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1. Now that you have read the play in its entirety, decide for yourself whether or not Shakespeare believed
that the murder of Caesar was in the best interests of the Roman people? To answer this question, reflect
upon the facts of the play: who lives? (were their acts just?), who dies? (were their acts unjust?), and how do
the speeches associated with their deaths shed light on the way "God" (in the case of a fictitious story, the
playwright himself) would judge them and their actions?
2. Since Brutus himself is said to have been the noblest Roman of all" (V, 74), why do you think Shakes
kills him off before the play's conclusion? That is, is Shakespeare conveying any message mest
killing him off? (Remember: The reader must assume that nothing in such a play is included by

3.06 unit assessment: critical skills practice 1 answers?

Announcer two: ladies and gentlemen, following on the news given in our bulletin a moment ago, the government meteorological bureau has requested the large observatories of the country to keep an astronomical watch on any further disturbances occurring on the planet mars. due to the unusual nature of this occurrence, we have arranged an interview with noted astronomer professor pierson, who will give us his views on the event. in a few moments we will take you to the princeton observatory at princeton, new jersey. we return you until then to the music of ramón raquello and his orchestra. the passage is from the transcript of the radio adaptation of the war of the worlds by h. g. wells. instead of including expert interviews, h. g. wells uses a narrator to tell about an alien invasion that occurred a few years earlier. by including expert interviews, how does the radio broadcast change the story most effectively? o. a. it puts the story in the past tense, increasing its personal tone. o o b. it makes the broadcast sound more like a fictional story. o o c. it makes the broadcast sound like a news report. o d. it makes the story sound less believable by changing who presents the story's details.

In a 10-12 sentence response-style paragraph, explore the degree to which you agree or disagree with faulkner’s message. “i believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. he is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. the poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. it is his privilege to man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to him endure and prevail” (faulkner 773-775).