Julius CaesarRandom House Publishing Group, 1988 M01 1 - 288 páginas In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings–“Beware the ides of March”–and of moving public oratory, “Friends, Romans, countrymen!” Ironies abound and most of all for Brutus, whose fate it is to learn that his idealistic motives for joining the conspiracy against a would-be dictator are not enough to sustain the movement once Caesar is dead. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
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... play clearly was a ringing defense of republicanism and freedom versus the tyranny of Caesar . Thomas Betterton until 1707 , Barton Booth until 1728 , and James Quin until 1751 played Brutus as the eloquent and noble soul of liberty . The ...
... play clearly was a ringing defense of republicanism and freedom versus the tyranny of Caesar . Thomas Betterton until 1707 , Barton Booth until 1728 , and James Quin until 1751 played Brutus as the eloquent and noble soul of liberty . The ...
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... play's tragic action not in individual character but in a " communal identity " derived from the city itself : Rome is " the social determinant of the action . " When characters express individuality they do so in response to pressures ...
... play's tragic action not in individual character but in a " communal identity " derived from the city itself : Rome is " the social determinant of the action . " When characters express individuality they do so in response to pressures ...
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... play to students , Daiches examines the unfolding action , tracing Shakespeare's control of his audience's response . The moral balances of the play are delicately maintained : Brutus appears at once idealistic and naive ; Caesar ...
... play to students , Daiches examines the unfolding action , tracing Shakespeare's control of his audience's response . The moral balances of the play are delicately maintained : Brutus appears at once idealistic and naive ; Caesar ...
Contenido
Foreword | vii |
Introduction | xvii |
Julius Caesar in Performance | xxv |
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Alarum Antony's army Artemidorus available in Canada BANTAM CLASSIC-A BANTAM BANTAM CLASSICS battle bear blood Brutus and Cassius BRUTUS CASSIUS Caius Calpurnia Capitol CASCA Cassius CASSIUS BRUTUS Cato Cicero Cinna Claudius CLITUS conspiracy conspirators countrymen dangerous Dardanius Decius Brutus doth dream Enter Brutus Exeunt Exit fear fire Flavius follow FOURTH PLEBEIAN friends give gods hand hath hear heart honor humor ides of March Joseph Papp Julius Caesar king Lepidus Ligarius live look lord Lucilius Marcus Brutus Mark Antony marketplace Marullus matter Messala Metellus Cimber mettle murder night noble Brutus Octavius Philippi Pindarus play's Plutarch political Pompey Pompey's Portia Publius Roman Rome scene SECOND PLEBEIAN Senate SERVANT Shake Shakespeare Shakespeare's play soldiers SOOTHSAYER speak speech spirit stand Strato sword tell theater thee things THIRD PLEBEIAN thou art Titinius tragedies Trebonius unto VARRO Volumnius words