Story of Julius Caesar by Shakesphere for Grade VI

Students of Grade VI were awestruck by the story of Julius Caesar by Shakespeare. 
The theme of the story: Quality of a good leader, Friendship and The role of fate and superstition was well understood by the students.Throughout the play, omens and portents manifest themselves, each serving to crystallize the larger themes of fate and misinterpretation of signs. Until Caesar’s death, each time an omen or nightmare is reported, the audience is reminded of Caesar’s impending demise. The audience wonders whether these portents simply announce what is fated to occur or whether they serve as warnings for what might occur if the characters do not take active steps to change their behavior. Whether or not individuals can affect their destinies,characters repeatedly fail to interpret the omens correctly. 

 Here is an extract from Mark Antony’s speech which could move even a mountain:

“I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones; 
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest—
For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men—
Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus says he was ambitious; 
And Brutus is an honourable man………. …”