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*
Friday, March 25, 2011
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
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
Thursday, March 17, 2011
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."
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*
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
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*
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*
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