Alternate Ending

In the ending of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Brutus and Cassius both killed themselves because of a war that wasn't going so well. Both men didn't want to have their honor taken away from them and they both wanted to keep their honor still. Instead of taking their lives themselves they both had someone else do it for them, it also seemed like Brutus felt a little bad for killing Caesar in the first place. To change the ending I would have both Brutus and Cassius live instead of killing themselves because the way I see it, killing yourself shows that you are a coward. Brutus and Cassius both live and continue to fight in the war and they win the war. This results in Brutus becoming leader of Rome and making Rome a better place for everyone. This could end by fixing things instead of Brutus and Cassius taking their own lives because they were thinking of themselves.

-Angiekins

Frizzled Fate

Preparation:Pre-heat oven to 360 degrees of freewill, have all your ingredients prepared and ready for cooking

Ingredients:

1 cup Caesar

2 cups of Conspirators

1 1/2 teaspoon of Portia

1 tablespoon Casca

Dash of Cassius

Pinch of Brutus

1 cup Calpurnia

1/4 cup olive oil

Instructions:
Have a big bowl to mix in all your ingredients in add olive oil and spread throughout bowl. Take Caesar and thoroughly, add Conspirators, Portia, Casca, Calpurnia and mix until all ingredients become nice and thick. Pour it into a baking pan and bake for 30 minutes or until its nice and golden. After taking out the finished product sprinkle Brutus and Cassius on top for frizzle.

-Angiekins

Act IV

• Fate is a bus root with only one stop and freewill is the growth of a tree branch.
  
• Fate is like a strong ocean current and freewill is like a piece of drift wood.
• Brutus is like a scale, he tries to keep Rome in balance but Caesars murder is too heavy.
  

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Act IV Quote

“Under your pardon. You must note beside,That we have tried the utmost of our friends,Our legions are brim-full, our cause is ripe.The enemy increaseth every day.We, at the height, are ready to decline.There is a tide in the affairs of men,Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;Omitted, all the voyage of their lifeIs bound in shallows and in miseries.On such a full sea are we now afloat,And we must take the current when it servesOr lose our ventures.”(Brutus, Act IV, Scene 3, Lines 211-222)

Modernization: Hey, let me interrupt. You guys need to understand that we have asked for all we can from our allies. Our armies are well numbered and armed, our followers are loyal to our cause, and the enemy is growing more powerful as I speak. We can only loose power as time passes. Let us not waste readiness to fight because it is unlikely that another opportunity will arise that is of equal advantage. If we wait, we will be doomed the fate of defeat and will regret it. We have to strike when the iron is hot, and do so with the full might of our armies.

Importance: These lines are spoken by Brutus to persuade Cassius, Titinius and Messala that an attack on the triumvirate currently would be the best. Brutus concentrates his argument on the fact that currently their army is very strong and their supporters are motivated. These strong words reflect Brutus’s belief that free-will can overpower fate. He says if they wait they will be at the mercy of defeat because their armies will decline in strength, and they can triumph over this fate by choosing to initiate the battle.

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Act IV Similes and Metaphor

• Fate is the dagger in plain sight but free will is the force that drives it through flesh.


• Fate is like the stars set in the sky, free will is like a fire finding its path and changing with the wind.


• Antony is like a thunderstorm, for the stage is set but he tips the scale with a loud boom. *diva29ash*

Act II Haikus

Serpent egg hatching
Conspiracy can stop him
No oaths should be made

Portia is worried
Brutus is hiding something
Why won't he he tell her?

Statue spewing blood
Causar's not invincible
It's our fate to die

*KareBear49*

Act II Poem Analysis

Opportunity Knocks
by Z Michael D Nalley

Opportunities often knock at our door
Those we have to choose to accept or ignore
It is sometimes a shame we don't unlock
The door even when we hear the knock

Opportunity may be a road full of rocks
Life is a journey filled with hard knocks
One road may be right, the other wrong
One road may be short, the other long

Many times we wish we could turn back the clock
To a time that we heard a good opportunity knock
It has been said time and tide wait for no man
For goodness sake we must come up with a plan

The world is a diverse place of cold reality, and warm romance
Where the merciful Lord often offers more than one chance
The wise will learn from the hard knocks to avoid the dangerous rocks
Time will tell who has fell and got back up when opportunity knocks

"Poems about Life"(http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/life/poems.php?id=1043102)

I believe that opportunity has a direct relationship with fate and free will. It is some what the determining factor in way. How one embraces opportunity is from one's free will, how the opportunity presents itself is a question of fate vs. freewill. This poem relates to Act II in both literal and figurative way. For one Brutus is presented with the opportunity to be a part of the murder of Caesar. He is receiving letters from the people, as far as he knows, that tells him to stand up for Rome and make the wrongs right, for he is the noble Brutus. This confirms his feeling that something must be done about Caesar. Then the conspirators show up at his door to have him in their scheme. That is when the opportunity truly presented itself to Brutus, literally at his door.

The whole act of killing Caesar is indeed an opportunity in its self. An opportunity all the conspirators silently agreed to. They are all conscience of what they are doing, but they feel their actions are justified because Caesar is a tyrant who is an unfit ruler for Rome. They all could have backed out, it was not their fate that decided to be a part of the act but their own choice, their free will to seize the opportunity. And they did just that.

diva29ash

Act One Scene Two qoute

"Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings."

This is a line from scene two of act one. Cassius is talking to Brutus about Caesar and is being very malicious and coy about how they must throw him out of power. He doesn't state this directly but instead makes Brutus feel very loved and tells him shortly after this quote that Caesar is no more important than Brutus. He tells Brutus here that he can be as powerful as Caesar because "Men at some time are masters of their fates". He is saying that no matter what the soothsayer's say and no matter what "signs" they see. Later on, this makes Caesar nervous because he knows that Cassius has new ideas (being his master of his own fate) and he believes that men that think too much (Cassius) are dangerous to the world. Cassius knows that his fate is in his own hands. he just has to convince others of the same thing.

This shows that Cassius is a thinker and he wants to be in charge. He seems like a good guy until the scene where he thinks out loud about Brutus and how they can be in charge. Cassius is power hungry and he doesn't really believe in fate (as shown when he talks Casca about the "signs"). He believes in paving his own way and being the leader. He is a surprising character and I believe he will do something extremely shocking that shows he truly is the master of his own fate. I almost hope he convinces Brutus to do the same just so it shows the other characters what a conniving person he is. He is also a realist because he believes in free will and that the choice is yours instead of believing that the stars and whatnot tell his fate and how things are going to be.

*Sweetness*

Fate and Free Will... what it's all about.

Flavius and Marullus are upset with the commoners.
All of them have forgotten about Pompey.
They adore their new ruler Caesar.
Everyone is out in the streets.

Ancient Rome is celebrating Caesar’s victory.
Now Flavius and Marullus want to rebel against the merriment.
Disrobe the images of Caesar, take down the decorations.

February brings the feast of Lupercal.
Receiving a prophecy of his demise, Caesar disbelieved the warning.
Excellence within Brutus is seen by Cassius.
Excursions of weak moments proved Caesar is not truly immortal.

What will be the fate of Rome?
In ourselves is the power of free will.
Let decisions pave the way.
Let consequences pay the price.

*KareBear49*