Of all of our short assignments, I enjoyed discussing Brutus’ speech from Julius Caesar the most. It was interesting to compare it to Antony’s speech, which extended to comparing the two conflicting characters.
Julius Caesar was the most interesting play for its morally gray themes. It could be difficult to justify Brutus killing one of his best friends for the greater good. The battle between loyalty to the state and to one’s friends makes it hard to choose sides.
Although Julius Caesar may have been the most interesting play to me, the most intriguing character to me would have to be Don John, the villain of Much Ado About Nothing. His motives remain a mystery to me, and I would like to know more about the personality that strives to ruin everyone else’s lives like he did.
Much Ado About Nothing’s themes of love and deception were particularly touching to me for some reason. As someone who is conflicted about the whole idea of marriage, I would like to go more in depth with how marriage worked back in the renaissance.
As I said above, I would like to learn more about marriage during the renaissance.