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0:00Julia Caesar act one scene two is what
0:04we are going to begin and we will do
0:06this particular scene in four parts
0:08because it's a longest scene and there
0:10are certain parts that need lot of
0:12detailed explanation which is precisely
0:15what we do here on S SWS to ensure that
0:18the line by line explanation is truly a
0:21line by line explanation you get a very
0:24clear idea about what each character is
0:27saying
0:28okay
0:32B okay so uh this particular scene is
0:36taking place at a public
0:38place flourish which means you know the
0:40sound of trumpets Julius Caesar enters
0:44upna hero now he has entered now you see
0:46the interesting part is that act one
0:48scene one I really like that scene
0:50because it kind of sets the tone for
0:53what is to follow in scene two we are
0:55not introduced to Caesar but Caesar
0:58there's a lot of talk about about Julius
1:00Caesar the element of political
1:03insecurity and jealousy that I spoke
1:05about in the first video in detail okay
1:07so here we will kind of get the reasons
1:10and the whole thing will get fleshed out
1:12much more in act 1 scene two you'll get
1:15much more idea about why marulas and
1:17flavas spoke the way they did in act one
1:21scene one okay so say you are going to
1:24get to connect the dots juliia Caesar in
1:26that sense is a major political
1:30discourse and it gives you an idea and
1:32actually many of the elements while I
1:35Was preparing the notes I realized that
1:37many of the elements that are spoken
1:40about in juliia Caesar are actually
1:42relevant even to the politics of today
1:45be in India or anywhere in the world
1:47okay there is Mark Anthony who is juliia
1:50Caesar's close friend uh calponia who is
1:53the wife of juliia Caesar pora who is
1:56the wife of Brutus Brutus Cesaro
2:00this is DCs Brutus Brutus sist I mean
2:03these are all these are all U uh
2:07Senators of Rome okay so Kasa and a
2:11great crowd following among them is
2:13suser suser is someone who makes
2:16prediction who makes who who is able to
2:20tell about the future okay so Caesar
2:23calls out to his wife and Kasa says
2:26peace ho Caesar speaks Caesar again
2:29calls out to CIA and calonia says I'm
2:32here my Lord and Caesar says I want you
2:35to stand directly because you see it is
2:39that Festival which is going on which is
2:41to celebrate Purity and fertility in the
2:43month of February in Rome so that is
2:46what is essentially taking place and
2:49they are all Anthony in particular is
2:51dressed in the attire for a traditional
2:54foot race which is part of this
2:57particular Festival okay the Luper race
3:01now Caesar asked caloria to stand
3:05directly in an Antony's way now anony
3:08and Antonius both are used by
3:10Shakespeare alternately so don't get
3:12confused they mean the same person okay
3:14don't get
3:16confused no Anthony and Antonius mean
3:20the same person Shakespeare himself has
3:22used it differently okay when he does
3:24run his course when he's running that
3:27particular race and then he calls out to
3:29and
3:30so basically why is he telling this to
3:33calonia calonia did not have Caesar and
3:36calonia did not have any children as our
3:39elders say okay we'll come to
3:44um okay to touch he's telling Anthony to
3:47touch Calia because as our elders say
3:51the infertile woman the barren woman who
3:53does not have any children I find this
3:55extremely sexist way of putting it okay
3:58I somehow I don't like it uh the
4:00infertile woman when the infertile woman
4:03is touched during this particular holy
4:05race Chase meaning a holy R let me keep
4:09marking it for
4:15that you can look at the notes or in any
4:19case uh keep making notes in your uh on
4:23the side of the book that's always the
4:24best way shake off their sterile curse
4:27that is shake off the curse of sterility
4:30of not bearing children so he believes
4:33that since Anthony is going to be taking
4:35part in that race and while he's running
4:37if he touches calponia the two touch
4:39each other I mean he touches calonia
4:42that will actually transform some of the
4:45positive energy this is a Superstition
4:47that it will transform some of the
4:49positive energy to calonia and that will
4:51shake off her curse of sterility they
4:54believe he believed that it was a curse
4:57so it kind of gives you an idea into the
5:00kind of personality that Julius Caesar
5:02is andasi here he's a bit superstitious
5:05he believes in these kind of uh things
5:09which are not really uh confirmed by any
