Signs And Warnings In Julius Caesar

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The result of Caesar ignoring all of the signs and warnings was what inevitably what lead to his death. Caesar dies on March 15th like the soothsayer predicted, but whenever Caesar leaves his home to head to the capitol he questions the soothsayer prediction. “The Ides of March are come”- Caesar “Ay, Caesar, but not gone.” (3.1.1-2) Caesar is being very arrogant in this line by taunting with the fact that it is March 15th and he hasn’t had anything bad happen to him yet. So even so close to his death, (even though he doesn’t know about it) he is being arrogant. Caesar is killed a little later, in the capitol by the conspirators. (Brutus, Cassius, Cinna, Casca, Metellus, Decius, Ligarius, Trebonius) “Et tu, Brute” (3.1.84) Which is Caesar’s

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