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Julius Caesar (Rev)
Julius Caesar (Rev) | William Shakespeare, Barbara Rosen, William Rosen
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The Tragedie of Julius Caesar dates from around 1599, and was first published by Heminge and Condell as the sixth play in the Tragedies section of their First Folio of 1623. The Folio text is thus the only authoritative text of the play and has been the basis of all later editions. Julius Caesar is also a particularly clean text with few obvious errors and comparatively few points where conjectural readings are called for. There is ample evidence of thematic ambiguity in the play, an ambiguity which the play's editorial and theatrical history has sought to smooth over. The editorial resolution of ambiguities has closed off certain routes of interpretation, directions that the original text offers its readers and performers. This new edition presents the play in the form in which it appeared in the First Folio, restoring, for example, the Folio's punctuation and lineation and revealing through these rhetorical emphases and nuances of characterization lost by later editorial regularization. Julius Caesar is a profoundly political play easily made to reflect the political dilemmas of the society in which it is produced. Not only is it amenable to such appropriation by virtue of its political themes but also because of its essential enigmatic nature. The editorial tradition of removing these complications has the effect of modifying and distorting the play. This edition returns the original form of the play to circulation and thereby reopens the avenues of interpretation that were originally offered by Julius Caesar.
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Leftcoastzen
Julius Ceasar | Edited by W. Turner
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Bye ,bye Caesar! Beware the ides of March.

LeahBergen Indeed! 😬 3y
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Sharv_Sona
Tragedy of Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare
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This play was truly great, knowing that this book is the first Shakespeare play that I read brings me happiness. For me, it was a bit hard to read because I hadn‘t ever read a book in that format, but it really helps if you imagine it as a live play in your head. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Sharv_Sona
Tragedy of Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare

His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him that nature might stand up and to all the world ‘This was a man.‘

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Sharv_Sona
Tragedy of Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare

“Et tu brute?”

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Sharv_Sona
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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 men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come.

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Sharv_Sona
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Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus, and we petty men walk under his huge legs, and peep about to find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some times are masters of their fate: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.

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Sharv_Sona
Tragedy of Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare
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I asked my public library for this play, and they said that they had it in the library basement and that they would get it for me. I soon leant that this was a very old copy of the play, and boy, does it smell good! I‘m starting it right now, and I hope it‘s great! 🤞

charl08 That's lovely! 3y
mandarchy Was that the only copy they had? I had to change high schools and wound up having to read it twice. I hated it - so bitterly ruined Shakespeare for me. 3y
Sharv_Sona @mandarchy Yes, the others was already borrowed. I am sorry it ruined your experience. 3y
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BacklistReader
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Read Julius Caesar for both June‘s #bookspin and #doublespin

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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BarkingMadRead
Tragedy of Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare
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Started this yesterday and I was bummed that I read my favorite line on Pi Day, one day early lol #bewaretheidesofmarch

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Eggs
Tragedy of Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare
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The most notorious murder in classical history tells a tragic tale of friendship, ambition and betrayal.

#rome #litsyspringbreak @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TheKidUpstairs

Karisa And you know what tomorrow is! Beware the Ides of March! 4y
Eggs Yes!! Good call @Karisa 👏🏻👏🏻 4y
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CloakNQuill
Julius Caesar (Revised) | William Shakespeare
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One of many 📦 that are the result of having a BA in literary analysis & my sister having her Masters in medieval history

#booksonbooksonbooks #history #literature #home #library

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kspenmoll
Tragedy of Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare
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#AboutAugust #Ageless #Day4
Shakespeare‘s play,Julius Caesar,has been relevant throughout the ages,thus is #ageless.At school this year when we studied it, we linked it to Trump‘s impeachment which was going on.Reading this with my son right now. The play generates countless discussions concerning our current political system,Trump‘s misuse of executive orders, politics of Covid.
The sculpture is the only existing one from Caesar‘s lifetime.

Eggs Nicely done ✅ 4y
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AliceFaustus
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"Indeed, the times are strange.
But people can interpret events the way they want to,
No matter what actually causes the events."

