William Grimme and I will be performing a duet from Act 1, Scene 2, lines: 25-77 in the play Julius Caesar. This is where Cassius is talking to Brutus when everyone else is at the game on the field.

This dialogue is important because this is where Cassius puts doubt of Caesar in the mind of Brutus and he tries to convince him to join the conspiracy. This passage is where both Cassius and Brutus' characters are revealed and you find out what they are like. In this passage you find out that Brutus does doubt Caesar and that Cassius wants to exploit that to make his course to kill Caesar seem more noble.

CASSIUS

Will you go see the order of the course?

BRUTUS

Not I.

CASSIUS

I pray you, do.

BRUTUS

I am not gamesome: I do lack some part
Of that quick spirit that is in Antony.
Let me not hinder, Cassius, your desires;
I'll leave you.

CASSIUS

Brutus, I do observe you now of late:
I have not from your eyes that gentleness
And show of love as I was wont to have:
You bear too stubborn and too strange a hand
Over your friend that loves you.

BRUTUS

Cassius,
Be not deceived: if I have veil'd my look,
I turn the trouble of my countenance
Merely upon myself. Vexed I am
Of late with passions of some difference,
Conceptions only proper to myself,
Which give some soil perhaps to my behaviors;
But let not therefore my good friends be grieved--
Among which number, Cassius, be you one--
Nor construe any further my neglect,
Than that poor Brutus, with himself at war,
Forgets the shows of love to other men.

CASSIUS

Then, Brutus, I have much mistook your passion;
By means whereof this breast of mine hath buried
Thoughts of great value, worthy cogitations.
Tell me, good Brutus, can you see your face?

BRUTUS

No, Cassius; for the eye sees not itself,
But by reflection, by some other things.

CASSIUS

'Tis just:
And it is very much lamented, Brutus,
That you have no such mirrors as will turn
Your hidden worthiness into your eye,
That you might see your shadow. I have heard,
Where many of the best respect in Rome,
Except immortal Caesar, speaking of Brutus
And groaning underneath this age's yoke,
Have wish'd that noble Brutus had his eyes.

BRUTUS

Into what dangers would you lead me, Cassius,
That you would have me seek into myself
For that which is not in me?

CASSIUS

Therefore, good Brutus, be prepared to hear:
And since you know you cannot see yourself
So well as by reflection, I, your glass,
Will modestly discover to yourself
That of yourself which you yet know not of.
And be not jealous on me, gentle Brutus:
Were I a common laugher, or did use
To stale with ordinary oaths my love
To every new protester; if you know
That I do fawn on men and hug them hard
And after scandal them, or if you know
That I profess myself in banqueting
To all the rout, then hold me dangerous.

Learning Profiles

I am a gestalt thinker, which means I prefer to see the whole picture instead of step by step instructions, the exact type of thinker I am is the learning profile "KK"

I learn best when i'm at the front of the class and on the left side so that I can see easier for my left eye is dominant. I never thought I would be left eye dominant, because I just assumed that my right eye would be dominant, it kind of surprised me.

For me to get the best learning experience it is best that I can see pictures. Because I'm a visual learner its better if I see diagrams or pictures of what we are going to do. For me its better if I look at at a diagram of some information the looking at the raw numbers.

How Does Art Mirror Society?

The piece of art I have chosen is "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp" by Rembrandt, this is an oil on canvas painting, painted in 1632. This painting shows what is happening during the renaissance by showing the ordinary people looking over the shoulder of a scientist dissecting a body. This only started to happen during the renaissance, and this shows the people's reaction to it. The facial expressions of the scientist show that he is showing the group of eager people what he's doing. Everyone is looking very excited like they are new to this subject. The man who's doing the dissection shows that he is practiced at this art.

Driving Forces of the Renaissance

Rediscovery of ancient knowledge was the main driving force of the renaissance because the rediscovery is what gave the people the knowledge and attitude for exploration, architecture and science so that they could improve their world.

Matlida Bone

The historical fiction novel Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman takes you on a journey to the Middle Ages to experience the views on medical practice, Religion and hygiene. Medical practice in the middle ages involved Astrology and a lot of sometimes ridiculous superstitions and "potions". Also involved in medical practice was religion, the main religion of Medieval Britain was Christianity. Latin was used a lot by priest and so priests were very respected. A thing that was lacking in the middle ages is a sense of hygeine, chamber pots were thrown into the street, people put dung on their teeth to fix a toothache and barbers would saw of your leg just as soon as they would trim a beard. Life in the Middle Ages would have been a very unclean life and I am surprised that they even lived at all.

Schmuel's Point of View

I slowly staggered across the muddy ground and saw a boy crouching in the spot where I usually sit. Except something was different. The boy wore new clothes and was short and fat. Another thing about this boy, I realised, was that he was on the other side of the fence. I stopped and almost toppled over as a small gust of wind blew into me. The boy looked up, and gave me a half smile. I cautiously sneaked up to the boy and for a while we simply stared at each other. Then he told me his name was Broo-no, I looked at Broo-no quizzically, and thought, "what kind of a name is that?" I swayed uncertainly and Broo-no informed me that I should sit down or "I might just collapse". Just as I moved to do so, I slipped on the mud and did what Broo-no said I was going to do and crashed in a heap on the floor. Broo-no screamed out in laughter with tears streaming down his face. I looked around sourly and asked Broo-no if he could spare me some food, he stared into his pockets and told me that he didn't have any and my mood dropped even lower. My longing for food and someone to talk to compelled me to continue on talking to this annoying boy, Broo-no. He started talking about his 'terrible' house that only had three floors on his side of the fence. My mind drifted off and my eyes wandered towards his shiny boots. I thought they were quite nice but I would never be able to wear these, the soldiers would shoot me as soon as they saw them. Also this boy did not seem the generous kind and would not share his hidden food and definitely not his lovely boots.

Source for Picture: http://blogs.theage.com.au/schembri/boy1.jpg

WEB QUEST

Click on Education: for students, then click Early stages of persecution.
What is anti-Semitism?
What are the Nuremberg Laws?
Now click on the first concentration camp.
Look at the picture, how does it make you feel?
Scroll down and look at the map,
How are the concentration camps placed? Why in these areas?
Where and what is Flossenbürg?
Now click on “Murder of the Disabled”, still in education for students.
What does Euthanasia mean?
How did the Nazis get the mothers and fathers of disabled children to allow their children to be killed?
How does this “project make you feel?