Quick Write #1--

Copy into page 2 of your large packet in the box for "Scene 2"
setting: a public place in Rome
characters: Antony, Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Calpurnia, soothsayer
plot: A soothsayer warns Caesar about 3/15 but Caesar ignores him. Cassius tries to convince Brutus to join the conspiracy by using flattery and insulting Caesar. He tells him Caesar is not better than they are, they just haven't done anything to gain power. Brutus says he will not join the conspiracy against Caesar. Caesar is offered the crown 3 times and denies it. Caesar expresses his distrust of Cassius. Cassius says he will next write several fake letters to convince Brutus.

Quick Write #1: (should be done by the end of class---Use your TREEE*S format)
How do Shakespeare's specific choices about how to begin the play introduce conflict in this Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2? 

HOPEFULLY YOU WILL FINISH IN CLASS TODAY!!! IF NOT IT IS homework!!!!!
SOME IDEAS!!

Act I, Scenes 1 and 2
Setting—

--a month before he dies 2/15/feast of Lupercal/after Pompey’s defeat/streets of Rome

Characterization

Characterization of commoners and the tribunes---some like Caesar some don’t 

Brutus—characterized as loyal to Caesar and Rome/not giving in to Cassius’s manipulations/honorable

Cassius –characterized as…manipulative/underhanded/uses flattery on Brutus/insults Caesar/writes fake letters to Brutus

Caesar—as superstitious/doesn’t believe soothsayer’s warning/does not trust Cassius

Conflict

—conflict politically in Rome (some fear Caesar is getting too much power). 

*Cassius vs. Brutus---Cassius is using flattery/insulting Caesar to convince Brutus to be on his side but not working yet because Brutus does not want to be a traitor to Rome

Sample outline using this format:
     In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare the author introduces conflict in Act I scenes 1-2 by_____________________________________________(what are your choices?).These conflicts introduce the reader to the plot because ________________________(what do they show us is going on?)
      In Act 1, scene 1 ________________________________________________. This shows ___________________________________. Additionally, _____________________ explaining to the reader _______________________.
   Another conflict introduced is _______________________. We first see this when _____________. This explains _________________________. Furthermore, _________________________ showing the reader ________________________.
   Shakespeare introduces conflict in Act I scenes 1 and 2 to ______________________.