Name : Millaty Nadia Fauziah Nim : 2109100139 Class : 3B Drama

Response Journal o Julius Caesar I must be honest that to understand this drama script fully, for me personally, is very hard. It has been two weeks since my lecturer gave my friends and me assignment to give a Julius Caesar drama script analysis. She has given us extra time for analyzing it, for in the first week she was disappointed of us while we cannot answer her uestion related to what we have read about the drama text. !he text written by Shakespeare on the "lizabethan #eriod, so that there are so many archaic words contained of it. It is confusing to get a point. !he story takes place in ancient $ome. I could say that the tone of this story is serious, because I found many sentences that indicate serious in the way the actor talk and deliver the story. In the way the writer write the drama, I think he use what in literature said blank verse or unrhymed verse. %eside that, the theme is about someone&s power that is being envy by others and they have a planned to kill and delete his power of that era. Julius Caesar is called drama tragedy with the tragic hero is %rutus. !hus, he became the central figure of this story. 'ith all sorts of things that he experienced, started why he kill (Caesar() his own best friend, about his anxiety, about him being incited by the conspirators, until about a deep sense of guilt over what he have done, being told in this story deeply. In the beginning of the story, describes the situation of $ome after the war ended. !hat euphoria enveloped exalts Caesar. #eople were calling his name loudly. *mong the people who are happy for the successes of Caesar, there are two people named +urellus and ,lavius who was worried about Caesar-s victory as the beginning of a new disaster for $oman. !hey were frightening resurgence of tyranny in their country happen again. +aybe it is the background of the conflict of no confidence motion of Caesar by %rutus instigated by Cassius. %rutus) for Cassius like a doll who personally did not like Caesar. !old in one scene, there is a conversation between .ucius and Cassius, talking about %rutus who was indeed arrange for their incitement inedible. /eception, the lure, and the praise, being tell %rutus to carry out their plan to kill Caesar. !hey know %rutus is Caesar-s close friend, and it is not easy for them to remove the loyalty of %rutus to Caesar. !herefore, in addition to the two people has mentioned above, there are many people supporting his position, which they were also in Caesar opposition side. %rutus dilemma after conducting negotiations with the conspirators is small. 0e paced like mad to think whether he would do it later against Caesar. 1n the one hand, he believes that what he did was right for the prosperity of $ome, also to show that he also has the honor of being the same as that Caesar had. ,igures such

conspirator Casca, Cinna and others support the idea %rutus. *ctually, Caesar himself would have received a warning of a survival prediction letter he received. In the letter warned Caesar to beware premises so2called (idle march(, but Caesar ignored the warning. It stills remain his trust that Caesar will not get any trouble or misfortune is predicted. *ntinius) Caesar&s confidant, he also wants to tell Caesar that the king was in danger of being there. 0e tried all means to survival king. %rutus and his friends also worried of the existence of *ntony as a threat to them. Julius was killed a short story. * sword stuck in his stomach. %rutus as actors backed by Casca and others, have eliminated the figure is satisfied tyranny in their country. *fter Caesar-s death, Casca asked %rutus to go up to the pulpit delivering a speech) he said that the death was a matter of time. 3ot whether they are happy for the downfall of tyranny in their country, he added. 0owever, the hysterical people like losing control. !hey still do not believe that they are dead emperor. !hat does not mean they believe in the greatness of %rutus, but the figure of Caesar seems to be difficult to replace. !hen many things going on, %rutus recognize that Casca were not as a people who had been with him for a long time. ,inally, he went with Cassius to gathered strength for suspecting that *ntony is likely to take revenge. 0owever, while asleep in his tent, %rutus dreamed Caesar-s ghost who said that he was at fault for what has happened. %rutus was shocked. %y the end of the story there is upheaval of self2 %rutus when Cassius dead look. 0e was sad and intend to continue the struggle that he and Cassius previous path. In the end, %rutus gave up power built by *ntonius and 1ctavius. 0e asked his soldiers together and talk about what happened. 0e even asked one of his followers to kill himself. In addition, later %rutus was dead, but on his death he was also still get honor as a noble man in $ome. !his story is full of conflict, intrigue and exciting plans. !he plot needs a lay reader like me feels the emotion of the actor who wants to be the best for their country despite the way he did wrong. It is also the possibility that he was not afraid. /ue to the background of the action, that they did originated from (allegations( in the resurrection of tyranny. In fact maybe they are wrong, because Caesar probably not going to run that kind of power. I think the character %rutus also act as a puppet. !he conspirators take advantage of its proximity to Caesar to kill the king who does not know what his own mistakes. %ased on hatred, a person can be a victim. Just not one, but many people have been affected. 'e can see at least the story of footage, how the effort is someone who basically does not like the person doing everything they can to add to its strength. In this case, its efforts to increase the number of people who share the same views with him. In fact affect people with negative thoughts is easier than influencing them with positive thoughts. *fter all, in reality, when hatred channeled passion, honor is not entirely desirable also obtained. !he first seems the more influential figures compared with the two leaders in power. !his story also teaches loyalty. 0ow we loyal to our friends, regardless of the seduction2seduction dirty from people who want to destroy our closeness with someone. 0ere, the needs of communication and mutual understanding is important as well as the trust and loyalty.