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Julius Caesar !
- ACT 1
- SCENE 1:
SERIES OF
EVENTS
- Commoners are celebrating in the streets for
Caesar's return.
- Murellus and Flavius (Members of the Aristocracy) question the plebs
about not working and are met with riddling replies by a witty cobbler
- Murellus then asks them the reason for
their rejoicing and if they were not
supporters of Pompey before (who was
not an enemy but a fellow senator Like
Caesar.)
- Flavius then forces them to go back to their jobs and also
to ask for forgiveness for being disloyal to Pompey.
- Flavius convinces Murellus to disrobe all of Caesars statues
and images that have been put up in his honour.
- Flavius convinces Murellus to disrobe all of Caesars statues
and images that have been put up in his honour.
- Flavius then forces them to go back to their jobs and also
to ask for forgiveness for being disloyal to Pompey.
- Murellus then asks them the reason for
their rejoicing and if they were not
supporters of Pompey before (who was
not an enemy but a fellow senator Like
Caesar.)
- Murellus and Flavius (Members of the Aristocracy) question the plebs
about not working and are met with riddling replies by a witty cobbler
- Commoners are celebrating in the streets for
Caesar's return.
- SCENE 1 : ANAYSIS
- Importance of this SCENE: This
scene is the INTRODUCTION to
the play. The social structure is
seen; there is the Noble and
the Commoners NO MIDDLE
CLASS.
- THE ATTITUDES OF THE NOBLE MEN TOWARD CAESAR
- Trouble is brewing among the noble; as Flavius and Murellus ,
senators, are jealous are of Caesar and are against Caesar's impending
rise to royalty. This is seen when Murellus asks the commoners:
"Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home." This shows that
he is jealous as he asks the commoners why they are rejoicing,which
shows his disregard for Caesars "victory". Naturally one would think i
fellow patriot would share in the joy of winning a battle for their
country
- Their resentment for Caesars political advancement is also seen when Flavius
says"These growing feathers plucked from Caesar's will make him fly an ordinary
pitch." This meant that if the commoners stopped supporting Caesar he would be
a normal nobleman just like them.
- Ultimately, Flavius and Murellus proceed to
take down the images and adornments on
Caesar's statue ,even though it is the feast of
Luprecal.This shows that these noblemen were
so resentful of Caesar that they went against a
sacred Festival in Honour of one of their gods
because if their own hatred for Caesar's power.
- Ultimately, Flavius and Murellus proceed to
take down the images and adornments on
Caesar's statue ,even though it is the feast of
Luprecal.This shows that these noblemen were
so resentful of Caesar that they went against a
sacred Festival in Honour of one of their gods
because if their own hatred for Caesar's power.
- Their resentment for Caesars political advancement is also seen when Flavius
says"These growing feathers plucked from Caesar's will make him fly an ordinary
pitch." This meant that if the commoners stopped supporting Caesar he would be
a normal nobleman just like them.
- Trouble is brewing among the noble; as Flavius and Murellus ,
senators, are jealous are of Caesar and are against Caesar's impending
rise to royalty. This is seen when Murellus asks the commoners:
"Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home." This shows that
he is jealous as he asks the commoners why they are rejoicing,which
shows his disregard for Caesars "victory". Naturally one would think i
fellow patriot would share in the joy of winning a battle for their
country
- THE FICKLENESS AND DISLOYALTY OF THE COMMONERS ARE SEEN
- They rejoice for Caesars victory over Pompey
who was a senator they once supported and
"Loved"
- This is seen when Murellus says "Knew you not Pompey?.....And
when you saw his chariot but appear Have you not made an
universal shout?"
- This is seen when Murellus says "Knew you not Pompey?.....And
when you saw his chariot but appear Have you not made an
universal shout?"
- They rejoice for Caesars victory over Pompey
who was a senator they once supported and
"Loved"
- THE DISRESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMONERS AND NOBLE
- The disrespectful relationships between these two groups
is established as they both refer to each other using
disrespectful names
- Example: Flavius refers to the commoners as" Idle creatures, you worse than senseless things , you blocks ,you stones."
- The commoners disrespect to the noble men is seen when the cobbler
answers Flavius in an insolent tone saying he is out in the streets in an
attempt to get more work by wearing out the shoes of thee other commoners
- The commoners disrespect to the noble men is seen when the cobbler
answers Flavius in an insolent tone saying he is out in the streets in an
attempt to get more work by wearing out the shoes of thee other commoners
- Example: Flavius refers to the commoners as" Idle creatures, you worse than senseless things , you blocks ,you stones."
- The disrespectful relationships between these two groups
is established as they both refer to each other using
disrespectful names
- Importance of this SCENE: This
scene is the INTRODUCTION to
the play. The social structure is
seen; there is the Noble and
the Commoners NO MIDDLE
CLASS.
- SCENE 1:
SERIES OF
EVENTS
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