Act 4 & 5 - Meeting 4 - Comic Commentator

Act 4 &5 - Comic Commentator

How is the mood or tone shown in the comic book?
You can see the human emotion, so you can relate better to how they are feeling. The background and sky colours are always matching the tone of the scene. For example, when Caesar's ghost comes, the mood becomes more gloomy and the background becomes black making it come off as a terrifying scene. At the beggining of the battle, the sky is more friendly, but as the battle progresses, the sky becomes dreary because there are more people dying.

How are the transitions effective in the comic book?
The transitions of the scenes are effective because each scene has some information on what is happening and has some quotes from whoever is speaking. This proves to be effective because it is easy to follow and you can inderstand what is going on with the visuals and quotes.

In our group, we discussed the events that have occured in the past two acts. The original play described Act 4 as being preparation for the battle from both perspectives - the rebels/conspirators versus Octavius, Lepidius, and Antony. Also, we think that Portia feels lonely and troubled because Brutus has been ignoring. She "resolves" this by burning herself to death in her room.

Act 5 is the battle, and how things fall into place in the end. With the many deaths that take place in the battle, there is all kinds of emotions that are expressed. Obviously, Octavius, Lepidius and Mark Antony are all happiest because they got what they want, even though Caesar is gone. They hope continue to serve Rome as well as Julius did.