0:10 Hello, namaskar, welcome. My name is
0:13 Sudhir Sastra Naman and I'm the person
0:15 on the left hand side of the screen.
0:17 With me is Mr. William Shakespeare and
0:19 I'm going to discuss in this very
0:23 special video Julius Caesar mission
0:26 possible banana how to make it mission
0:28 possible not mission impossible. So in
0:30 this video I'm going to give you
0:33 specific tips on how to prepare, what to
0:35 prepare and where to prepare from.
0:37 Right? This is going to be a special
0:40 video that will you will find extremely
0:42 useful in the runup to the pre-board
0:45 examinations and obviously in the run-up
0:48 to the board exams of 2026.
0:51 Okay, let's get started. So the first
0:54 thing I want to the first thing that I
0:58 want to tell you is that
1:01 you should not be like Julius Caesar or
1:03 like Brutus. Why am I saying that?
1:17 So please do not be like Caesar that I
1:21 can go even 80% prepared and I will be
1:24 able to manage the paper. No, please
1:28 don't do that. Be 100% prepared when you
1:30 go to the paper. And this I'm talking
1:33 specifically about Julius Caesar but the
1:35 same policy applies to all your
1:38 subjects. Do not be like Caesar. Do not
1:40 be like Brutus. Also don't allow
1:44 yourself to be manipulated by the cas
1:46 around you. There will be people who
2:01 take a risk even with one single mark
2:04 that one single mark may can make the
2:06 difference between all India rank two
2:10 and all India rank one right elementary
2:12 so do not allow yourself to be
2:15 manipulated like Brutus was manipulated
2:19 by Casius right you should always have
2:21 soothsayer in your midst you should
2:23 always have people like Kalpernia in
2:25 your midst who will tell you the right
2:28 things right that's what I want to do in
2:30 this particular video. The second point
2:33 that you need to understand is that act
2:36 3, four and five that are there as part
2:41 of your syllabus in u as part of your as
2:45 part of your syllabus in
2:48 class 10 board examinations. Understand
2:51 the energy of these three acts is in acts.
2:54 acts.
2:56 You know what is the energy? When I say
2:58 energy, let me just break it down
3:01 further. In act three and in act five,
3:05 you find death happening. You have the
3:08 assassination of Julius Caesar. You have
3:10 the deaths of Cas and then the death of
3:13 Brutus and some other minor characters
3:16 in act five. So act three and act five
3:18 are about death. They're about dead
3:20 bodies and they are about mourning. The
3:24 way Antonyine delivers his speech and
3:27 mourns the death of Julius Caesar. The
3:30 way people mourn the death of Casas and
3:33 later on the death of Brutus. Right? So
3:35 there is an element of mourning which is
3:37 a very important element as far as
3:42 Julius Caesar is concerned or as we move
3:44 towards more competency focused
3:50 questions in 2026 even in 2027 and 28.
3:52 You will find a lot of these kind of
3:55 elements also coming to the four and
3:57 being asked as questions by the
3:59 examiners because they would want to
4:01 have at least one googly question with
4:14 prepare act four.
4:17 Act three or act five it's about death
4:20 dead bodies and mourning. Act four is
4:22 essentially about the differences that
4:24 come between the two main conspirators
4:28 Brutus and Casius. Right? Also we get to
4:30 know more about Mark Cantonese character
4:32 in act four scene one. Right? So that's
4:36 why I'm saying act four is a revelation
4:38 is a revelation of kind. we get to know
4:40 more about the principal characters
4:43 surrounded by deaths in the two acts of
4:46 act three and act five. So if you write
4:48 these kind of charts and put it up in
4:51 your on on your your study table you
4:55 will have a very clear idea. Okay.
4:58 See always go prepared. I can tell you
5:00 that in my 35 years of professional
5:04 career I've never gone anywhere without
5:07 being prepared about what I will say. stage
5:12 I will always have five to six points in
5:14 my mind that always has to be very
5:18 important. So understand the energy
5:19 understand what Shakespeare is saying
5:22 through each one of those three acts.
5:26 Now okay before I go this is precisely
5:28 why I have prepared these test papers.
