Julius Caesar Act 2 Scene 2

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Julius Caesar did not have the most terrific portrayal of Act 2 Scene 2. The scene was too bland there was no believable or intriguing setting to draw you into the world of Caesar. They relied too heavily on the actors (which there were only 2-3 of) which wasn’t enough. As for the actors, the least convincing had to be Calphurnia not to say the other two were much better. Her character is supposed to be distressed and emotional, begging for Caesar to stay home pouring her heart out to him so that he might just listen, “Do not go forth today. Call it my fear that keeps you in the house, and not your own. We’ll send Mark Antony to the Senate House, and he shall say you are not well today. Let me, upon my knee, prevail in this,” (A2S2 Lines 54 - 58). The actress portraying Calphurnia showed the minimum amount of emotion not nearly enough to be convincing. Her tone was bland and …show more content…
Both the actors had such strong personalities that somewhat clashed but drew the audience in. Caesar is clearly assertive and in charge but Decius is convincing and able to take control over Caesar without him really knowing. Decius paints this grand picture of Caesar every word causing Caesar’s pride to grow and peaking the audience’s interest. Decius knows how to appeal to Caesar’s arrogance and build upon that to change his mind. Calphurnia took so long to convince Caesar to stay home and in a few lines Caesar has dismissed everything she said and agrees with Decius to go to the Senate House that day. Caesar is actually listening to what Decius has to say and not dismissing everything as he did with Calphurnia and the actors portraying Caesar and Decius showed this relationship of mutualistic respect and attention. Caesar watched intently as Decius continued and didn’t raise his voice at him after Decius drew out the mighty picture of Caesar reigning