Ryan Velarde

Period 6

12-10-05

Caesar Audio Project

 

Part 1: Statement of Intent

 

            I am going to portray Brutus in my interview. Brutus is a conspirator along with many others such as Cassius, Casca, and others. Brutus is a very nice person even though he is a main conspirator. Brutus is honorable, if not too honorable. Brutus is also trusting, fair, caring, gullible, and perversely logical. Brutus is definitely an optimist because he looks for the good in people. Brutus also does what he thinks is right. He bases decisions for the good of the people and the country. Brutus has a moral imagination and because he killed Julius Caesar, he has a guilty conscience. Brutus bases his decisions on perverted logic. In the play Caesar is offered the crown thrice times, yet he refuses it thrice times. This shows that Caesar is not hungry for power. It shows that he is not the most ambitious person, yet Brutus is scared and frightened of what he might do to the state. Brutus is afraid that Caesar, who has refused to become king three times, will become power hungry and want to rule the state by himself, leaving himself with all the power. Brutus wants his state to stay the same as it is. Because he is afraid of what Caesar might do, he kills him, but Brutus is honorable and trusting. When the conspiracy is being made, the idea of the members of the conspiracy signing that they will stay true to the conspiracy comes up. It is Brutus who says this is not necessary because every man should have pride and should be able to be trusted to stay true to the conspiracy without signing something. Among the conspiracy, the idea of killing Antony as well as Caesar also comes up. It is once again Brutus who says what he thinks. He says it is not necessary to kill Antony because without Caesar, Antony is nothing. All these things that Brutus does shows that he is not afraid and trusts those who do not have power or are less than Brutus, but someone who is above Brutus, has more power than him, or has the ability to change the state that Brutus lives in does not receive Brutus’s trust. It shows that Brutus is afraid of the people who are better than him. At the end of the novel Brutus is at the top and he has power because he is the leader of the war. While he is at the top and has power he realizes that it is better that he kills himself instead of killing someone else. It is also ironic that just like when Caesar was killed by Brutus, Brutus is very powerful when he kills himself. This shows that Brutus is also afraid of himself and what he is capable of doing and might do to hurt his state or people of the state.

            I plan to portray Brutus as someone who is nice and caring. I also plan to make him sound confused, as he is about life. I plan to show how he does what is good for the state and how he cares so much about it.

 

Part 2: Audio Project

            Interview

 

 

 

 

Script:

  • Interviewer- Hello Brutus, I have some questions for you.
  • Interviewer- Why do you have so much pride?
  • Brutus- I have a lot of pride because I care about myself and the state. I want the state to be prosperous and live well. I also respect myself for who I am because I am nice and I care for other people. I try to make good decisions
  • Interviewer- Why are you such a trusting man?
  • Brutus- I am such a trusting man because of who I am and how I act. I like to think that other people can be trusted. If people want something done so bad then they will stay true to their word and not disobey. When we were making the conspiracy I did not feel the need to sign or trust because I knew that everyone wanted Caesar dead. Because of this I knew that everyone could be trusted and they would stay true to their word.
  • Interviewer- Why do you act they way you do?
  • Brutus- I act the way I do because I have pride, honor, and trust. I also want what is best for the people and the state so I base my decisions on that as well.
  • Interviewer- Why did you feel the need to kill Caesar, but not Antony, and why did you kill Caesar.
  • Brutus- I felt that I needed to kill Caesar because I thought that he was the only one that would do any harm to the state. Antony had offered Caesar the crown so I knew that Antony was not going to be any trouble. Antony is nothing without Caesar. I wanted to kill Caesar because I thought that if he got too much power he might want to have all the power and not let anyone else have any say in the state. I did not want this to happen because it would tear the state apart and maybe cause it to destruct. I only did it for the good of the state.
  • Interviewer- Thank you Brutus for your time.
  • Brutus- You are welcome.

 

Part 3: Evaluation

            I thought that the interview went really well. I portrayed Brutus just how I wanted to. I made him confused and sound like he has perverted logic. I also made him show a lot of pride for his country and how much he cares about his country. My understanding of Brutus has greatly changed throughout this project. I really broke Brutus’s decisions into pieces and understood why he did them or possible reasons why he did them. Brutus is really a nice but odd character.