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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
I decided not to give this 5 stars because I haven't read enough of Shakespeare's plays to say, "This is amazing, and better than_________." Perhaps my reasoning is faulty, but I'm going with it for now. I can always come back and change my rating. :) Now to read more Shakespeare!
IDES OF MARCH BADNESS BOOK #3! I've got a lot to think about after finishing this one. As weird or unobjective as it sounds, I just did not connect with Julius Caesar the way I have most of Shakespeare's other writing. To a significantly greater extent, I felt this way after finishing the English history plays. It's just like "Well, now I've read that."
I am going to have to reread it though because I definitely felt an inkling about Brutus changeability regarding his reasons for participating in Caesar's assassination and his refusal to take Cassius' advice. Brutus and Caesar are both very interesting characters. Who are the bad guys in this play? Are there any bad guys? There are a lot of interesting questions to ask, and after another reading, I think I'll be more inclined to ask them.
Now, I really want to read [b:Antony and Cleopatra|104837|Antony and Cleopatra|William Shakespeare|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347795799l/104837._SY75_.jpg|717119] because it feels like that one must pick up immediately afterwards because of the character set up, not just chronology. Speaking of wives and lovers of Shakespeare's Rome, I think I am going to have to find and read a gender study of this play. Calphurnia is in this play for one scene to warn Caesar not to go to the Senate, then never seen again. Portia is in this play IN PERSON for about one scene to warn and fret about Brutus, then she kills herself off stage. Prior to killing herself in despair over Brutus, Portia wounded her thigh to show him she was serious enough to trust. These are the only two significant women in the play. Perhaps Portia's self-abuse could be chalked up to philosophy, as Roman philosophies such as Stoicism and Epicureanism are important to the reading of the play. Even Calphurnia could be read as a representation of Roman superstition/religion due to how seriously she takes her dreams and the soothesayer's words. I suppose all of these musings would have to be part of the aforementioned gender study.
Overall, I did like this play, but I am going to have to reread it and think about it further. It did make me excited to see what play they'll be doing at Shakespeare in the park this year! However, I do doubt that it will be this play.