Month: October 2015

  • Descriptive Piece

    Morning of summer solstice. The sky stares at the ground with bright blue eyes, redwings sing songs in the trees and the breeze softly rustles the greenery. As the flowers, trees and bushes are gently awakened by the wind, a sweet aroma disperses into the air. In the distance, a steady rattle of wheels clattering…

  • Act 4 Scene 1 Summary

    This scene is set in Antony’s house where Antony, Octavius and Lepidus meet to plot revenge against the conspirators. During their meeting, the topic of Lepidus’ brother comes up and they begin to discuss what to do with him but Lepidus consents to kill him. This shows that they were willing to kill anyone associated…

  • Act 3 Scene 2 Summary

    In this scene, Antony is speaking to the crowd and he turns everyone against the conspirators. He does this through the use of metaphors. Furthermore, he manipulates the crowd by using Caesar’s ‘will’ which I believe to be a lie which Antony made to manupulate the views of the peoples. Antony also uses rhetorical questions to…

  • Futility H/W

    Starter:  fatuous – foolish, silly   Task One:  A soldier moves his comrade into the light and warmth of the Sun in hope of him ‘waking up’. It used to wake him every day in World War One era France. However, the comrade is dead so he cannot wake up this time. The Sun is…

  • Act 3 Scene 1 Summary

    In Act 3 Scene 1, Caesar is murdered by the conspirators after refusing to grant a petition to unbanish Cimber. Casca delivers the first stab as he says ‘Speak hands for me!’ as though he is telling his hands to stab Caesar. After everyone stabs him, Brutus delivers the final blow where Caesar then says…