5:30 Seven test papers which are going to be
5:32 available on studybasudi.com. The first
5:34 three are available. The next two, four
5:36 and five will be available through
5:38 December. Then the la last one which
5:40 will be the tough papers which is why
5:43 I've classified them as easy, moderate
5:45 and tough. So the first three may there
5:47 are easy and moderate ones. The tough
5:50 ones will come in January and May I you
5:51 can just read the answers that's
5:53 perfectly all right but at least two
5:55 papers I would want you to attend before
5:57 you go into the board examinations.
5:58 along with literature you have
6:00 comprehension and grammar which is a
6:02 brilliant test paper history civics and
6:04 geography out of this world and biology
6:07 which I'm preparing right now and should
6:10 be out in the next one week amazing I
6:12 don't think you will get a question bank
6:14 a comprehensive question bank or
6:18 especially explanation points
6:21 revision that is my idea you test
6:24 yourself but you also revise the entire
6:27 chapter so if you do a question bank on
6:30 let's say reproductive system the entire
6:32 reproductive system will should be like
6:34 a revision for you after you have
6:36 studied attempt the test paper and then
6:38 you see my explanation points for each
6:41 question that will be the son pesuhaga
6:44 so go to studywsudi.com
6:46 register yourself by clicking on get
6:49 started then you sign in and then you
6:51 can see the different icon subscribe
6:54 button free test papers button mobile
6:57 phone to just look at the three dots,
6:59 three lines click, you will have the
7:02 entire dropdown. Very simple website
7:04 prepared by an ex-colague of mine and it
7:07 is shaped up pretty well. Okay. So the
7:09 people who have bought this already,
7:11 they say that it's out of this world
7:13 already. I'm getting great reactions. In
7:14 fact, for the similar video that I done
7:17 on Megpet, there are so many positive
7:18 reactions that I got that I thought
7:22 Julius Caesar Kai. Okay.
7:25 And do not forget to buy these books.
7:27 I'm saying this in your own best
7:30 interest. These two books will ensure an
7:33 80 on 80 as far as your English language
7:36 paper is concerned.
7:57 So please make sure that you get hold of
7:59 these two books. Very important. Both of
8:01 them available on Amazon. Okay. Now
8:13 speech is very important and I do not mean
8:15 mean speech
8:17 speech
8:22 word to word meaning contextual meaning
8:24 and what does it tell us about the
8:26 characters number one what does it tell
8:30 about the theme of that play
8:32 for example when Mark Anthony is giving
8:35 the speech in act three the theme of
8:38 deception the theme of manipulation
8:40 The theme of mob psychology, how the mob
8:43 is reacting, how the Romans are reacting
8:45 to first how Brutus, what Brutus said,
8:48 but the Brutus about what Anthony said,
8:50 how they are reacting to him. So how the
8:53 mob is reacting all those things can
8:56 come as questions. So you should have
8:58 before you go into the examination all
9:01 these prepared key prepare with
9:03 keywords. Somebody asked me the other
9:05 day, what are keywords? Keywords are
9:08 essentially words that tell us something
9:11 more about a particular character mainly
9:13 adjectives. So if you remember those
9:15 adjectives of which are used by
9:18 Shakespeare for a particular character,
9:20 use it in your answers. That's why if
9:21 you read my answers, that's why my test
9:24 papers come in so handy because when you
9:26 read my answers, you will get an idea
9:28 about how to weave in those keywords in
9:30 the answer itself. It should not stick
9:32 out like a sore thumb. it should be
9:35 woven into the answers. So the speeches
9:38 are extremely important for your
9:40 reference to context questions for your
9:44 MCQ questions right for example uh the
9:46 speeches you know it is I mean what
9:49 happens during the entire thing uh the
9:52 assassination it is a turning point in
9:54 the play Julius Caesar is not going to
9:57 be there in act four and five but he the
9:59 name of the play is still Julius Caesar
10:02 he still remains the dominant factor as
10:04 far as the entire play plot is
10:09 concerned. So the entire deception
10:12 simber deception
10:15 question because sometimes we think
10:18 especially students who go reading only
10:20 the main part
10:24 for example is merchant of Venice
10:26 I don't remember the exact year when it
10:28 was done I think 2020 if I'm not
10:31 mistaken what they did was they gave a
10:34 googly question from one of the
10:36 involving one of the minor characters.
10:38 Okay, nobody expected it because that
10:40 particular minor character was a bit of
10:43 a joker in the play, right? So, nobody
10:50 reference to cont.
