Question

Using role play as a technique makes the teaching-learning process easy and enjoyable. It is helpful in understanding the plot, the concepts, the flow of the story, and is a joyful activity- both for the teacher and the taught. Dramatizing a story or poem brings out the meaning of certain words and phrases and how the story is progressing clearly. Expressions, gestures and the body language add meaning to the story and help students to understand it better. 

Many of the suggested topics given above can be enacted in class to make the reading of the play Julius Caesar more captivating.

Answer 1

Students can enact important scenes from Julius Caesar in class. Suitable scenes include:

1. Caesar and the soothsayer – ‘Beware the Ides of March.’
2. Cassius trying to influence Brutus.
3. Brutus deciding to join the conspiracy.
4. Portia questioning Brutus about his secret.
5. Calpurnia warning Caesar not to go to the Capitol.
6. Decius persuading Caesar to go to the Senate.
7. Brutus and Antony delivering their speeches after Caesar’s death.