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Julius Caesar Part 2: Characters and Questions
Julius Caesar Part 2: Characters and Questions
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Jul 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Part 2 focuses on the play’s key interpretive questions: how we are invited to judge the central characters. Is Caesar, in Shakespeare’s story, really a tyrant who needed to be killed? Is Brutus a noble political hero or a misguided egoist? With Professor Michael Dobson, you’ll discover how Shakespeare restructured this familiar story to make easy judgments impossible. Professor Dobson also discusses the Roman values that the characters strive to embody and how these values generate friendships, rivalries, and violence.
Released:
Jul 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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Life, World and Works 2: Shakespeare’s World by Shakespeare For All