Julius Caesar Act II

Julius Caesar Act II

It is sometimes necessary to take decisive, preemptive action against someone because of what you fear he or she might do later. Many examples in the world include some of the most violent countries at the moment, for example, Libya. It all started with news on people protesting against the government to tell him to step down. The government was a dictator and he wouldn't step down, so the people, afraid of what he might do next, started a war. Another example I want to mention is North Korea. They have threatened to bomb the U.S. but yet no one from that country is doing anything? Why?

What are the people afraid of that preemptive action have to be taken against someone? Sometimes it can involve forcing people, but other times it can involve a whole war. The people in Libya started a war, and it threw the whole continent into chaos. What I’m wondering is the fact that such actions have to be made against someone. I am sure that if the people of Libya talked or asked for help, a war could have been avoided. You cannot predict the future, even if the person say he/she is going to do something, it doesn't always work out.

          In the end I believe it all depends on the situation of the scene. If what they’re going to do will affect many people, I think you should take preemptive action. But if all they’re going to do is win a contest to be the head of student counsel, I’m pretty sure you can wait a year. It doesn't matter how bad the person is going to be in the future, it could be how good he will be, there is always kindness somewhere in their heart.

Positive change can be brought about through violence

        "Violence doesn't solve everything." A quote in which we hear often from our elders. I do agree with this statement although in a lot of cases, violence must be the answer to solve a problem. Going to war isn't the best thing, but sometimes it needs to happen to protect the home land. Violence even occurs between friends and after the fighting and the arguments the problem is most likely settled to a positive form. Negative change can also happen with violence due to bullying, mischief and other sources of bad behavior.
        What we see in the media, violence, crime and violent sports are everywhere. The sports we play and watch keep us from doing bad things. It's cheaper then jail, and its cheaper than bail. Our soldiers over seas are fighting for our freedom. In past wars our men and women put their lives on the line for us. They fought. It was violent. Look at our country now, there is freedom.
        We haven't been around a war directly but we have seen films or movies based on them. This does bring some sort of positive change! Violence isn't always a negative. It can turn out to be positive in time.

Positives and Negatives of Being Too Loyal

       Loyalty brings it's own positives and negatives into the world. Loyalty can or has a big impact on peoples lives. I believe that being too loyal isn't that good, I suggest to be loyal not TOO loyal. It's always good to be  loyal because many things can be earned such as trust, friendship, etc.

       There are many advantages of being loyal. Loyalty strengthens relationships. If you are loyal to someone   you can easily gain their trust and care. Let's say a you are having difficulties in your life, wouldn't you need someone to be there for you and care for you? Well, loyalty can help you do that easily. Loyalty is something that can make you care and have value towards something weather it's a object, human, or anything. So, I would strongly recommend to stay loyal to everyone, especially people close to you because you'll gain someones trust, which is very important in healthy relationships.

        Like I said in the beginning, loyalty brings positives and negatives. Well, there are always bad, careless, rude people in the world. Being too loyal is not very good. Some people will take your loyalty for granted. So, accepting everything they say can be harmful to you because they might be leading you to incorrect information. If your too loyal, then people will lie knowing that they'll get away of it and you have to acknowledge that some people will take you for granted. Here's an example, let's say that there is someone who you really like and want to become friends with them and the first thing that comes to your mind is be loyal, first. So, you are trying to be as loyal as possible and for some reason they don't want to be your friend then they'll slowly start to take advantage of you. They will go on with lies and lead you to the wrong path. So, be aware.

         After all, I would like to say loyalty is a great thing. Being loyal is very good, but I suggest don't be too loyal. Try to be loyal to everyone and see what response you get. But, be aware of those people who take you for granted. Be aware of those people who you want to make a positive relationship with because if your careless bad things will turn out.

Shakesphere answers

1. How many plays did Shakespeare write?

The general answer to this is 37, but no one knows exactly how much he has written.

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/numberofplays.html


2. His kids name were Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet.

This is correct.

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/shakespearechildren.html

3. Might have been a male.

Shakespeare was certainly a male.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Was_William_Shakespeare_male_or_female

Positive and Negative Consequences

               There are positive and negative consequences for being too loyal, although I think that it would be better to have someone to be loyal to as long as they show the same loyalty back. I also believe that it is good to have people to be loyal to you if you show the same friendship and trust towards them.

                When I hear the word loyalty I mostly think of a very good relationship between two individuals. I also can imagine someone who thinks that they are friends with someone because they are so loyal to them. Both of these are examples of loyalty. One is a Positive loyalty and the other is negative, can you guess which one is which? Most people have been at each end of loyalty. Personally I would pick the positive side over the negative.

