Cassius' Talk With Brutus

Before this passage from the text Cassius was deciding with a group of his friends whether or not they would kill Caesar for what he has done to Rome. The group decided that they would tell Brutus about their plan because he was very close to Caesar and it would show the people that Caesar was going to do something very terrible. I believe this passage is the most important part in the book because it is what leads to Caesar being killed. If Brutus wasn't part of the group then the conspirators wouldn't have much of a reason to kill Caesar. This passage is also very important because this shows how much Cassius wants Brutus to be part of the group and how gullible Brutus is. If Brutus just said he didn't want to join the group then Caesar wouldn't have been killed but since Brutus listens to what everyone has to say Caesar has to pay for it. This quote shows how demanding Cassius is and how much Cassius just wants to take revenge on Caesar for being so powerful. This quote shows the inner side of Brutus and how arrogant he can actually be.

Act 1, Scene 2

Lines 25-77

CASSIUS

Will you go see the order of the course?

BRUTUS
Not I.

CASSIUS
I pray you, do.

BRUTUS
I am not gamesome: I do lack some part
Of that quick spirit that is in Antony.
Let me not hinder, Cassius, your desires;
I'll leave you.

CASSIUS
Brutus, I do observe you now of late:
I have not from your eyes that gentleness
And show of love as I was wont to have:
You bear too stubborn and too strange a hand
Over your friend that loves you.

BRUTUS
Cassius,
Be not deceived: if I have veil'd my look,
I turn the trouble of my countenance
Merely upon myself. Vexed I am
Of late with passions of some difference,
Conceptions only proper to myself,
Which give some soil perhaps to my behaviors;
But let not therefore my good friends be grieved--
Among which number, Cassius, be you one--
Nor construe any further my neglect,
Than that poor Brutus, with himself at war,
Forgets the shows of love to other men.

CASSIUS
Then, Brutus, I have much mistook your passion;
By means whereof this breast of mine hath buried
Thoughts of great value, worthy cogitations.
Tell me, good Brutus, can you see your face?

BRUTUS
No, Cassius; for the eye sees not itself,
But by reflection, by some other things.

CASSIUS
'Tis just:
And it is very much lamented, Brutus,
That you have no such mirrors as will turn
Your hidden worthiness into your eye,
That you might see your shadow. I have heard,
Where many of the best respect in Rome,
Except immortal Caesar, speaking of Brutus
And groaning underneath this age's yoke,
Have wish'd that noble Brutus had his eyes.

BRUTUS
Into what dangers would you lead me, Cassius,
That you would have me seek into myself
For that which is not in me?

CASSIUS
Therefore, good Brutus, be prepared to hear:
And since you know you cannot see yourself
So well as by reflection, I, your glass,
Will modestly discover to yourself
That of yourself which you yet know not of.
And be not jealous on me, gentle Brutus:
Were I a common laugher, or did use
To stale with ordinary oaths my love
To every new protester; if you know
That I do fawn on men and hug them hard
And after scandal them, or if you know
That I profess myself in banqueting
To all the rout, then hold me dangerous.

Since I am with a partner for this assessment I chose Jong Woon to be my partner.

No Title Story Blog

I would call this story "The Black Box" because most of the story was based on the black box. People were wondering what was inside and the story also described how it was a tradition for the people in the town to have that black box. I would also call it "The Black Box", because it created the most tension in the story which the writer wanted the reader to feel. In the end of the story I thought that everyone was going to be disappointed because nothing important was going to be inside that box which turned out quite true. The wife of the person that won the lottery wasn't happy because she thought all of this stuff was complete rubbish and when her husband won people had to hold her back because she was so angry. I didn't real feel that disappointed when the end of the story wasn't given to me because I thought that in class we read out the whole story together. I didn't really understand the story anyways. When I was handed the mystery paper I felt excited because I wanted to really know what was inside. I didn't know what was in it but I was guessing it was some prize if you got the black dot on your paper so I was jumping around when I got the black dot. I followed the instructions and I opened at 5pm during my sax lesson :P I wanted to feel good about myself by following instructions so I opened it at the right time. I was extremely happy when I got the black dot because like I said before I thought it was something good. I didn't really feel anything when I read the ending of the story because I expected the other part of the story to be the ending. My predictions were quite close except everyone wasn't disappointed only the wife was really angry. I think being able to understand the story more would have helped me in being able to predict what would have happened because then I could have known how each character could have reacted. The author left voids in this story so that the reader could be hooked into the story and then they wanted to read more. The writer never wants the reader to put away the story and just walk away. They want the reader to keep on reading until the end. Because there was no title in this story people weren't able to guess what was going to happen so they just had to read the whole story to figure out. Without there being an ending it got the reader to have to read to the end to find the answer to their question. I felt the void with the mystery paper but not with there being a delayed ending or having text clues throughout the story.