10:53 So the board is very capable of
10:56 surprising you, shocking you and if you
10:58 have gone with percentage study,
11:04 [clears throat]
11:06 you could be in for a nasty surprise. So
11:10 don't take that kind of a chance. So
11:12 Antony speech of course is very
11:14 important, right? You need to contrast
11:18 it with Brutus's earlier speech. So
11:21 let's assume Anthony speech portion.
11:24 You may be asked a question relating it
11:26 to contrasting it with Brutus's earlier
11:28 speech. So you should be able to know
11:31 what happens before, what happens after
11:34 that particular speech. Then the entire
11:37 way he manipulates the crowd, how the
11:39 crowd reacts to him, all those things
11:42 you should be fully aware of. So let's
11:44 look at actwise questions. Okay. So the
11:48 question paper could be a brutus. Okay.
11:54 I'm sorry for the last nine days I have
11:56 been coughing.
11:58 So if if you do not want to be surprised
12:01 like brutus. So please take a look. So
12:04 let's look at the first one at brute
12:12 as a quote
12:16 answers because it is the most important
12:18 line as far as the play Julius Caesar is
12:21 concerned. And what does it mean? Please
12:23 look at my exhaustive explanation
12:32 Okay?
12:34 Please ensure that you listen. It's a
12:36 one-time investment. Listen to my
12:38 detailed explanation video so that you
12:40 are able to understand it word by word,
12:42 line by line. Right? Not that I love
12:44 Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.
12:48 Now, this kind of in a sense
12:50 is a justification Brutus gives for
12:53 being part of the conspiracy to murder
12:56 Caesar. It shows his idealism. It shows
12:58 his patriotism, but it also shows that
13:00 he misjudged
13:03 how the entire crowd could react later.
13:05 And he also made a mistake of allowing
13:08 Antony to speak despite uh the
13:15 whenever you read you think okay if this
13:17 comes as a question how will I deal with
13:20 it? You have to constantly be your own
13:22 examiner and that's what I have given
13:24 that's why I've given you seven very
13:26 meaty question papers going to give
13:29 three given four to come because that
13:31 will really help you prepare in a very
13:33 exhaustive manner because everything
13:35 will get covered in those questions
13:37 friends Romans countrymen another very
13:40 important line me your ears the entire
13:43 Anthony personality how Anthony deals
13:46 with the crowd what is Antony's motive
13:48 Antony's relationship for Caesar
13:51 Antony's relationship with Brutus the
13:54 contrast the role of Cas that whether
13:57 Casas was justified in telling Brutus
13:59 not to allow Antony to speak because he
14:02 suspected this guy could not be trusted
14:04 right so all those things so each
14:06 paragraph may say each passage may say
14:08 you could get you know you could get
14:19 okay brutal is an honorable man. That
14:21 whole thing of being sarcastic, the
14:23 whole thing of irony, the element of
14:26 irony that even though he's actually
14:28 criticizing but he's sugarcoating it by
14:31 saying Brutus is an honorable man. [cough]
14:33 [cough]
14:34 Sorry. [clears throat]
14:37 Okay. So you need to So what I'm saying
14:39 is whenever you read a passage, think of
14:41 the different ways in which you could be
14:47 asked a question. Then focus focus.
14:49 Okay. Anony's character in act four,
14:52 scene one. Very important because
14:56 it shows us a different side to Anthony.
14:58 Uh you yourself are much condemned to
15:01 have an itching palm. The the fight, the
15:03 quarrel, the differences between Casius
15:05 and Brutus. Very important. Act four
15:07 scene three. Thou shalt see me at
15:09 Philippi. The role of Caesar's ghost.
15:12 What kind of role does it play? It kind
15:14 of you know it takes on the role of you
15:17 know being a symbol of guilt of fate of
15:20 retribution means revenge that Brutus
15:22 will have to pay the price for what he
15:24 did to Caesar then the supernatural
15:26 element each one of these can be asked
15:28 as a question right the theme of foreshadowing
15:31 foreshadowing
15:33 brutus because he's constantly seeing
15:36 this ghost of Caesar so Caesar's ghost
15:39 is again an extremely important element
15:41 which can be asked as a form Mark
15:44 question in the reference to context.
15:46 Please prepare. Please read my answers.
