Blog Assignment 2 - Julius Caesar Act I: Rome Tonight

Hi, I’m Gary Dart and this is (trumpet flourishes) Rome Tonight! Today on a very special episode of Rome Tonight we’re dedicating a whole episode to the arrest of Marullus and Flavius. That’s right folks, Marullus and Flavius have been silenced, talk about scandalous! But are they wronged political activitists or Tribune vandals who abused their powers? That is the question! Stay tuned to find out!

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And we’re back! So, Marullus and Flavius’ silencing, how’d it all go down? Well let’s start back at square one. Yesterday at the feast of Lupercal, the two tribunes walked down the streets and saw all of these common folk standing, worshiping Caesar. This infuriated Marullus and Flavius who’d thought these men of trade had forgotten all about good ol’ Pompey and how he did a lot of great things for Rome and how he used to be loved by all Romans. Marullus and Flavius, being confused by the gathering of workmen basking in the glory of Caesar, asked the common folk what they could possibly be doing outside and away from their workspace. Well, not exactly. We have reports of Marullus and Flavius calling the common folk a variety of different insults and general slander. Please take heed, the following works are graphic and explicit, younger audiences, pregnant women and people with serious heart conditions should block their ears. They referred to the people as idle creatures, naughty knaves, saucy fellows, blocks and worse than senseless things! We even have word that Flavius told the men to cry into a river until it overflows! These men truly are despicable, but did they deserve their punishment? Stay tuned for the real reason Flavius and Marullus where arrested.

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Now for the moment you’ve all been waiting for the real reason Flavius and Marullus got arrested. After slandering the people, Flavius and Marullus devised a plan to rid the streets of Caesar posters! Can you believe it? They actually went as low as to rip Caesar’s banners off the walls of houses and buildings! They of course were caught and like all criminals should be, were put away for vandalism. Now this is just me but I think they are Tribune vandals who abused their powers and deserve their sentence. Good night everyone.