Topic > Contrasting Perspectives Julius Caesar and the Pianist

The lyric composers, Julius Caesar and The Pianist, use acts of representation to construct credible points of view that are conveyed to the audience in a certain event shown in the lyrics. This is seen in the text Julius Caesar by the depiction of events including the Oration and the Dream of Calpurnia. This notion is made evident to the Elizabethan audience in the process of Representation and these devices are used to show points of view based primarily on actions versus intentions and the nature of manipulation. The composer of Pianist addresses the appropriate audience through the use of several personalized acts of performance to instill a point of view on the context and bring out perspectives on destiny and free will. Shakespeare deliberately develops reliable perspectives through the use of numerous acts of performance, spreading his message to Elizabethan audiences. The text was intentionally produced as a play to engage with Elizabethan audiences and context, and thus evoke further responses to the text. In the show, he specifically uses Calpurnia's oration and dream scenes based on context, audience, and characterization, which exploit the nature of manipulation and actions versus intentions. In the Oration scene, the application of rhetoric was common, as seen in the crowd's response to the speeches of Antony and Brutus. However in Brutus' speech, logos was used primarily to explore the key point of view of action versus intention. This is demonstrated by Brutus' statement to the plebeians: "I did not love Caesar less, but I loved Rome more". Would you have rather that Caesar lived and all slaves died, than that Caesar died and all free men lived? Because Caesar loved me, I cry for him, because he was v... middle of paper....... This directly creates the image of fate in the audience's mind. Polanski successfully uses visual and auditory cinematic devices to convey his message to modern audiences in the scene where Szpilman is discovered by the German officer, Hozenfield, who asks him to play the piano. The use of silence and high-center framing reveals elements of destiny and the tension creates a question: whether Szpilman has free will or his destiny dominates. In the scene where Szpilman plays the piano he is covered by a veil of light coming from the window, which symbolizes the possibility of domination of fate in such an event where his life is at stake. Works Cited Polanski, Roman, dir. The pianist. 2002. Universal Pictures, 2003. DVD.Shakespeare, William. “The tragedy of Julius Caesar”. Elements of Literature: Kylene Beers. Austin: Holt, 2009. 842-963. Press.