lands for the Roman
  Empire.

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• Pompey ordered Caesar back so that he would not
  have to fear Caesar and his powerful army.
• Instead, Caesar attacked Pompey, defeating his
  forces and killing him in the midst.

Pompey
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• Caesar returned to Rome and was accepted by the
  people for his military abilities.
• He was loved for all of the goods he brought back
  from his conquests, and he was elected Dictator
  for Life.

• This meant that he would rule Rome until his
  death, and the next leader would have to be
  elected.

We Love Ceasar!!!
Caesar Dictator for Life
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• Many believed that Caesar wanted to be emperor
  instead of just Dictator for Life. If he was
  Emperor, Julius Caesars son would inherit the
  throne after his death.

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• Many feared that Caesar would bring back a style
  of governing similar to Tarquins. To prevent
  this, some members of the senate carried out a
  deceitful
• plan . . .

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Civilizations Struggles for Power

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Shakespeare Background
Book Of Sonnets ?
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Shakespeare Biography

• Born in 1546 in Stratford-upon-Avon
• At 18 married Anne Hathaway
• Had three children
• Left for London to pursue career in theatre

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Shakespeare Background

• Wrote in bars and pubs because
• Free light from candles
• Cheap food
• Inspiration

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Types of Writings

• Shakespeare wrote
• Sonnets
• Three types of plays
• Histories
• Tragedies
• Comedies

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• His plays remain popular today
• Have been made into films and other plays

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Sonnets

• 14 lines long
• Written in iambic pentameter
• 3 quatrains
• 1 couplet
• Usually about love
• Written for either
• An older female lover
• A young royal male

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Histories

• Tell the history of the kings of England
• Boring for American students
• Often ignored

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Tragedies Five Elements

• Very Important People
• (kings, princes, movers and shakers in
  Renaissance society)
• Very Important Things
• (wars, coronations, marriages, battles as the
  story begins)

• Tragic Hero With a Tragic Flaw
• Tragic flaw- A personality defect that will cause
  the protagonists downfall
• Magic or Fantasy
• (ghosts, magical storms, witches)
• Hero Dies

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Comedies

• End well, but not necessarily funny
• Usually end in at least one marriage
• Confused gender/identity
• Magic or fairy involvement

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Shakespearean Conventions

• Blank Verse Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
• 10 syllables/5 metric feet per line unstressed
  syllable followed by a stressed syllable
• Rhythm of a heartbeat da DUM da DUM

• shall I comPARE thee TO a SUMmers DAY?

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Shakespearean Conventions

• Soliloquy long speech given by a character while
  alone on stage to reveal private thoughts

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More Conventions

• Monologue Longer speech made by one person on
  stage to others on stage
• Aside Characters quiet remark to another

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Ms. Polsons 1 Pet Peeve

• Shakespeare did not write in Old English in
  fact, it is actually very similar to the English
  that we speak today.

Old English
Middle English
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ShakespeareModern English
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The Globe Theater

• Where many of Shakespeares plays were performed
• Called the Wooden O because of its shape

• Totus mundus agit histrionem

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The Globe Theater

• Open to audiences during summer months
• Daytime performances only
• Audiences came from all classes
• Men and women attended performances

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The Globe Theater

• The Heavens
• False ceiling over the stage
• Housed actors and costumes during bad weather
• Designed with trap doorsactors could fly
• Good for creating sound effects

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The Globe Theater

• Hell
• Trapdoors within the stage area
• Used for special effects with actors
• Good for creating sound effects

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Globe Theater

• Groundlings paid one cent to stand
• Gentry paid more for seats in galleries
• Nobles sat in chairs on side of stage

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Ms. Polsons Pictures from the Globe Theater