Caesar Act 1 Scene 3

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Shakespeare never let his writing bore his audience. He used several tactics in his works to give the reader a warning or the sense of dread, excitement, or suspicion. It allows people to animate the events in a creative ways in their minds. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar he used the weather, The Soothsayer and dreams. They helped to build tension and form the character's personality.
Act I, scene 3 begins during a thunderstorm. Cicero and Casca run into each other on the street that night. Casca voices his concerns about the crazy, dangerous weather. He thinks the gods are angered by something down on Earth. Casca said, The wild weather leaves a gloomy feeling to the reader, especially once Caesar's murder is spoken about and the conspirators

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