AIR FORCE SCHOOL‚ GURGAON SUBJECT: ENGLISH CLASS-X TERM-I LITERARY READER- L-I The Tribute and L-2 Cutie Pie. Poem: Poem 1 Night of the Scorpion; Poem 2 Ode to the west wind; Poem3 The Frog and the Nightingale. Drama: Play1 Christmas Carol. MCB- Unit 1 Health and Medicine and Unit 2 Education. GRAMMAR: Reported Speech‚ Tenses‚ Modals‚ Editing (error detection and omission)‚gap filling‚ reordering word groups into sentences‚ dialogue completion and transformation of sentences. Different structures
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Forum with Caesar’s body in tow and will use the corpse as a prop throughout his oration. - / - / - / - / - / - I come to bury Caesar‚ not to praise him. Antony follows with a line of straight iambic pentameter punctuated with a feminine ending. Here’s the first irony of Antony’s speech‚ in that he is unequivocally here to praise Caesar. Antony is‚ in fact‚ lying. This is a calculated tactic to disarm a crowd firmly on the side of Brutus when Antony takes the pulpit. - / - -
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Julius Caesar Any salad can become a Caesar salad if you stab it enough. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a tragic play written by the great William Shakespeare. The play was first performed in 1599 during the period of history titled “The Age of Discovery.” During this era‚ historical plays were generally popular due to most people’s curiosity to learn about diverse worlds that differed from their own. Because of this‚ Shakespeare wrote several plays based on historical events that occurred
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others’ eyes. In William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar‚ two main characters‚ Julius Caesar and Marcus Brutus‚ present different personas- one being each characters actual self-characterizations‚ which we learn through their discussions with others‚ and another is how they are actually perceived in the eyes of others. Their inability to project their true motives in performing certain actions eventually brings about their tragic downfalls. Julius Caesar believed that people needed one strong ruler
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Both Paul Baumer of Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front and Brutus of Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar are innocent and trusting when introduced to the reader‚ but after experiencing indescribable pain‚ both become realistic stoics without hope for a better life. Both characters’ naiveté leads them to make a fatal error. Because of their mistakes‚ Paul and Brutus suffer horrifying experiences and must do things that they later regret. The trauma that they must live through
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Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act I Study Guide John Shaw Act I Important Lines in the Play: 1.1.37-39: A tribune is speaking to the commoners saying that they are lazy‚ stupid‚ and useless because they do not know about what happened to Pompey (Caesar killed Pompey but it was not shown in the play). They also say this because the commoners are not working and instead celebrating Caesar’s rule‚ making the tribunes angrier because the tribunes favor Pompey’s rule. 1.1.50-54: The tribune
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sovereign power. Therefore‚ Brutus was a patriot‚ whose character is to be admired‚ and whose example should be imitated‚ as long as republican liberty shall have a friend or an enemy in the world. Brutus is a very cautious man. "Into what dangers are you leading me‚ Cassius‚ that you would have me lookinto myself for things that are not there?"(1.2.68-70) This quote is referring to act 1 where Cassius brings Brutus into the room and starts to talk about Caesar. When Cassius suggests to kill Mark
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While Macbeth and Marc Antony come close‚ Julius Caesar reigns supreme. Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once‚ Of all the wonders that I yet have heard‚ It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death‚ a necessary end‚ Will come when it will come. I have heard these words many‚ many times in my household from my dad‚ to allay my fears before my first piano recital‚ right before my first performance in dance‚ and before my first
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Throughout the book of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare‚ there are multiple signs that suggest Caesar’s upcoming demise but are ignored due to the arrogance and insecurity of Caesar. As the drama continues there is a clear foreshadowing of his death shown through Calphurnia’s dream of Caesar "Calphurnia in her sleep cried out “Help ho‚ they murder Caesar!””(Act 2 scene 2 line 2-3). Calphurnia dreamt about Caesar blood pouring out into a fountain where Romans were smiling
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In the play‚ “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚” by William Shakespeare‚ two very dear friends of Caesar give speeches at Caesar’s funeral‚ Brutus and Mark Antony. Brutus‚ who killed Caesar tries to excuse himself and the conspirators for murdering Caesar. Antony desires to rile up the common people to revolt against Brutus and his accomplices. While both speeches seem to be compelling‚ Mark Antony’s speech worked the best at persuading the audience through his use of rhetorical devices such as logical
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