Blogger#19, Nathan Mai, Period 2, 12/13/21

 Blogger#19 Nathan Mai Period 2 12/13/21

Aim:  How does the assassination of Caesar establish both the climax and conflict in Act III, as a result of the contrasting reactions of Brutus and Antony?

We started the period with a Kahoot on Act one and two

Do Now-TEAM DISCUSSION NOW/WHOLE CLASS DISCUSSION LATER

Oftentimes, people lead a different personal life when compared to their public life.

• Students may be shy in class, but outgoing at home with close friends and family.

• Students may be the class clown in class, but applied and mature at home. 

In addition, personal interest can sometimes come in conflict with public interest. 

Discuss this topic with your Teammates and apply it to the events of Julius Caesar thus far. Consider Brutus especially.

We discussed-

• On the outside/to the public eye Brutus is respected and confident on his decisions, but at home he is indecisive and insecure about his decision making

• The conspirators are two faced, talking good about caesar while he takes the crown but plan to murder him behind his back

• Caesar is how he presents himself and nothing else, unlike others in the play 

Climax: The turning point or highest point in a story, at which the end result becomes inevitable, usually where something suddenly goes terribly wrong; the “dramatic high point” of a story.

What is the CLIMAX of a story? [2:59]

• The climax is where the tension breaks and when characters and ‘take a breath’

• After the highest point(the climax) everything spirals down to the resolution

Conflict: A struggle between opposing forces which is the driving force of a story. The outcome of any story provides a resolution of the conflict(s); this is what keeps the reader reading. Conflicts can exist between individual characters (Man vs Man), between groups of characters (Society vs Society), between a character and society (Man vs Society), between elements (Man vs Nature), etc., and can also be purely abstract (i.e., conflicting ideas). 

“What is Conflict in Literature?”: A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers [3:16]

• We usually want something bad to happen in stories so they become more interesting

• Conflict means thwarted, endangered, or opposing desire; without conflict there is no story

Reflection-

The purpose of this lesson was to review parts of stories and relate them to the assasination of Julius Caesar compared to the reactions of Brutus and Anthony. We see that Caesar presents himself very highly, almost like royalty, and some people despise him for that and plan to murder him. We also know that Brutus is well respected by the public and is being wooed to betray Caesar, how Brutus feels torn about his choice of joining the conspirators before Caesar gains too much power. All of this slowly adds on to the conflict of deciding to betray Caesar and carrying out the plan of the conspirators, and the climax of what Brutus choses and who happens after.