(Written for 10th grade English class project)
For they are words on paper,
meant to be replayed in all ages.
Words on the tip of tongues
released in all worldly phases.
For they are the language
manipulated in any form,
every time replayed
a new version is born.
One hundred times over
have the lines been recast.
Now this, the hundred first,
yet definitely not the last.
Act 1
Fickleness, having no ability to restrain.
The people needed someone to praise
and next in line was Julius Caesar.
With a hidden tyranny, destruction also came.
With kind words and a humble heart,
Cassius approaches Brutus with terms of praise.
Words of comparison between Caesar and Brutus
along with criticism and all other ways,
in the intent to sway Brutus
to the side of conspiracy,
to spill the blood of Caesar
with the look and purpose of intimacy.
But which was not the truth,
for the senators wanted to hide
the true purpose of the murder,
so their reason consisted of a lie.
Unheard to the ear and unseen to the eye,
strange sights around the city.
Casca faces Cicero with thoughts,
puzzled by the chaos an filled with insecurity.
With blackness and streaks of white,
they filled the sky on that very evening.
A sense of anger from the Gods,
a wrath of Rome was beginning.
In aid for Brutus to accept the invitation,
Cinna writes in other identities
hoping to reveal support of people
while relying on Brutus' credulity.
Act 2
Filled with confusion and ambivalence,
Brutus is at war inside his heart,
torn between two forces:
either to love or to part.
For the notes arrive
from many identities,
and Brutus rethinks
all the different possibilities.
Yet when the murderers arrive,
hoping to add a name,
Brutus finally joins,
now the head of the game.
Images of the people of Rome,
washing their hands in the red of Caesar.
A terrible sight in the eyes of his wife,
Caesar refuses to look any weaker.
The murderers all arrive
in masks to hide their plans,
they are Caesar's "friends" indeed,
yet he will die at their bloody hands.
Act 3
The senators kneel before Caesar,
not because of love; but for an opening.
For Casca sinks his sword in first,
Caesar's first screams of moaning.
But the last stab is not from metal,
rather of betrayal and confusion.
For the face of Brutus is over his body
as Caesar ragingly enters a dark reclusion.
Antony and Brutus quickly converse,
make terms for speeches to the people.
Antony agrees to Brutus' words,
Brutus' decision to go first is feeble.
Antony had agreed to the terms,
yet he bends them to his own favors
turning fury hearts against the murderers.
Now the power of Rome wavers,
fury once again breaks out,
hatred for conspirators and all related.
Slaughtering all around Rome,
for now the disgust is elated.
Act 4
The same sides fight,
between Brutus and Cassius both.
As a civil war between the two,
anger arises to the most.
For Cassius threatens to take away
himself and his life.
Brutus calms himself down
and releases the strife.
Now both in preparation for battle
against Antony and Octavius,
for the winner claims all of Rome.
While the people are all furious,
both sides hope to conquer.
Antony and Octavius for revenge,
and for Brutus and Cassius,
a justified murder that none can comprehend.
As Brutus is fast awake,
Caesar approaches as an apparition.
For he will see Brutus at Philippi,
words and sights of apprehension.
Act 5
Four of Rome's greatest
all stand together on a field,
facing one another,
having no intention to yield.
Insults go back in forth
just before a massive battle,
a battle that will shake Rome
and make its statues rattle.
For the next hundreds of deaths
would determine the winner.
Who will take Rome and rule
into the present and the future?
Cassius and Brutus say words of ends
before entering the gruesome fight,
little do they know
that it will be their last sight.
Dagger after dagger,
spear after spear,
they plunge into flesh
and watch their opponent's fear.
As Cassius hears news
that his friend is captured,
he misunderstands the information
and ignorantly runs into his dagger.
As the conspirators fall and fall,
Brutus seems to be alone,
for he knows his defeat
and he dreads to return to Rome.
Antony approaches the noble body,
for Brutus was one with true intentions,
yet the murder of Caesar
still has no possible redemption.
And because Brutus was great,
Octavius decides on his part
to honor Brutus
and bury him with the heart.
The heart of Rome
and Caesar's great fall,
for Brutus was a man
and the noblest Roman of all.
Epilogue
The great words of man will forever repeat
in mocking and in reality.
And the mistakes of the world will continue,
because fear arises along with ambiguity.
For as long as man shall exist
faults in them are impossible to resist.
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