15:48 It will help you. Somebody asked me can
15:50 we write whatever you have written. Of
15:53 course, if the same question is asked,
15:54 even if the same question is not asked,
15:57 there is so much of meat in my answers,
16:00 you will feel that I am going into the
16:02 examination hall well prepared. There is
16:03 another advantage with reading my
16:05 answers is that they are written with
16:08 good vocabulary. So if you use that kind
16:11 of good language, it makes a difference
16:13 between getting a two out of four and a
16:15 four out of four. It makes a difference.
16:18 The examiner will feel happy if the
16:21 student has used good words, good
16:24 language, not flashy language but good
16:26 quality words.
16:29 So coffee with Shakespeare. Okay. Not
16:31 that Shakespeare is no Karan Johar.
16:35 Okay. Because there's a lot of blood,
16:36 gore, all those kind of things out here
16:39 in Shakespearean stories. Act five,
16:41 Caesar, thou art revenge even with the
16:44 sword that killed thee. Why is this kind
16:47 of a line said, right? Then the entire
16:50 battlefield of Philippi, this was the
16:52 noblest Roman of them all. Why is it
16:56 said about the two people who died in uh
16:58 act five, especially Brutus, Caesar, now
17:00 be still, I kill not thee with half so
17:03 good a bill. So what is the mood? You
17:05 could be given a passage from act five
17:07 and you could be asked about why did
17:10 Brutus say this in act five. Contrast
17:12 this with the Brutus of act three. So
17:15 you should be prepared for these kind of
17:17 questions right? So if you go well
17:19 prepared that's why I said right at the
17:22 beginning act three act four act five energy
17:24 energy energy
17:33 the theme of honor the theme of fate the
17:36 theme of justice and the theme of
17:38 tragedy. What is the tragedy? The
17:41 tragedy that Caesar was killed. The the
17:44 tragedy was that Brutus
17:47 wanted himself to be killed right by one
17:49 of his friends. He wanted to be killed
17:51 because he was overcome that by that
17:54 entire feeling of having done something
17:56 wrong, guilt even though he tried to
18:00 justify it by saying that I did that for
18:03 the benefit of Rome, right? Because he
18:05 was a true patriot. So you know all
18:07 those kind of elements when you give a
18:10 forceful pura you know full thali meals
18:12 answer though I'm not saying exceed the
18:16 word limit but full
18:18 the examiner will not have any reason to
18:22 cut even a single mark from your from
18:24 your whatever answer you have written.
18:28 So my last main all I would say is
18:31 knowing the story is not enough. You
18:34 have to understand the characters. You
18:36 have to understand each and every
18:39 passage. You have to understand the
18:42 themes of Julius Caesar. Understand the
18:45 motives. Why Brutus did what he did. Why
18:48 Cas did what he did. What why Caesar
18:50 behaved in a particular manner. The
18:52 character of Kalpernia, the the
18:54 relationship between Kalpun and Caesar.
18:56 More importantly, the charact
18:58 relationship between Brutus and Porsche.
19:01 Right? So ensure that you don't give the
19:04 examiner even the opportunity to cut
19:07 even one half of a mark of half a mark
19:09 or 1/4 of a mark. Right? So please
19:12 ensure that you go into it fully
19:14 prepared or preparation
19:16 when you are reading in a particular way
19:19 when you read the passages think of all
19:21 the possible questions. When you go to
19:24 the next paragraph, correlate it with
19:27 with the previous paragraph. Bridge.
19:37 So that is what you need to focus on. So
19:39 again to recap, act three is about
19:42 speeches. It's about persuasion. It's
19:44 about manipulation. Act four is about
19:47 conflict between Casius and Brutus and
19:50 the ghost seal. Act five is about death.
19:53 It is about guilt right. So please
19:56 prepare character-based questions, theme
19:59 based questions and answers on crowd
20:02 psychology, leadership again very
20:04 important and here you will necessarily
20:08 talk about Mark Anthony right so also
20:11 the minor characters like Lucilius focus
20:13 focus
20:16 you don't kind of get surprised by any
20:19 question that could come you know you're
20:21 taken by surprise or what happens in act
20:24 five scene the manner in which Casas
20:27 decides to get killed. Okay, I hope this
20:30 video helps. Thank you very much. Um,
20:31 there's going to be more coming up here
20:34 on literature. Uh, let that be a
20:36 surprise that will come up later in the
20:38 month of December and January. Okay,
20:40 Tata. Bye-bye. Thank you very much. Namaskar.
