Sunday, October 30, 2011

Plagiarism



Plagiarism is very dangerous , risky and illegal. I dont understand why people would take others work and present it as your own. Plagiarsim can get you into jail, and you can be in there for a long period of time. I suggest that people shouldnt do it because even though they dont think it matters when they are copying , but it will turn into a horriable outcome. Especially in college if someone does plagiarism that can mess up everthing for that persons future. It will be something that follows the person forever , where ever they go .

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Cassius

In Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar", Cassius is cunning, mischievous, and selfish. He is also very observant and manipulative. He wants Caesar dead and considers nothing but his own greediness to have his goal met. He is a character that I cannot completely love or hate. I dislike him because of his intentions, not doing his job as a senator and considering the fate of Rome, and for turning Caesar's people against him. Yet I like him because he is very smart and knows just how to manipulate people into getting what he wants. My favorite part of Act 1 is how he was able to reel Brutus in on his conversation to go against Caesar by sugar coating it with things that would interest Brutus, such as his loyalty to Rome.

Cassius

In, "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" Cassius, is Julius Caesar's foil. He is the Senator of the Roman Republic and is hungry for power. He wants to get the power away from Julius Caesar. He is very much against Caesar. Cassius is a very observant person, and throughout scene 1 acts 1 and 2, he's been trying to persuade others against Caesar as well. He has Brutus in the palm of his hand practically, bringing fear to him that Caesar has bad intentions. He manipulates him, saying that in reality Caesar is not a great god like people portray him to be. Eventually, he manages to assassinate him and his power is no longer there.
-Raquel Farfan

Julius Caesar- Raffi Rillo


Julius Caesar in the play "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar"  is described as a powerful, ambitious ruler that won many battles for Rome. He is very confident and arrogant. He is proud of what he does. But he is also a very superstitious person. For example, in the play, he wanted the winner of a race to touch his wife so that she can become clean. However his arrogance is bigger than his superstition.
To keep himself in power, he does not want "lean" people around him. Meaning that he does not want skinny, ambitious people around him because they would want power and could take it away from him. For example, when Caesar explains to Mark Antony that Cassius is ambitious and dangerous. Instead of "lean" people, he wants fat people around him because they are content and are already happy with what they have.
Caesar was also deaf out of his right ear and had epilepsy.

cassius



Cassius in the play "The tragedy of julius caesar" by william shakespeare reacts as a keen behavior. Cassius used to fight along side Julius Caesar. However, due to the fact that Julius Caesar has becomed a god like ruler, cassius, in jealousy, used Caesar's defects against him. Toward Act 1 he manipulates Brutus by providing specific details on how Caesar is hurting Rome,due to Brutus being nationalist. Later on a storm comes in, and another character, Casca, comes into the play believing storm is the god's anger. Cassius takes act toward Casca's fear and uses the situation to manipulate his beliefs to point out how the gods where angry at Caesar. Cassius is sharp, intelligent, jealous and possesive.

Match.com: Marcus Brutus


Marcus 'lover man' Brutus is man looking for that special someone. Someone who reminds him of his great love form his country Rome and who shares the complete, all be it occasionally naive, quality of absolute trust in people, even when they do not deserve it. His personal life is currently being spent deciding the fate of Rome with his companion Cassius. Both of them are senators and are concerned about the shifting tides of power in Rome to Julius Caesar. A supportive woman is probably the best match for him because he is going through a very rough time deciding whether or not to assassinate on of his closest friends. To get an idea of the inner feelings of Brutus it may behoove any would-be match to know that he is Marc Antony's foil. (you know, the one always running around town naked and touching Caesar's wife for good luck) In conclusion, Marcus Brutus is patriotic, has a good intentioned heart, and may or may not smell of lilac floating on the cool spring breeze of Tiber river at dawn.

Cassius


In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare a character named Cassius is a smart, ambitious, and observant person and also a senator of Rome. His main goal is to get rid of another senator named Julius Caesar. His plan to get rid of Caesar is an assassination on the month of March. Cassius tries to persuade some of Caesar's friends on why Caesar should be get ridden of. Cassius does successfully persuade Casca with superstition and is currently trying to persuade Brutus.

Cassius



Cassius a characte in the play, "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" is presented as someone who knows how to manipulate other people, Cassius is a senator of the Roman republic. He dislikes Julius Caesar which maked him want to get him out of power. Cassius thinks that it would be much easier if he has more people against Caesar, for him to get him out of ruling, which is why he starts putting ideas in Brutus and Casca's mind. When a storm came, it made it easier for Cassius to manipulate Brutus and Casca, because he saw the storm as a positive thing, and he was actually excited about the storm. Since his plan was to get more people against Caesar, he just thought that the storm was a great start.
Cassius is truly my favorite character in "The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar" so far. He is a superior character that shows both his brilliance and his slyness, in the way he manipulates the ones' around him, with just a single conversation. As he is the senator, he is against Caesar because he thinks he will make Rome fall, and will do whatever it takes to "plant a seed" in the other senators' heads. In my opinion i think he is jealous, and wants do go to the extreme to take Caesar out. So far he has successfully turned Casca against Caesar. His next target? Brutus. Brutus's way of being (naive) has made him an easy target for Cassius. Cassius is having the time of his life as a thunder storm arises from the clouds. It will only make his goals easier for him to eventually turn everyone against the king of Rome, Caesar. 


