Not my favorite Shakespeare play, but mainly because this is one where the Bard was more concerned with moving the pieces around than creating those great Shakespearean moments of pathos. His audience-goers would have all been familiar with the details of Caesar's death, along with its central irony: that Octavius Caesar becomes the dictator that Brutus and Cassius were trying to stop by murdering Julius.

Contemporary audiences don't necessarily know this context, and I would have liked to see more character development: at the end of the play, I didn't have a good handle on the personalities of the conspirators.

After another reading, I agree with some commentators that what is key is the skill of the Roman orators and their attempts to convince each other (and themselves) of the justice of their cause. Especially interesting is the use of (and lapses in) iambic pentameter. ( )

This was a re-read from high school days. While certainly a classic, filled with memorable passages, it's hard to give a play a high reading rating. The joy and wonder of it is in its performance. ( )

"Jul Cezari" u shkrua mes viteve 1599 dhe 1601, ku Shekspiri dramatizon, por edhe ndërlidh me mjeshtëri karakteret e veprës "Jetët Paralele" të Plutarkut, duke krijuar veprën teatrale më të fortë të botës, sa që me të drejtë konsiderohet shumë më me vlerë sesa duzina vëllimesh historianësh të specializuar. Një botim luksoz i përkthimit zyrtar të Fan S. Noli.

This version with notes really helped me understand what was going on and helped me pass my class.
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اولین کتابی که تو سال ۹۸ و درست روز اول فروردین خوندم، یه تراژدی فوق‌العاده بود. درواقع شخصیت‌ها به حدی خاکستری بودند (اون هم در قرن شونزدهم) که اونقدر راحت نبود که تصمیم بگیری منطقی طرفدار کدوم گروه باشی و در عین حال با بروتوس همدلی می‌کنی. و چقدر جالب قدرت سخنرانی سیاستمداران روی مردم رو نشون می‌ده، طوری که کارهای مدرنی که به این فلسفه رسیدند نمی‌تونند به این وضوح نشونش بدن و این قدرت شکسپیره.
نکته‌ی جالب تکنیکی شکسپیر اینه که صحنه‌هایی هم که جولیوس حضور داره برای نمایش قدرت و ابهتش صحنه پر از بازیگر می‌شه اما صحنه‌هایی که بروتوس و کسیوس محنت‌زده رو نشون می‌ده بازیگرها به طور محسوسی کم می‌شن. خیلی توصیه می‌شه به خوندن. ( )