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"... an inspiring, well-developed, and entertaining
approach to the bard's Julius Caesar…Derrick works miracles with
the idea that Shakespeare is indeed accessible to young adults....
brings to life the disparate worlds of history, theater, language,
metaphor, plot, and source material, and applies each with a common-sense
approach to dramatic literature.... This thoughtful and intelligent
casebook is a highly recommended purchase for both middle
to high school media centers and all public libraries."
VOYA (print)
This lively gathering of materials about Shakespeare's
Julius Caesar will enrich students' understanding of the
historical context of the play and encourage interpretations of
its cultural meaning. Shakespeare's Julius Caesar reflects
perennial cultural concerns about order and freedom, particularly
as they clash in the figures of Caesar and Brutus.
In addition, this online sourcebook provides the user access to:
- E-texts of Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth,
Titus Andronicus, Much Ado About Nothing, The Jew of Malta,
A Midsummer Night's Dream. Hamlet, As You Like It, The Parallel
Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, Metamorphoses, Gallic
Wars and others
- Contextual Timelines of the careers of Julius Caesar and Marcus
Brutus
- Audio and video of film versions of Julius Caesar
- Biographical profiles of Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Marcus
Junius Brutus, Aristotle, Plutarch, Ovid, Richard Burbage, Pompey,
Chaucer, Henry VIII, Erasmus, Dante, John Wilkes Booth, John
Gielgud, Orson Welles, John Houseman and others
- Shakespeare's Globe Research Database with 16th century sketches
of the original Globe Theatre
- Roman Empire site: Ancient voices, Social Order and Daily
Life
- Illustrative account of the Lincoln assassination , and other
assassination plots including: McKinley, archduke Franz Ferdinand,
John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Yitzhak
Rabin
- Virtual tour of the new Globe Theatre, London, including the
reconstruction process
- Glossary of cultural references and historical idioms from
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
- Web-based study questions
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