-Alan Martinez Pd. 4(;

Cassius

In Act 1 Scene 2 a storm happens and everyone has a different opinion about it. Cassius think that it is a pleasant night and he is excited and more positive but Cassius is thinking that this storm is a good thing and that everything is going to turn out fin and with this he convinces Casca that Caesar is bad but now he needs to convince Brutus. Cassius is very manipulated and can be very mischievous. Cassius is very dangerous and can not be trusted and he wants all the power

Julius Caesar Character Analysis

        In the play "Julius Caesar", Julius Caesar is presented as a superstitious, arrogant person during the first scene during a race that he spectates. He comes off as arrogant because although he is superstitious, he is confident in himself that the soothsayer's prediction of his death is not true. Since Caesar is also a very popular political figure in Rome, and his power makes him a person that is very hated and envied by other politicians that are power hungry. Cassius, in particular, is plotting against Julius in order to bring the emperor to his death, in order to seize power. Cassius tries to convince Brutus that Caesar is nothing but a mortal since is treated like a god, but Julius gets ill like any other person, and he is even deaf in one ear. Meanwhile, Julius does not become suspicious of other characters' actions and it shows that he is a little unobservant of the others' actions.

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar in the play, "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar," by William Shakespeare was a Roman general who desired power. Like most Romans during his time, Caesar was superstitious. Not only was he superstitious, but he was also ambitious, perceptive, and arrogant. Being a crude man who desired power, he did not want any lean, "hungry" officials to assist in his business because he believed that they would crave for power once they had enough strength themselves. Instead, Caesar wanted fatter and dumber officials because he did not see them as a threat. With an observant eye, Caesar took notice of Cassius's mischievous behavior and was able to determine that Cassius thought too much and was dangerous. Julius Caesar was deaf in his left ear, and along with that and his arrogant attitude, he tended not to listen too much to what other people said.

- Arlynn Adamos Period 4

Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar is one of the main characters. He is seen as a dictator and in known for being very demanding to the people. Julius Caesar is also really ambitious in wanting to have power, that he wants only fat and dumb people around him to make him look good. But Julius Caesar is deaf from his left ear and does not like to listen to want other people have to say.

Gaius Cassius

In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, Cassius is a senator of the Roman Republic, and is very much against Julius Caesar. It is his desire to remove Caesar from power, and eventually does so through assassination. He is presented as a cold, calculating man. He can easily see people's true intentions, showing that he knows of dishonesty very well. He is also a master of manipulation, as  evidenced by his manipulation of the honorable Marcus Brutus, a close friend of Caesar.

~ Clinton Barnes

Cassisus

Cassius is a character in the play, "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar," and as of right now, he is the senator that habours malevolent feelings toward Caesar. He believes that Caesar should not be ruler of Rome, and he would do whatever it takes to manipulate his fellow senators to turn against Caesar. He is very manipulative, able to shift conversation, from one thing then making Caesar as his main focus. And as of right now, Cassius is having coincedential events(though he never made a plan. . .yet), such as the storm, which makes things easier for him to manipulate Brutus along with Casca.

Marcus Brutus

          Marcus Brutus is one of the characters of," The Tragedy of Julius Caesar". He is naive, reserved, a slave to Rome, and the foil to a character named Anthony who is happy about games in Act I. He will do anything that he feels that is the best for the Roman republic and values honor greatly. He slowly becomes persuaded by Cassius that Julius Caesar is not honorable and not immortal, which some people have been saying. He is conflicted with the thought of Julius Caesar's growing power and his close friendship with him.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011



Cassius is a character in the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar that is very critical about Julius Caesar and his ruling. Cassius believes that Julius Caesar should not be ruling and is not an honarable person. Cassius is a very manipulative person who convinces Marcus Brutas that Julius Caesar should not rule. He is a observant and intelligent man who knows what he is doing. In Act 1 there was a thunderstorm which Cassius believed was meant as a sign that Julius should not be ruling!

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Personal Growth- Raffi Rillo

Before the two week break, I was a lazy kid with a fairly low work ethic and I didn't really focus on school that much. After getting many talks from my two older sisters, I had a big realization that I need a change within myself to get better grades in school. During the two week break I was assigned a lot of homework from each of my classes. Rather than procrastinating like i used to, i started all the homework early and was able to get it done before the last weekend of break! From now on, I plan to continue on making progress throughout my educational career!

Personal Growth

Over the past two weeks, I think that I have grown the most personally in my area of patience. I say this because my grandma got very sick, and over the break I went almost every day to visit her. She is now very old, and gets easily irritated. When you talk to her, you have to be careful with what you say to her, because she takes things the wrong way. Also, she's starting to forget things easily and she cries for simple every day things. All this made me be patient, I had to be compassionate, and I had to be peaceful and I had to show her that I cared.
-Raquel Farfan

Personal Growth

During the fall break, I spent everyday going to practice,  and waking up early for games and tournaments. I'm a varsity volleyball player at OHS, but despite having that proud title, since I'm a sophomore and aren't as good nor experienced to "take" someone's position that I usually am, puts me in a difficult spot. Knowing that I have 2 more years to improve with the help of older varsity girls and off season club, it still gets to me when I don't get to get on the court. Especially, because this year we enter the Mesa league. But I was determined to show the coach that I will improve and soon just push someone out of their position and start. And when I thought about it, I could've always been on JV, starting every game as the position I want to be, but I would never improve as a player to a varsity level. So the biggest growth I made throughout the break was to have a positive attitude and have determination to improve a lot this year. So that next year, I could start and play what I want.