Famous words uttered by the famous Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar...who can tell me the context behind this quote? Prize up for grabs...Hudders got fat from all the chocolate...
Well done on your 'Speeches' Unit. It was not an easy couple of tasks to start with, yet I thought the vast majority of conducted yourselves with aplomb. You embraced the tasks and many have been rewarded with marks that reflect your effort. One term's assessment's down, three and a wee bit to go...
We now begin our unit entitled, 'Conflicting Perspectives'.
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What is a conflicting perspective exactly?
Conflicting: a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
Perspective: a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.
So, by those definitions, we are studying the serious disagreements that characters in texts have regarding their attitudes towards things. While this is a relatively simple assertion and manner of speaking, it will do the job for now.
Initially, we will study a plot overview of Julius Caesar. You need to know and understand what happens in the play. Then - and only then - will you be able to identify which characters have 'conflicting perspectives' in the play. Interestingly, there is one character who has 'conflicting' views in his own mind.
Please take the time to read the booklet I will give you. It is a simple text to understand. It should spark ideas within you...
M
PS - Please also keep in mind that we will need to find our own additional texts to study for this unit. We'll do some texts that other classes WON'T be doing. I will leave it up to you guys to decide. We'll need one film, one short story, one novel and one poem. There can be other texts - we'll decide ourselves. Ideas anyone? It will not be 'The Hangover'...
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ReplyDeletetoo quick Zanon, too quick.
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ReplyDeleteCan we do V for Vendetta for the film for conflicting perspectives?
ReplyDeletezanon you sly dog
ReplyDeleteZanon didnt say the translation though...
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mad thing to get for a tattoo if I got it in latin aye?
"who can tell me the context behind this quote?"
ReplyDeleteThe question does not ask for the translation Haga
Munich the film by steven Spielberg is perfect.
ReplyDeleteI will happily explain the history/context to everyone in class. I did an assignment on it
You legends. What great ideas. I think I may have seen 'Munich' but I tend to get all Eric Bana's movie confused...and I have heard about V for Vendetta. Great suggestions fellas.
ReplyDeleteI was looking last night at some short stories and there are some wonderful ones to pick from. They're a really solid text to choose as they don't take long to read and if we can find another couple of belters, they allow you to mould their text into your ultimate essay.
Prize for Z-Dog...
V for Vendetta is set in the not too distant future in Britan. Currently the country and its people is sieged and oppressed as power by the fascist goverment rules the peoples ever day lives. Although this a man named V in a mask of the lost freedom fighter Guy fawkes tries to uprise the people to rebel for freedom. The conflicting perspectives that are introduced are by the goverments perspective that the people need them to be in supreme control thereby freedom must be opressed conflicting with V's perspective for freedom among all men and women. Also the conflicting perspective of V the character himself as he his conflicted as a hero or a terrorist.
ReplyDeleteSounds really good, TooFar. Let's tackle this question in class tomorrow before we begin the DVD again...
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what about Shawshank redemption or not?
ReplyDelete"Dead poets society"? a killer for conflicting perspectives?
ReplyDeleteHow about the Life of Pi? I think it would be a simple choice as it has several examples of conflicting perspectives which parallel those in Julius Caesar. It is also a relatively academic text and the vocabulary of which could benefit our marks.
ReplyDeleteConflicting perspectives arise from;
Pi's religious views, he is a practicing Muslim, Christian and Hindu despite the obvious differing views.
Religion / beliefs also play a role as a basis for conflicting perspectives in that he must decide where he draws the line - he is stranded on a boat and his final resort to survival is eating meat, despite him being vegetarian.
- internal struggle = comparison to Brutus
Mankind / animal kingdom as he shares a boat with an array of animals, including a Bengal tiger. Upon the realisation of such conflict, he proceeds to throw himself overboard.
Truth is also pivotal; Pi tells two versions of his journey and leaves the audience (and Okamoto and Chiba) to decide for themselves what truly happened. - parallel to Julius Caesar
Conflicting Perspectives for Munich
ReplyDeleteAvner's inner conflict,
between Ali and Avner
conflicting perspectives to comment on the futility of violence
public vs private persona
I think we should do a film called Frost Nixon. Its really good for conflicting perspectives, has plenty of them.
ReplyDeleteAs well as its intellectual edge it is a movie that is rarely used, which will help differentiate us from other essays.
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