Directing Act 3 scene 2 of Julius Caesar :: Drama

Directing mo 3 position 2 of Julius CaesarAct 3 scene 2 is a pivotal scene in the play for a number of reasons.Firstly, it develops the growing conflict between the conspirators andAnthony. It creates the important division that ultimately leads to theensuing war. It also introduces Anthony as a much powerful figure, asif he fills the vacuum that Caesars death left.From a say localise of view, it is a very hard scene to direct, aswe strike to keep the suspense and momentum created by the juxtapositionmade by placing this pivotal scene right after the last highly chargedand emotional scene. In this scene, I want to try and create an nimbus of anger and emotion, anger first at Caesar during Brutus saving and then at Brutus himself during Anthonys, the emotion is ina way not only the anger, that also the grief that the plebeians feelat the loss of their leader.Before the scene starts, a couple of actors in plebeian c bargainhes takeup places in the standing area close to the s tage ready to start out theaudience for when Anthony comes down among them.At the beginning of the scene when Brutus and Cassius enter, I would worry them to enter through and through the main back door onto the stage and walkingtowards the plebeians. Cassius then leaves with some citizens andexits back through the back door through which Brutus then follows toemerge a moment later in the main pulpit preceding(prenominal) the stage (see diagram1-2). This is because it shows he thinks he is above all the citizensaround him and asserts the air of authority that he is trying to make. ane of the main points I want to get across in Brutus speech is thefact that he does not really have any in effect(p) reason for killing Caesarand that he has to try and promote the one point that he has. To dothis, I want him to use a lot of emotive actions and tone of voice. InCaesars time when the people were mostly uninstructed and easily led,this kind of speech would have won them over if it wer e performedwell. If they got so caught up on one point, then they would forgetthat it was not actually a very good point and believe it feverantlyuntil they could be persuaded otherwise by another speaker, such asAnthony.Brutus starts out by appeal with the plebeians to listen to him,Hear me for my cause, andbe silent, that you may hearWhen he says this, I want him to say it almost desperately but still