In Calpurnia’s first passage, the rhetorical device she uses most often is imagery. She first attempts to scare Caesar into staying home with accounts of the horrid sights that the people of Rome have seen. Because of this intent, Calpurnia’s heavy reliance on powerful imagery to paint an apocalyptic picture of each event is the best rhetoric to use in her argument, as she is purposefully descriptive in stating that there are “fierce fiery warriors [fighting] upon the clouds,” (II.ii.7) the results of their battle “[drizzling] blood upon the capital” (II.ii.9). She intends to use this graphic imagery to convince Caesar that the dangerous events occurring outside of their home can only be described as omens due to their strange and peculiar
