As If We Were There

The murder of Julius Caesar by his adopted son, Brutus was acted out in our class. We can actually feel how it really happened when Caesar was murdered by the council men and sadly Brutus was involved in the murder. To summarize the story, Brutus was misguided by the council men and he was told that if Caesar is unstoppable, his ambitiousness will destroy Rome.

A lot of good values were shown in this play. I can see how deep Caesar's love towards Brutus and Rome. Even when he was in the glimpse of death, Caesar said "et tu, Brute" means 'you too, Brutus' as a caution for Brutus to watch for his back. As for Brutus, he was too naive and he used the excuse of he loves Rome more than Caesar, which I found quite ridiculous. After the death of Caesar, Brutus gave a speech to convince the citizens of Rome.

He told them how ambitious Caesar was and that would bring a downfall to the Rome empire. But then came Mark Antony who is a good friend of Caesar, to counter Brutus' speech. He told how great Caesar's love towards the poor citizens and the Rome empire itself and often share his wealth with Rome. Even if Caesar was too ambitious, he refused the the crown third time. What more can say about that?

The citizens of Rome was confused to trust either Brutus or Antony, so they split into two and soon a great civil war had started. In the end, Antony won the civil war with the help of  Octavian and Lepidus.

Apart from experiencing the murder of Julius Caesar, we also learned about syllogism. Syllogism is a kind of logical argument in which one proposition (the conclusion) is inferred from two or more others (the premises) of a certain form. One of the syllogism example that was related to the story is;

Brutus is an honorable man,

Honorable man does not kill people,

Brutus killed Caesar,

Therefore, Brutus is not an honorable man.

Syllogism is quite fun when you are criticizing certain stuff. Try it yourself.