Julius Caesar Solo/Duet acting

Duet Acting Alistair Jones and Conor Cheng

Act 2 Scene 1 Pg 80-84 Lines 233-309

The context of this passage is Portia asking Brutus about what is going on with him. And Portia being an understanding wife and showing love understands him and gives him some space.

We chose this passage because it is significante to the story line or the book because it shows and builds up mood it and helps characterize Brutus and a thinker due to the frustration in his head. Also this is a significante passage because it shows that Portia is an understanding wife and that she knows that something is up showing that there is definitely something on Brutus's mind. Also with the strange happenings that have happend pria to the event she knows that something is up so she is asking questions and bringing up ideas about why he is acting so weird.

enter PORTIA

PORTIA

Brutus, my lord!

BRUTUS

Portia, what mean you? wherefore rise you now?
It is not for your health thus to commit
Your weak condition to the raw cold morning.

PORTIA

Nor for yours neither. You've ungently, Brutus,
Stole from my bed: and yesternight, at supper,
You suddenly arose, and walk'd about,
Musing and sighing, with your arms across,
And when I ask'd you what the matter was,
You stared upon me with ungentle looks;
I urged you further; then you scratch'd your head,
And too impatiently stamp'd with your foot;
Yet I insisted, yet you answer'd not,
But, with an angry wafture of your hand,
Gave sign for me to leave you: so I did;
Fearing to strengthen that impatience
Which seem'd too much enkindled, and withal
Hoping it was but an effect of humour,
Which sometime hath his hour with every man.
It will not let you eat, nor talk, nor sleep,
And could it work so much upon your shape
As it hath much prevail'd on your condition,
I should not know you, Brutus. Dear my lord,
Make me acquainted with your cause of grief.

BRUTUS

I am not well in health, and that is all.

PORTIA

Brutus is wise, and, were he not in health,
He would embrace the means to come by it.

BRUTUS

Why, so I do. Good Portia, go to bed.

PORTIA

Is Brutus sick? and is it physical
To walk unbraced and suck up the humours
Of the dank morning? What, is Brutus sick,
And will he steal out of his wholesome bed,
To dare the vile contagion of the night
And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air
To add unto his sickness? No, my Brutus;
You have some sick offence within your mind,
Which, by the right and virtue of my place,
I ought to know of: and, upon my knees,
I charm you, by my once-commended beauty,
By all your vows of love and that great vow
Which did incorporate and make us one,
That you unfold to me, yourself, your half,
Why you are heavy, and what men to-night
Have had to resort to you: for here have been
Some six or seven, who did hide their faces
Even from darkness.

BRUTUS

Kneel not, gentle Portia.

PORTIA

I should not need, if you were gentle Brutus.
Within the bond of marriage, tell me, Brutus,
Is it excepted I should know no secrets
That appertain to you? Am I yourself
But, as it were, in sort or limitation,
To keep with you at meals, comfort your bed,
And talk to you sometimes? Dwell I but in the suburbs
Of your good pleasure? If it be no more,
Portia is Brutus' harlot, not his wife.

BRUTUS

You are my true and honourable wife,
As dear to me as are the ruddy drops
That visit my sad heart

PORTIA

If this were true, then should I know this secret.
I grant I am a woman; but withal
A woman that Lord Brutus took to wife:
I grant I am a woman; but withal
A woman well-reputed, Cato's daughter.
Think you I am no stronger than my sex,
Being so father'd and so husbanded?
Tell me your counsels, I will not disclose 'em:
I have made strong proof of my constancy,
Giving myself a voluntary wound
Here, in the thigh: can I bear that with patience.
And not my husband's secrets?

BRUTUS

O ye gods,
Render me worthy of this noble wife!

Knocking within
Hark, hark! one knocks: Portia, go in awhile;
And by and by thy bosom shall partake
The secrets of my heart.
All my engagements I will construe to thee,
All the charactery of my sad brows:
Leave me with haste.

