ENG220H1 Lecture 17: Julius Caesar pt2
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Female characters in the play - someone made aplay from their point of view. In the historical records portia dies two ways, not certain, and shakespeare chose the one over the other, she chose the letter because it was willed, more noble suicide. Resists the idea of didactic history, either caesar and brutus are not great role models. Brutus is making a momentous moment, they are both interested in theatrics. Even though he is creating this picture, he like freezes it like a stack moment" he focuses on the aspect, doesn"t look forward or back, just this is what happened isn"t it great . Brutus is speaking to the common people goes into prose, antony remains in verse. It is not the case that there is a clear line between low characters speak in prose, and high characters speak in verse.
