Gothic story

it was a very dark night jake and his friends were out playing a game of tag. Their phones were dead and their parents were out looking for them. Jakes friend Marley,Ben and fin were all in a massive bin they were really scared. They heared footsteps and then they heard jakes voice they were relieved to know it’s him. “Thank God” they whispered to each other ” ahhhh” jake screamed they saw through a hole a shadow passed the waited a little and looked of of the top of the bin. They saw a body laying there and ran up to it…

Earlier that day jake was at home and his mum was at work. His dad was killed while trying to rob a bank when jake was 2 years old. He was watching TV and fell asleep while watching it he woke up hours later and his friends were shouting his name outside his house. He looked out the window and his friends said “do you want to go out”. His mum said yes but take your phone with you .

Fate with Caeser and Brutus

I don’t believe that fate is cruel unless you know your fate. This is because I would never want to live life knowing I’m going to get hit by a bus or get shot. It’s just cruel wondering whether today is going to be your last day i believe that would be a really bad life to live. It would be very scary to know how you will die because you will be afraid to do certain things because it might kill you.

In act 1 scene 2 the soothsayer appears and tells Caeser to ‘beware the ides of March’ and Caeser insults the soothsayer by saying ‘he is a dreamer,’. Also the soothsayer gives him a vague warning. He just says that Caeser should beware on the 15th of March but he doesn’t tell Caeser in detail. This is a vague warning and Caeser thinks he is a joke. I believe this is the wrong decision to make because the soothsayer is a messenger from God and he should of taken this seriously. This is fate because he can’t change what will happen on the 15th of March and that his destiny and his life can’t be changed. In the line ‘beware the ides of March’ Shakespeare uses dramatic irony here. I know this because we as an audience know what will happen and when but the characters don’t and this is dramatic irony. This is not the only time that he ignores the signs that he will die. He also ignores the sign when his wife was telling him that she saw bad omens that he will die and he said that he will not go and he will tell Decius to tell the conspirators that he is sick so he can’t make it. But then fate comes in and Decius convinces Caeser to go to the senate house and then Caeser went to the senate house. Caesars destiny was always going to die on the 15th of March and that he can’t change it at all. It was always going to happen and it did.

In act 3 scene 1 Caeser was killed. This is fate because in act 1 scene 1 Caeser was told that he should ‘beware the ides of March’ and je did try but fate stopped him and he was killed. There was no way to avoid his death because his destiny was always to die on that day and he was warned by the soothsayer but he couldn’t avoid it and he didn’t. I believe that your fate is determined when you are born and it can’t be changed. That is fate in julius Caeser. Just before caeser died he said to Brutus ‘et tu brute, then caeser shall fall’ this is in French and it means and you Brutus then caeser shall die. Shakespeare used dramatic irony in his play because it make the play so much more intresting and  creates more tension. An example of this is when we knew that Caesar will die but he didn’t and this causes so much tension.

In act five scene two, three all of the conspirators died and this is fate because when Brutus was in his camp near Sardis caesers ghost had appeared and he said  ‘To tell thee thou shalt see me at Philippi’ and I believe that this means that he will die and he will see dead Caeser at Philippi. When Cassius was in Philippi he thought that they were losing the battle and stabbed himself and just after he did a friend of his came to tell him that they are winning and he found him dead. After that he gave Cassius a crown and stabbed himself. A little later then Brutus was asking his friends to stab him but they all refused and he told them all to go and he will catch up to them. Then he saw strato sleeping on the floor he woke him up and told him to stab him and he did it. Just after that Antony and his team came and saw him dead they were all proud to see him dead. Antony was happy because he had avenged caesers death. Brutus was told very vaguely that he would die at Philippi and he knew that so he got strato to stab him because he didn’t want Antony to kill him.  This is fate because he wanted to avoid dying at Philippi but then he killed himself and he couldn’t avoid dying at Philippi but he couldn’t. He would of died either way so he chose to be killed by a friend of his and not a enemy. Caesers ghosts warning was very similar to the warning of the soothsayer when he told Caeser ‘beware the ides of March’. It is very similar because they were both vague warnings and they were told very similarly. Brutus knew what was going to happen in Philippi when the ghost spoke to him because it reminded him of what happened with Caeser in act three.