                The positive outweighs the negative in my mind because with the positive, you are gaining not only someone to trust and believe in, you are gaining a friend. A friend is someone that you can share a mutual respect for one another. It is someone that you can have care for you, as you care for them. A positive loyalty is a bond that those friends will share forever.

                If you ask me negative loyalty is for fools. When I think of negative loyalty I think of someone that worships another person and follows them everywhere, but they are trying to gain the same loyalty from the person they worship to make the negative loyalty, positive loyalty.

                I do think that it is good to have someone to be loyal to as long as they are loyal back. Be careful who you select to be loyal to, because you never truly know who they are. You never know when you are in the presence of back stabber. It’s always good to have someone to be loyal to, as long as they are as loyal to you as you are to them.

               Consequences of being loyal


              Being loyal, being polite. Showing trust and gaining trust. These are items shown by being loyal. Although being loyal sounds rewarding at times it can have its negative impacts. Giving your loyalty towards friends, family or just a someone should be rewarded with loyalty back. This would be the positive side to loyalty. Giving your help and positive impact to the other person and receiving it straight back. But there are times where people take advantage of this. Showing your loyalty but at the end being taken advantage and being disrespected.

            Due to untrust worthy, advantage taking of this hope is broken at the highest point of life possible. Life has took its toll and you're wondering whether being loyal is worth it or not, why has this person done this to you and what did you do to deserve this. At the most people just do this because you are too loyal and too trusted that they don't think of you, they think of them selves. This my friends are what I call a “not so much of a friend or shall I say “Bro”. 

            Towards the end of debating whether you life should change from being loyal or being "sort of"  loyal everything changes. New friendships are made and that loyalty is "you" is brought alive again. Hope is new and refreshed. Although there is some negative consequences of being too loyal  there are way more positive out comes or shall I say consequences to being a loyal person. For those who request that loyalty is not what it is and you will get a negative situation from it then you are false.
   
            Thinking of the negative consequences are just a saying that you don trust that the fact that you are receiving what you have just shown them. But actually you are shown reward back as respect or as the same as you have done to them. I’m not saying that everything has its positives or that everything has its negatives, but I’m saying that “what comes around comes back around” and you shall receive what is yours.

             Loyalty is rewarding.  Shown as respect back you should do the same thing and this would be the best and far most legitiment reason of being loyal. Loyalty back. And from this the cycle begins from the start where the trust factor is broken and life restarts from the beginning. And although you may not know this person quite well you should we respectful, show you loyalty and that your reward shall come back even if it comes back in good karma. So as long as your loyal you should receive it back or you should give back the favour of loyalty to them.

Julius Caesar Act I

         It is sometimes necessary to do things you know are wrong in order to achieve an important goal. No matter the consequence, a sacrifice of some sort has to be made. Although a sentence like this might sound scary, but it is true for both good and evil. On the bright side, not all action requires wrong doings. But is the goal really this important that "wrong things" need to be done?

         This refers to the famous quote evil villains say in movies, “To achieve my goal, a few sacrifices have to be made.” This can mean any sacrifice, from lives to environment. But does reaching the goal require someone to do such horrible things? This all depend on what kind of audience is present to tell which is good and bad. What if the goal involves very simple actions like borrowing a garbage bag from your neighbor, without asking, because your bag ripped. Does this action count as evil, or bad?

         If wrong doings have to be done, why are you doing it? Is it because someone is forcing you by putting lives in danger? Or is it because your survival instincts kicked in? The sentence was, "It is sometimes necessary to do things you know are wrong in order to achieve an important goal." I noticed it said "an important goal" Does this mean this doesn't have to be your goal? Most of the time, achieving a goal is NOT more important than lives, but there are times where there is. If there was, I believe everyone would try to take the way around doing wrongs things or making sacrifices.

         To achieve someone’s goal does not always require wrong doings. It only appears wrong to those who see it in a different way (unless it is harming of something/ someone because I see it as wrong). But if sacrifices/ wrong doings need to be done, take some time into considering options around it. There may be a solution and no one/ nothing will be harmed because of some stupid goal that needs to be achieved.

Shakespeare Resources

These are 3 of my resources about Shakespeare I found on the web, enjoy!

http://www.bardweb.net/
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/
http://shakespeare.com/

No Red Pill, No Blue Pill.

        This story seemed interesting to me because the author related learning to many things, one of them was bridges. "My desire insists on stronger, more permanent bridges." This means that the author wants the learning to be better then what it is right now. This story seemed to start off with learning is hard, and then it slowly moved into learning is individual, then student’s motivation. I think the story is just trying to say that hard work pays off. So, the harder you work the more successful you will be in life. "You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes." I think this means that there are no shortcuts in learning.