5:11kind of scientific banking Anthony says
5:15I will remember when Caesar says do this
5:17it is performed he says when Caesar says
5:20something needs to be done it will be
5:22done it is done this line again tells
5:27you two different things a to
5:30uh about Caesar's personality when
5:32Caesar says something needs to be done
5:34it has to be done in Rome okay so it
5:37kind of makes him at an exalted stature
5:41that he is of that particular
5:44status B because Anthony and Caesar are
5:48very close friends okay so in the theme
5:52of friendship these kind of lines are
5:54useful because when Caesar says
5:56something Anthony will ensure that that
5:59it will be done be it a small thing or
6:02be it something more significant and
6:04this is something which will play out
6:05much more after Caesar's assassination
6:08in the latter half of the play so please
6:11remember this particular line This is
6:13significant
6:16okay set on and leave no ceremony out so
6:21U he says that you know just go on and
6:24do not forget to leave out any ritual
6:27now let me tell you some background
6:30interesting and Cesar it's very
6:32interesting because all this actually
6:34happened in history and Shakespeare has
6:36used taken out all that material
6:39Shakespeare has taken all that material
6:42and used his own dramatic Ingenuity to
6:45kind of make it into a politically
6:48relevant kind of a play now Caesar
6:50believes in these superstitions which
6:52are associated with the lupal festival
6:55and this particular race that is uh
6:58conducted during this particular
6:59Festival in the month of February which
7:01is associated with the theme of Purity
7:04in Rome okay now it was celebrated as a
7:08Roman festive month of purification now
7:11Caesar hoped that this would result in a
7:14air that is he would get a child as a
7:17result of this so it showed that he was
7:20concerned about his
7:25succession this is one aspect that you
7:28need to bear in mind the second thing is
7:31that I'll tell you something more
7:32interesting now you will think that did
7:33Caesar not have any children well he did
7:36have one legitimate biological child I'm
7:39talking I'm using the word
7:41legitimate uh because there are reports
7:44that he had one uh child which was not
7:47born out of who was not born out of
7:49bedlock okay so one legitimate
7:51biological child who was a daughter okay
7:54from his first wife okay calunia was his
7:57third wife okay so
8:00and she was the wife when he was
8:01assassinated so just remember this I
8:04mean this is for your general knowledge
8:06also so the lupal runners what they
8:08would do is to they would carry goat
8:10skin okay which they would stuck across
8:13along the course and it was supposed to
8:15make men verile and women fertile okay
8:18that was the belief associated with this
8:21particular race okay now you have
8:27understood then there is a flourish of
8:29trumpets once again and suser calls out
8:32to Caesar suser is the old man who calls
8:36out to Caesar Caesar who calls because
8:39it's a large crowd flavas and marus in
8:41act 1 scene one tried to ensure that
8:43there was not much of a crowd which had
8:45gathered they were clearly unsuccessful
8:48in their attempts
8:50okay they could not do what they wanted
8:53to do Casa says b every noise be still
8:56peace yet again he says let everyone be
8:57quiet because we want to know who is
8:59calling calling out to Caesar right so
9:04um yeah so Caesar says who is it in the
9:07press that is in the crowd press
9:11means who is it in the
9:22press okay who is it in the Press who
9:26calls that on me that calls on me okay
9:29this is important press essentially
9:32referring to the crowd I hear a tongue
9:34Shiller than all the music there's a lot
9:37of music which is being played Beach
9:39he's able to hear one noise calling out
9:41Caesar his name so he wants to know the
9:44identity of that person who is calling
9:47out his name okay and he says cry Caesar
9:50speak Caesar is turned to hear that I am
9:52here I here attention B who is speaking
9:54who is calling out my name s says beare
9:58the IDS of March okay Idis Ides IDs of
10:03March okay uh which means essentially
10:06talking about the 15th of March March
10:1215 please beware beware means he's
10:16giving a warning what man is that right
10:20so he's saying who is saying that a suit
10:23bits you beware the IDS of March so he's
10:25saying I am a suser I am someone who can
10:28predict the future and I am telling you
10:31to beware of what could happen on the
10:3315th day of March okay this is happening