Exit PORTIA

Learning Profiles

My learning profile is Gestalt and I am learning type J. This means that I am dominate with my right eye, left ear, right hand and right leg. This also means that I am right brain hemisphere dominate. If I was a Logic learning profile it would mean I would be left brain hemisphere dominate. I am a Gestalt learner due to the fact that I do things in a less of a mannerly and orderly fashion. For example if I were to be given some lego and there were instructions I would ignore the instructions and try to build the lego's by themselves.

Since I am a Gestalt learner I learn best when I have been physically shown what to do and when my left ear is turned toward the sound I should be listening to. Also when I am sitting in class I should be sitting a few rows back and on the right side so that my left ear can be facing the teacher. During class I neet to try to be shown physically and make sure I primarily listen through the left ear. Also I need to have a balance out my activities with movement activities like sport and other activities like music, arts and mathematics. The strategies that would help me in my learning would be to involve movement and while in class look for the bigger picture to ensure grater understanding. I would like my teachers to know that during class if they could use visuals and sit my on a few rows back from where they are speaking I would be able to learn much better or at least take in information easier.

Driving Forces of the Renaissance

Rivalry between city states is what made them fight over each other so much. A way to get ahead of another city state was to make your state better than everyone else. Like in Florence Phillipo Brunelleschi was patronized to build a dome in Florence and when he succeeded they got ahead and all the other city states tried hard to become better so there city states got better as well.

This I Believe

This I Believe

I believe in good sports-man ship. I have shown this many times but I would like to focus two events. They are fairly big events. They are the school touch tournaments. There was one here in Kuala Lumpur and one in Jakarta at. And when these two events came it was time to test my sports-man ship.

During the 2010 touch tournaments I was playing against the “best” school Jakarta VS KL. We were in KL and the score was 1-3 to us. We were all playing our best and it came down to the last minute of the game to see who would win. All we needed was to defend and wait until the time was up. But it would not be that easy. Their fastest player was one on one with me and he was full pace against me. He was about to score and I dived out about to touch him and he put the ball down. It was up to me, my word against his. I thought, “He faked a touch and made us loose a try… what should I do?”… “Maybe if I let this go my team will be angry” Then something over came me. I knew that saying other wise would be like cheating and I am NOT a CHEATER. I spoke to the referee and said, “ I did not touch him- it was a try.” The referee said, “Thank you for telling the truth” and awarded the try. I felt good and we won the game anyway, winning first. I was lucky my team was not angry at all. Just happy we won.

My next trip away was to Jakarta where we played our game undefeated. It came back down to the game again the score was all 3-4 to us and this time I was against another player the winger. He got a pass and I intercepted it. I had the ball and I hade a break away. I sprinted as fast as I could down the line to get to score the try. I was 10 metres away 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and I dived to score the try because I knew I was being chased I was in the air and then bump I landed and scored…. So I thought. The winger claimed he touched my shoe even though he did not. This was so unfair. I got this feeling I wanted to complain but I didn’t for one of the most important rules of sport is not to ague with the referee. So I took in the lie and I lined back up, annoyed but I knew I had to let in go. The time came again and I followed the winger and dived to tag him and bump, but I missed…. I was shocked the reason for this was he moved last minute and I missed he scored the try. I was asked again did I tag him and I thought… should I payback the winger or should I tell the truth… because it was for the trophy and the referees had been biased… but I had that feeling. I knew my conscience would bother me if I did this. I told the truth and we got 2^nd . I was happy but my team wasn’t but since I told the truth I explained to them, and they accepted it. We don’t want to win on a lie.

We ended up winning 1^st place in the mixed pool for KL. our whole team was really happy that we got to go home with a trophy. So I believe in sportsmanship, in fairness and speaking up and telling the truth is much better than winning a false game and living with the thought of cheating in my mind and in my heart.

The End

Response to Medieval games

For the website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/normans/launch_gms_battle_hastings.shtml
In this game you can choose to be Harold Godwinson or Duke William. And you have to attack or defend yourself against the opposition. I liked the a part in the game were you cannot win as Harold because it is true because Harold lost in real life so in the game he as to die eventually in the battle. During the game I learned about a few battle strategies and the geography of the war. In the Battle of Hastings there were three rivals the Norwegian the English and the French (Normandy) they are all fighting for the throne of England or to keep it. I think this is a good learning experience because it teaches you a bit about the Battle of Hastings and who one and lost. Also it shows about some battle strategies.

