Julius+Caesar+Concluding+Essay

Directions for Concluding Essay for Julius Caesar

 * You are to address the following prompt in a five-paragraph essay format.**

Novels and plays often include scenes of weddings, funerals, parties, and other social occassions. Such scenes may reveal the values of the characters and the society in which they live.

Select such a scene from //Julius Caesar//, and in a focused essay, discuss the contribution the scene makes to the meaning of the work as a whole. (Source: College Board: AP English Literature and Composition Exam)


 * Directions:**
 * 1) Do all of your writing in Google.docs and give sharing privileges to me.
 * 2) Use 12 point font, preferably Times News Roman, and double-space your work. Page headings are single-spaced.
 * 3) Look at the ideas below as they may help you to develop your essay. You may use these as your quickie outline to develop your own essay.
 * 4) When you have your essay completed, read over it very carefully to proofread for errors.
 * 5) Create a folder entitled Julius Caesar Essay in your AP English Folder, and download your complete essay into this folder. You are to keep every assignment we do in you AP English Folder for the rest of the school year. You will receive a grade on the completeness of this folder at the end of the school year.
 * 6) Print out your final copy and submit it for a grade.

Ideas that you may use to develop your essay:
1. The parade in Act 1: Shows Caesar's popularity with the people and his goals and desire for power. Shows Cassius' true feelings for Caesar - his manipulation - exposes the assassination plot to the audience Shows Brutus' inner struggle - sets him up as the play's tragic hero

2. The funeral scene in Act 3: Shows Brutus naivete and true nature Shows Antony's true feeling toward's Caesar and the conspirators Shows how the people could be turned from one opinion to another - begins the downfall of Brutus and Cassius.