Julius+Caesar+Scene+5.3

__**Scene 5.3 **__ 

 Actors (Student names and roles):  Cato – Joshua Cho Cassius – Colin O'Shea Titinius – Kyle Stackpole Messala – Greg Gottfried Brutus – Blake Ruzich Pindarus – Alex Vetterlein

 Important Events:  



 * Titinius departs in order to investigate a group of troops he saw.
 *  Pindarus tells Cassius that Titinius is surrounded by the men and dismounts
 *  Cassius believes that Titinius is captured
 *  He orders Pindarus to kill him with the sword that killed Caesar, and Pindarus does so
 *  Titinius returns unharmed, as the troops he discovered were Brutus’s, and finds Cassius’s dead body
 *  Titinius kills himself while Messala searches for Brutus to alert him of the bad news
 * <span style="color: #0d0d0d; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 105%; text-align: left;"> Brutus sees both Titinius’s and Cassius’s dead bodies
 * <span style="color: #0d0d0d; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 105%; text-align: left;">He decides not to immediately hold a funeral for Cassius and instead put his body aside for the time being

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">One Sentence (Summary Sentence): Cassius orders Pindarus to kill him because Cassius thought that his friend Titinius was captured by Antony's troops (even though those troops were actually Brutus's); later on, Titinius sees Cassius's body and kills himself as well.

<span style="color: #0d0d0d; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 200%; text-align: center;"> __<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%; text-align: center;">Important Lines: __ <span style="color: #0d0d0d; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;"> “Oh, coward that I am, to live so long To see my best friend ta'en before my face! Come hither, sirrah. In Parthia did I take thee prisoner. And then I swore thee, saving of thy life, That whatsoever I did bid thee do, Thou shouldst attempt it. Come now, keep thine oath. (gives his sword to PINDARUS) Now be a free man, and with this good sword That ran through Caesar’s bowels, search this bosom” (Julius Caesar V.iii). <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 105%;">Speaker: Cassius

Cassius now wishes for an honorable death after thinking that Titinius was captured; therefore, he asks for Pindarus to kill him. Once Pindarus does so, he runs away. This quote is important because it marks the death of Cassius, and it also shows that Cassius was somewhat human, as he said that Titinius was his best friend. Just the fact that he has a friendship shows that he has some humanity. Despite this desire, Cassius, because of his unforgivable deeds, is more or less murdered, and the only man to witness his death was one who ran from the scene. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;"> “Did I not meet thy friends? And did not they Put on my brows this wreath of victory And bid me give it thee? Didst thou not hear their shouts? Alas, thou hast misconstrued everything! But, hold thee, take this garland on thy brow. Thy Brutus bid me give it thee, and I Will do his bidding. (lays wreath on CASSIUS’s head) Brutus, come apace, And see how I regarded Caius Cassius. —By your leave, gods, this is a Roman’s part. Come, Cassius' sword, and find Titinius' heart” (Julius Caesar V.iii).

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Speaker: Titinius

This quote marks the death of Titinius and shows that Cassius had misinterpreted Titinius’s situation. It’s as if Caesar willed Cassius’s death with this misinterpretation.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%; text-align: center;">Character Development: <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Cassius:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> This scene shows he cared about one person (Titinius), enough to call him his best friend
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Shows Cassius is not nihilistic and has pride
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Shows that he also wanted a honorable death (even though his death was more or less a murder)

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%; text-align: center;">Motifs: <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">False information and bad interpretations leads to unfavorable situations <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Constant Retalliation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Cassius died because he believed that Titinius was captured, and so he overreacted
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Just as Cassius killed himself over a false detail, Romeo had believed that Juliet was dead and overreacted by killing himself with poison.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Brutus and Cassius took revenge against Caesar for becoming Rome's dictator by killing, and Marc Antony took revenge on the conspirators with his speech, and Caesar took his revenge beyond the grave, as Cassius had killed himself WITH THE SWORD USED TO KILL CAESAR because of a foolish interpretation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Just as there was much revenge in Julius Caesar, Hamlet featured a whole plot revolved around revenge, as Hamlet wished to take revenge on Claudius for killing his brother, and Laertes later takes revenge on Hamlet for killing his father, Polonius.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%; text-align: center;">New Material for Old Topics: <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Under Spirit/Legacy of Caesar, add “Took revenge on Cassius with the sword that killed him”.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Under Motifs, add “Suicide caused by false information and overreaction” and "Constant Retalliation".
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Under Character Shift, add "Cassius - Turned from a barbaric power-hungry egoist into a prideful martyr wannabe. During his final hours, he shows that he has desire for an honorable death despite his immoral deeds"