For the website: http://y8.com/games/1066
In this game you are the Normans and fighting the English and the French (Normandy) for the rights over England. I liked this game because it was really challenging and very hard. During this game I learned a bit about battle tactics and how to make an army even. During the game I learned about a few battle strategies and the geography of the war. In the Battle of Hastings there were three rivals the Norwegian the English and the French (Normandy) they are all fighting for the throne of England or to keep it. This is a good learning experience because at the beginning it has a lot of information that is useful.

Response to Boy in the Stripped Pajamas

We should care about the issues because they are still going on but not as strong as it used to be. Like in the Boy the in the Striped Pajamas Bruno does not know much as do some of us right now with racism and Genocide. Also in Rose Blanche she does not know what is going on as to some people these days. We should care about the issues raised in the book because they happened in the past yeah but they are still important to learn about so we know what to do in the future if it ever happens again. Also we should care about this so that we can teach other people younger and older than us about this if they are interested. I think you should keep on studying this book in Grade 7 for further years because it is a really important matters and maybe stop people having a laugh over it. Also it is a very interesting matter, which I think people will find very fascinating.

Steve McCurry

Steve McCurry is a photographer that is famous for his picture of the Afghan. Girl. He first worked for a newspaper but then became a photographer in India. And that’s when he launched from being interested in the world and freelanced around taking pictures of interesting subjects. The themes of his photos are mostly war and the other side of the world you don’t see every day like poverty. “In India in particular, where millions have no home but the streets, virtually every life event is carried out in public: prayer, eating, sleeping, nursing, crude dentistry, even bodily functions. In the secular West, where nothing is sacred, everything seems hidden; yet in Asia, where nothing is hidden, everything is sacred.”

The first picture is about the killing fields in Cambodia. It is in the group called Dith Pran – Out of the Killing Fields. This photo stands out to me because of how hard and scary it must have been to be living while innocent people were being killed in the killing field. In this picture the part that’s stands out most to me is the man turned away from the skulls looking sad and all the bones behind him and how many people that must have been and how many families were in pain during this terror. I think Steve McCurry was trying to emphasize how cruel the world can really be and what strong leaders can do to the world. Also he is also showing us that the world is not all nice and easy but dangerous and hard and you have to work to get something out of it. The connection between me and the photo is that when I was in Cambodia I was sight seeing around the Ankor Wat area and the guide asked us if we wanted to go to the killing fields but my parents said “no” because they thought it would make my sister and I really upset. So in the end my parents just told me as much info about it as they new.

This is my second picture. It is a picture of fishermen in Sri Lanka and it is in the group of photos called The Way it Was. This photo really wrabs my eye båcause of how physically demanding it must be to be able to fish in this sort of way and how old this way of0fmshing i| is but how much it really works. Álso what I like is even in vhå whether wiôh a storm0brewing (I think) how coímittud tèey are to ôheir jobn Steve McCurry is probaâly try to show uó that life is jard and even some of the hardest jobs in the world get paid the smallest wages. Also that you have to live with what you got. My connection with this picture is that I love fishing and I do it for fun but these people go out and fish off a top of a pole while I’m out in a boat with my uncle and really expensive fishing equipment and they are using sticks with a rope on the end. And then I realize that I am really lucky that I am not fishing to feed my family. So I really am thankful for all the things I am given in life.

All of Steve McCurry’s work deals with war or the other side of the world you don’t see every day. I have learned that some times the shot is better if it is rare rather than an every day idea. Photography brings change when we see a photo that is different and we see another part of the world different. A great photo is made by a interesting main focus that really is eye grabbing and the background that is interesting. Too make a photo last it needs to be something that not many people know about or see something interesting. To read a photo you look at the main focus then around it and try and see what it is saying or showing. Also you can try and think of other related factors to any other artwork you have seen. Steve McCurry’s work shows a journey of the world and of the change he saw in himself while around the world taken pictures. For those who were desperate, my camera became an object of hope (...)Throughout my year-long coverage of the monsoon world, my strongest conviction was that I was involved in the fundamentals of life.