10:37when this is happening in February so
10:40he's talking about a prediction in just
10:43less than 4 weeks time okay Caesar says
10:48set him before me let me see his face
10:51Casas says uh fellow come from the
10:54throng look upon Caesar so he says so um
10:59he he says step out of the crowd throng
11:01here means crowd again so he says
11:06word press okay so press and throng both
11:09mean uh crowd look upon Caesar face
11:12Caesar and Caesar says what says Thou to
11:15me now speak once again suer says beware
11:18the ID of March Caesar says he's a
11:20dreamer let us leave him pass now so he
11:25says he's just a dreamer so let's ignore
11:27him so what does it show he does not pay
11:30any attention to this particular
11:32prediction made by the susay important
11:35okay now susay prediction that comes
11:39true actually is a pointer towards what
11:43is a pointer towards fate that something
11:46is certain to happen we may dismiss it
11:50it as Superstition in this case it comes
11:52true so obviously he's Endor with some
11:54kind of an ability to predict the future
11:58or to warn about the future okay when
12:01Caesar says he's a dreamer he's
12:04basically saying that he's speaking
12:06nonsense so Caesar who otherwise is
12:09known to be superstitious in this case
12:11does not believe so and why he doesn't
12:14believe so the Perhaps it is it comes
12:17out of a sense of arrogance that nothing
12:20can happen to me who is he to say warn
12:23me about a particular date nothing can
12:25happen to me I'm Julius Caesar who has
12:27won so many battles who is completely in
12:30control of this Roman Republic okay and
12:33I want to be the ruler so there is a
12:35sense of arrogance which kind of
12:38envelops Julius Caesar's mind while he's
12:41dismissing him as just a dreamer so if
12:44you get a question about you know
12:46explain why he says he's a dreamer it
12:49comes basically out of J juliia Caesar's
12:52own sense of self-importance and
12:55entitlement that I am a ruler what is
12:57there for me to be wared about okay so
13:00he's dismissive of him even though
13:02otherwise Caesar as I said is known to
13:05be superstitious asking Anthony to touch
13:07calunia because he wants her to be uh
13:09bearing children for him okay now while
13:12he lends the suit and ear it's not as
13:14though he's impolite he makes it a point
13:17that the person who is calling out to
13:19him is brought forward and he's able to
13:22come face to face with that old sser and
13:25hear what he has to say so he's not a
13:28rude kind of a ruler in that sense he's
13:30a polite person who knows the basic
13:33curtsies of
13:35governance okay but at the same time the
13:38second point one is a sense of arrogance
13:40which seems to be there that's one way
13:42of interpreting it the other thing is
13:44that he does not think he's vulnerable
13:46to any kind of
13:56harm Julius caar suffers from that kind
14:00of an arrogance and the fact that he
14:02does not think he's vulnerable why
14:04because he's just returned from a war he
14:07just killed I mean not killed defeated
14:09pompe Sons one of them was killed he
14:11just defeated pompe Sons so in that
14:14sense his biggest enemy who was there
14:16within the Roman Republic pompe was
14:18defeated in 48 BC and now pompe sons
14:21have been defeated so in that sense he
14:22thinks himself as invinci invincible and
14:26here is a person who is asking me to bew
14:29of a particular day in the month of
14:31March so this whole thing is an
14:34important element in the role of fate in
14:38this particular play by William
14:39Shakespeare okay so we will pause here
14:42as far as this first part is concerned
14:44because this kind of sets the tone the
14:47second part is very long it's a long
14:49kind of a dialogue dialogue between
14:52brutas and cases and he tries to
14:54convince him that Caesar is not someone
14:57who is very Desir terrible for Rome
15:01actually more for themselves because
15:03they're all feeling threatened by the
15:05rise of Julia season that we will read
15:08and understand in part two of act one
15:12scene two the part two explanation video
15:14so I hope you have understood this the
15:17basic setting of the play because the
15:19basic setting of the play is as a result
15:21of this prediction which has been made
15:23by this suits okay so now I will see you
15:27in act 1 scene 2 explanation video
15:29number two as I said we'll be doing this
15:31in four parts okay T bye-bye be
15:35good
15:37but okay byebye

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