JULIUS CAESAR (Duet acting)

ACT2 SCENE 2 LINE 65 ~107

DUET PARTNER-YOON JO(CAESAR)

CONTEXT OF THE PASSAGE
When Caesar just decided that he would not go to the capitol becuase Calpurina begged him and she told Caesar about her dream that she had that night. Like Decius planned with other Senates, Decius flatters Caesar to go to the capitol. Decius convinces Caesar by interpreting the dream in the opposite way that Calpurnia interpreted it.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PASSAGE
Significance of this passage is that Caesar's life or death depends on Caesar's decision of going to the capitol. So, if he didn't agree to go to the capitol and stayed at home, he would not die in the capitol. However, becuase of Decius's flattering, Caesar was convinced by him and finally agrees to go to the capitol. Than he gets betrayed by his best friend, Brutus, and got assassinate by the Senate. This also shows dramatic Irony becuase the audience know that if he goes to the capitol, he would get assassinated and not crown by other Senates bcause the audience saw what the Senates were doing to assassinate Caesar. However, Caesar, the character doesn't know that he would be assassinated and he thinks that everyone respects him and honor him that he would be crowned. When Decius flatters and Caesar decide to go to the capitol, the audience would notice that Caesar will die and the Senates would be successful in killing Caesar. This also gives tension and amkes the audience give question becuase when Caesar said he would not go to the capitol, they would think that 'Is Caesar going to be killed?'

PASSAGE
CAESAR: Shall Caesar send a lie?
Have I in conquest stretch'd mind arm so far,
To be afeard to tell greybeards the truth?
Decius, go tell them Caesar will not come.

DECIUS: Most mighty Caesar, let me know some cause,
Lest I be laugh'd at when I tell them so.

CAESAR: The cause is at my will: I will not come;
That is enough to satisfy the Senate.
But for your private satisfation,
Because I love you, I will let you know:
Calpurnia here, my wife, stays me at home.
She dreamt tonight she saw my statue,
Which like a fountain with an hundred spouts
Did run pure blood; and many lusty Romans
Came smiling, and did bathe their hands in it.
And these does she apply for warnings and portents
And evils imminent; and on her knee
Hath begg'd that I will stay at home today.

DECIUS: This dream is all amiss interpreted;
It was a vision fair and fortunate:
Your statue sputing blood in many pipes,
In which so many smiling Romans bath'd,
Signifies that from your great Rome shall suck
Reviving blood, and that great men shall press
For tintures, stains, relics, and cognizance.
This by Calpurnia's dream is signified.

CAESAR: And this way have you well expounded it.

DECIUS: I have, when you have heard what I can say:
And know it now. The Senate have concluded
To give this day a crown to mighty Caesar.
If you shall send them word you will not come,
Their minds may change. Besides, it were a mock
Apt to be render'd, for some one to say,
'Break up the Senate till another time,
When Caesar's wife shall meet with better dreams.'
If Caesar hide himself, shall they not whisper,
'Lo, Caesar is afraid'?
Pardon em, Caesar; for my dear dear love
To your proceeding bids me tell you this,
And reason to my love is liable.

CAESAR: How foolish do your fears seem now, Calpurnia!
I am ashamed I did yield to them.
Give me my robe, for I will go.

Power Of the Void

PART I
ISKL MISSION STATEMENT

The International School of Kuala Lumpur (silence) provides an exceptional education (silence) that challenges each student to develop the attitudes, skills, knowledge and understanding to become (silence) a highly successful, spirited, socially responsible global citizen.

I put word 'silence' to make void in school mission statement. Creating void makes people feel tensed and ask questions about it. In the statement, the tension is made by making eople asking questions. I feel that adding silence after 'The International School of Kuala Lumpur' creates best tension because it makes the listeners to ask questions like what is the mission statement?, what is the next sentence?. I also feel that adding silence after 'exceptional education' creates best tension because it also makes questions like what is the education in ISKL?. Additionally, I think that putting 'silence' after 'understanding to become' best describe tension because people will ask questions like what the students will become when they develop the attitudes, skills, knowledge and understanding? So, creating void will make people ask questions and by asking questions, it will be helpful to understand about something like the school mission statement.

PART II

There are lots of ways that composers can create tension in the music. For example, composers can create tension by creating silence after the big crescendo. Then the audience or the listeners will ask questions like what is going to happen next?, what is going on?, when is this going to start? Audience will want to hear more and feel tensed because it stopped and there is total silence. Composers can release the tension by playing the music and when the composers release it, the audience will feel calm and relieved.

Power Of the Void Story

This story created some kind of void when people were picking out papers from the box. I would call this story the lottery v.s the tradition because people who lived in the town had to do the lottery from the black box and it's traditional for the people. I thought something bad will going to happen because Mrs. Hutchinson said it's not fair when she got the paper with black dot on it. I was very curious about next story. When I got the mystery paper, I wanted to open it because I wanted to see what was in it. I thoung it was the next story because the papers that we read before didn't tell us about the conclusion. I followed the instruction and I didn't open the paper untill 5p.m because I could wait untill the time and it didn't really matter to me that when I have to open it. I didn't really understand about there culture and tradition because people are throwing rocks at the person who win the lottery and one of the family member must pick the lottery even they don't like to. When I read the end of the story, I had questions (why did they have to throw rocks at her?, what is the actual tradition?, what is the point for throwing rocks?)and I wasn't satisfied with the ending because people are throwing rocks at the person. My prediciton was kind of correct because I thought something bad will going to happen because person who won the lottery didn't really liked it. However, I didn't know that the people were going to throw rocks at the person. The author might leave these voids in the story because the author might wanted the readers to ask questions and predict what will going to happen next. No title and author information actually made me get attention to the book. No ending made me ask questions like how will it end? Text clues and foreshadowing throughout made me feel curious about the story and can predict what will be happening to the story and the characters. Mystery paper made me feel to open the paper but I could wait untill the time with my patience. Delayed ending made me feel little bit uncomfortable because I was eager to read the conclusion and see how it ends. By having these experiences I could feel what people might feel when there are void between musics, books, dialogs and many other things. Also we get to understand about power of the void deeply and have feelings about it.