#shakespeare2020

LitStephanie That kitty doesn't seem concerned! He is not heeding the warnings, LOL! 4y
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TsundokuAleax
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So this past weekend we did the public performances of this 80 minute version that is toured to schools. This photo was my end of the run image. Now to the good stuff, I am putting in my two weeks notice tomorrow! I have been trying to leave my job for years and this opportunity might be even better than I thought it would be. I will be able to keep doing my theatre work, which makes me so happy.

DivineDiana Fantastic! 👏🏻👍🏻👏🏻 6y
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gradcat
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“Beware the ides of March.”

#QuotsyMar19

(Day 15 - #Beware)

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i.z.booknook
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare
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March starts tomorrow!

“Beware the ides of March.”

💀💀💀

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Saknicole
Julius Caesar (Revised) | William Shakespeare
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I updated my quote finally. I am falling in love and the gooeyness is seaping into all aspects of life. This is a small section of my gallery wall behind my desk. Kudos to all the talented students who have allowed me to keep their literary interpretations over the past 3 years! #teachersoflitsy #poetry #love

UrsulaMonarch What a great wall!!! 6y
britt_brooke Love it!! 6y
Kimberlone ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
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Lcsmcat
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kaylscampbell
Tragedy of Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare
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Not entertaining

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Meredith3
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare
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I remember reading this in high school, and ya boy Julius was TOTALLY #doomed and although I love Gretchen Weiner's interpretation of it, I am totally #teamjuliuscaesar #ettubruté #aprella #imlatedonthate

Mdargusch Very good choice. I‘m impressed you read this! 😘 7y
Meredith3 @Mdargusch thank you! It's definitely been awhile! 7y
Reviewsbylola 🤣🤣🤣🤣Brutus is just as cute. 7y
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ephemeralwaltz 😂😂😂👌🏼👌🏼 7y
emilyhaldi 🤣🤣🤣 I can‘t 🤣🤣🤣 great start to my day reading this! 7y
APLitlife Just finished teaching this. 7y
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DGRachel
Tragedy of Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare
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Mehso-so

I‘ve never been a huge fan of Ancient Roman history, which is probably why I didn‘t enjoy this play in high school. I have to say I‘m still not a huge fan, but this fills a challenge prompt I‘ve been struggling with. I also cannot recommend the error plagued Serial Reader version. The half I read out of my Signet Classic edition was more interesting with footnotes.

ReadingMeagan I was one of the only kids who liked this play in high school! My English teacher always found that to be funny (in a good way) 7y
DGRachel @ReadingMeagan I think I just keep reading this at bad times in my life and that definitely impacts how I feel about it. 10th Grade was not a good year, generally, and I‘ve been dealing with a sick dog this last week. What‘s really funny is that this is probably the play I quote the most. 😂 7y
ReadingMeagan @DGRachel That will do it. You totally have to be in the right state of mind for it. I‘m sorry to hear about your dog 💕 hopefully this week is a better one for you. 7y
Libby1 I hope your dog is feeling better. ❤️ I‘m glad that this at least fulfilled a challenge for you. I really enjoyed it, but came into it with a complete lack of knowledge about it, other than that it‘s about Caesar and that he dies! 7y
DGRachel @Libby1 Thanks! Seriously, I appreciate you suggesting this as I had a complete block as to what to read for the challenge prompt! I‘m glad you enjoyed it. 😊 7y
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DGRachel
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@Libby1 I‘m almost done, but I had to switch to my print version from college after I found this error in the Serial Reader day 4. I‘ve tried using that app several times, but I think I just have to accept that it does not work for me. Thanks for suggesting this for the #IdesofMarch. 😊 I have enjoyed getting back into Shakespeare.