“I had rather be a dog and bay the moon, than such a Roman”

brutus is saying to Cassius that he would rather be a dog that howls at the moon than a Roman like Cassius. When he said a dog that howls at the moon he is saying that he would rather be a dog that howls at the moon waiting for a response and we all know that the moon can’t respond. So he’s saying he’d rather be a dog and try the impossible than be like Cassius.

Act 4 scene 1

Characters: Antony, Lepidus and Octavius.

setting: Rome: Antony’s house

Antony,octavius and Lepidus speak about the people they will murder. They have a list of people that they will kill. They discuss this matter for the whole scene. Lepidus said that his brother can be killed as long as Antony’s agrees for his nephew to be killed.

Setting: a street in Rome 

Characters: artemidorus

Summary: artemidorus is reading a letter he has written to Caesar. In this letter he has said that Caesar should be carful when he sees these people Brutus, Cassius, casca, cinna, trebonius, metellus, Decius, and caius. He also sais that one of these men that will turn on you and kill you. 

‘o, pardon me…that I am meek and gentle with these butchers!’

I believe that in this quote from Antony’s soliloquy Antony is apologising to Caesars ghost. He is apologising because he is being way too gentle with the conspirators. He has already convinced the conspirators that he is one of them. Another interpretation of this could be that Antony is apologising because of the thing he will do next. So he could be saying forgive me but you can’t stop me from avenging your death.

‘Thou art the ruins of the noblest man that ever lived in the tides of times’

I believe that in this quote of Antony’s soliloquy he is saying here lies the remains of the noblest man that once live in the stream of history. Here he is being respectful to Caesar and is showing that he was a respected and good man but this had to happen to free all of the people of Rome. He continues to convince the conspirators that he is “one of them.”

“Which, like dumb mouths,do ope their ruby lips to beg the voice and utterance of my tongue”

I believe that in this quote he is saying that they are like clueless mouths, open their red lips, as though they want to beg me to speak. Here he is showing that he is not very happy that the conspirators had killed Caesar and now they want him to speak for them at the funeral.

“Cry ‘Havoc,’ and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial.”

I belive that this quote means that they will unleash the war dogs. This bad deed will make the sky stink with dead bodies that groan to be buried. He said this because he knows that now Caesar is dead they will take over and ruin the whole of Rome they will kill people that disagree with him and they won’t even bother to bury them.

How does Shakespeare build tension and play with the idea of fate?

Dramatic irony is a way that Shakespeare plays with the idea of fate and builds tension. When Calpurnia told Caeser that she has had bad omens and that he shouldn’t go out because he will die. He said ok I will stay home then Decius Brutus came into the house to take him to the Capitol.

Tony: hence home would you ever come to a football match without your kit you are football players yet you come with no kit you there what’s your occupation?

John: I’m a amateur footballer sir looking to be a pro.

Fred: where is your football kit what are you doing with your best clothes.

James: Well compared to a footballer you may call me a cobbler.

Fred: well that’s not good enough for me what is your trade.

James: I told you sir earlier.

fred: that’s not what I asked for answer my question.

James: I’m a ametuer footballer but I’m also a shoe polisher. If ever your shoes are dirty I can polish them for you sir.

Tony: what? How dare you be so rude that is an insult to me.

james: why, sir cobble you.

Tony: you are a cobbler are you.

james: sir, I’m a man that fixes old shoes. When they are ruined sir.

Tony: why are you not working now but you come to lead a football team.

james: I’m here to make there shoes wear out and make more money.

fred: what are you celebrating what victory does he hold? Who has he conquered this time. Are you men stupid all these years you have been trying your best to impress him, you get injured and and brake a leg. Yet he sits on his seat and watches all of this happen and you respect him.

Exit John and James

tony: go to the Capitol and see if the statues are decorated in honour of Caesar.

fred: I don’t think I can sneak in, the feast of Lupercal is on.

tony: it doesn’t matter. Make sure non of the statues represent Caesar. Go and make everyone think he’s bad and I’ll do the same then he may come down to the pitch.

THEY EXIT IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

how does Cassius reveal his plans in his soliloquy?

I think that Cassius reveals his plans by saying he will throw some letters through brutus’ window and all with different handwriting and then everyone will think that Cassius is upto something and he will lose his thrown.