Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Brutus & Longbottom Vs Ceasar & Harry Potter

Scene 1 :
Some time in BC .
A few senators plotting to kill Julius Ceasar ,prominent among them are Brutus ,Cassius and Quintus.

Caussius suggests, "we can kill Julius in bed when he's asleep,he sure doesn't sleep with another man ."

Others chip in,"yes, we could bribe some of his guards , even his cook, his taster and poison him "

Brutus shrieks out in anger "Gentleman ,this is not some cheap murder,It is an honorable thing that we do and it must be done honourably, in day light on the senate floor,with our own hand . . . with my hand . "

The intentions of others may be questionable but not of Brutus.
Brutus was neither a traitor nor a plotter, but did he indeed lack courage to confront Gaius Julius Ceasar ?

Scene 2:
Sometime in the early 2000's - Harry Potter & The Socerer's Stone.

Harry,Germoine and Ron sneak out during the nights to solve some mystery surrounding Harry and Hogwarts. They often get into trouble for breaking the rules and end up getting rebuked by the Professors.

As the climax nears in , they sneak out in the middle of the night again but are confronted by one Neville Longbottom holding a wand pointed at them warning them not to go and cause any more damage to the chances and reputation of Griffindor.

But as desperate as the audience are to get to the bottom of the mystery , they just hope Longbottom listens to Harry and backs off.
But Neville doesn't relent and holds up his wand at them and it takes a spell from the pretty lass to get him off their way.

And finally when Dumbledore announces the results giving extra points for Harry and Co for their bravery , they end up tied with Slytherin and then its the 10 points that is awarded to Longbottom which helps them win the year end cup.

And Dumbledore's explanation may well tie any literary work which will justify Brutus ' action.

"It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies,but even more to stand up to your friends"

Brutus judgement may be questioned but not his intentions and love for the republic and the people,including Ceasar.

Indeed Brutus was a courageous man . . . But for him Julius Ceasar wouldn't have been known the way he is now .who knows the world might have known him as the First Dictator ever known . .

But the most pertinent question is ,If you and I play Harry and Neville , who ll play the wise Dumbledore ?
Without that wisdom and judgement we could as well end up being Harry and Malfoy . .

2 comments:

Restive Mind said...

u have a nice blog here :)..i dint know abt it..came across quite accidentally!
I too like that HP quote a lot..seems to make more sense in SCMHRD!

Chez said...

Thank You :)