In Williams Shakespeare's Julius Caesar there is a lot of foreshadowing of the future. The many omens that happen in the play hint to us what was going to happen. Most of the characters don’t understand the significance of these omens which would have told them what will happen in the future and prevent many events from occurring.
The play began with Caesar's victory in war. Marullus and Flavius told the people to leave from the celebrations. At the start of the celebrations right at the climax of Caesar's greatness, the tribunes are already trying to get rid of him. One of the tribunes, Flavius, discussed with Marullus, how Caesar is just an ordinary person. “These growing feathers plucked from Caesar's wing\ Will make him fly an ordinary pitch." ( I,I,74-75) They are jealous Caesar's accomplishments. Without all of his accomplishments, Caesar would have been just like them, an ordinary person. This hints to the reader that something will happen to Caesar because of their dissatisfaction with his rulership.
During the celebrations in the midst of the excitements, the soothsayer had something important to tell Caesar. The soothsayer told Caesar "Beware the ides of March." (I,ii,17) At first, Caesar questioned the soothsayer's remark. Someone was telling HIM, the soon to be emperor a warning, that he, a lowly soothsayer thought was necessary!? After …show more content…
" two mighty eagles fell, and there they perched,\ and in their steads do ravens crows and kites fly o'er our heads and downward look on us" (V, i,81,85,86) Here Cassius realizes what the sign is telling him. He sees an eagle which is a sign of rulership leaving and smaller birds such as ravens, crows, and kites appearing. These birds are scavenger birds that eat corpses. Cassius understood that this meant that he and other people will
The play began with Caesar's victory in war. Marullus and Flavius told the people to leave from the celebrations. At the start of the celebrations right at the climax of Caesar's greatness, the tribunes are already trying to get rid of him. One of the tribunes, Flavius, discussed with Marullus, how Caesar is just an ordinary person. “These growing feathers plucked from Caesar's wing\ Will make him fly an ordinary pitch." ( I,I,74-75) They are jealous Caesar's accomplishments. Without all of his accomplishments, Caesar would have been just like them, an ordinary person. This hints to the reader that something will happen to Caesar because of their dissatisfaction with his rulership.
During the celebrations in the midst of the excitements, the soothsayer had something important to tell Caesar. The soothsayer told Caesar "Beware the ides of March." (I,ii,17) At first, Caesar questioned the soothsayer's remark. Someone was telling HIM, the soon to be emperor a warning, that he, a lowly soothsayer thought was necessary!? After …show more content…
" two mighty eagles fell, and there they perched,\ and in their steads do ravens crows and kites fly o'er our heads and downward look on us" (V, i,81,85,86) Here Cassius realizes what the sign is telling him. He sees an eagle which is a sign of rulership leaving and smaller birds such as ravens, crows, and kites appearing. These birds are scavenger birds that eat corpses. Cassius understood that this meant that he and other people will