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Content: Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar"On this segment of HarperAudio!,
We present excerpts from William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" starring
Sir Ralph Richardson and Anthony Quayle and directed by Howard Sackler.In Part 1, Caesar has been warned by a soothsayer to beware the ides of
March (March 15). In this scene, Caesar's wife begs him not to go to
the Capitol because she has had ominous dreams and fears for his life.
Brutus, Caesar's friend and a conspirator against him, appears and
convinces Caesar to go to the Capitol in spite of the portents.In Part 2, Caesar, a great general, is petitioned by several citizens to
show clemency to one of his enemies. He declines, pompously speaking of
himself in the third person. The group of conspirators then proceeds to
stab him. With his dying breath he gasps, "Et tu, Brute? ("And you,
Brutus?") Thus falls Caesar." The conspirators exult, and Shakespeare
inserts a self-referential joke as Cassius says, "How many ages hence
shall this our lofty scene be acted over in states unborn and accents
yet unknown!"
In Part 3, Brutus presents a rational argument in favor of Caesar's
assassination at the beginning of the funeral. His logical but prosaic
way of speaking convinces the attending Romans to accept his political
reasons for the crime -- but only temporarily.
In part 4, we hear the end of the funeral scene. After Brutus finishes
his eulogy, Marc Antony gets up to speak. In contrast with Brutus's
rational argument, Marc Antony appeals solely to emotion, rousing the
crowd to pity Caesar and manipulating them by sheer force of feelings.
Again, Shakespeare inserts an ironic touch; Marc Antony disingenuously
claims "I am no orator, as Brutus is," even though he has just defeated
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