Libby1 I‘m glad you‘re finished with it now. You can move on to something more comforting, light, or fun. Take care. 💕 7y
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DGRachel
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Men...ignoring women and paying for it since, well, forever. 😂😂

#bewaretheidesofmarch
#toldyouso

TheWordJar 😂😂😂 7y
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DGRachel
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I always forget how many commonplace quotations originate In Shakespearean plays. Thanks @Libby1 for suggesting this play on the Ides of March!

TheKidUpstairs In my dream library I would have a poster of Bernard Levin's Quoting Shakespeare: https://inside.mines.edu/~jamcneil/levinquote.html 7y
rwmg There is the story of the Victorian old lady who was taken to the theatre for the first time by her nephew to see Hamlet, and when asked what she thought of it said, "It was very nice, dear, but full of quotations." 7y
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Jensol77
Tragedy of Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare
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Beware the Ides of March

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AvidReader25
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare
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These stairs include all of Shakespeare‘s plays!

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Coooooool! 7y
AvidReader25 @TobeyTheScavengerMonk It‘s a staircase in the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company‘s theatre! 7y
BookwormM That is cool 7y
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Dogearedcopy
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🎭 Saw Oregon Shakespeare Festival‘s production of “Julius Caesar” this afternoon! A deeply political play that uses the power of rhetoric to full advantage in its monologues, it‘s one of the Bard‘s longer plays. The performance I saw was highly stylized in set & lights, fighting choreography, and costume (Uber Urban Outfitter meets Army/Navy surplus,) and some of the scenes were underplayed, but the heart was there if you knew where to look

Dragon I read this play back in high school and I still say “beware the Ides of March” and “Et tu, Brute” 😀🐉 the live play sounds great! 7y
Crystalblu Every summer when I was in my teens I would work there. So much fun! 7y
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merelybookish
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Cathythoughts Loving this 👍 7y
Ms_T 😂👍🏻👏🏻 7y
I-read-and-eat 😂😂 7y
RohitSawant 😂😂 7y
merelybookish @Cathythoughts @Ms_T @I-read-and-eat @rohit-sawant can't go wrong with a cat meme. 😎 7y
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bewareofwords
Tragedy of Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare
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Well, I'm three months late, but I think this (modernly-interpreted) sentiment still applies 😂 #wasteddays #june15 #shakespeare #thatcollegelife

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BookishMarginalia
Julius Caesar (Revised) | William Shakespeare
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Given the controversy about the current staging of Julius Caesar in Central Park, I think this article provides important context. Shakespeare is meant to be controversial --and timely. And Julius Caesar is at its core a warning about what happens when the "righteous" take the law into their own hands (hint: the Republic dies too): https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/theater/julius-caesar-shakespeare-donald-trum...

bookloo 👏🏽 7y
TheBookbabeblog84 I just had a debate online about why using this play this way was okay. Some folks took serious issue with the theater being political. When it always has been. 7y
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Lauren_Kraig
Tragedy of Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare

Danger knows full well that Caesar is more dangerous than he.

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AndreaReads
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So happy to finish with Julius Caesar--it's probably one of my least favorite of the Shakespeare plays, and teaching rhetorical appeals is not my strong suit... #IsItSummerYet

CocoReads It's the only Shakespeare unit I failed. Wish the no fear editions had been around when I was in school. That may have helped. 8y
AndreaReads @CocoReads I decided since we really only read this play for the rhetoric, that's all we focus on. We read and analyze the 5 main speeches then call it good. It's tough. 8y
CocoReads It's not his best play for sure. That seems like the best that can be done with that one. 8y
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readinginthedark I read this by choice the summer between ending high school and starting college, and one of my lit. professors said, "Why would you do that?" ? (edited) 8y
AndreaReads @readinginthedark ? That was me and Faulkner's Light In August. One of my professors asked me the same thing, and my response was, "I thought it was supposed to be one of those books everyone is supposed to read..." 8y
readinginthedark @AndreaReads Yeah, same reasoning here! 8y
Aim-eeToothpaste Just make them love it. I know you can! 8y
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UnabridgedTomes
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Be safe out there today, everybody.

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HauntedOrchid
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Really liked the audio book for this one.

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