Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, is a play in which a soon to be king (Julius Caesar) was stabbed in the back by a few unloyal members of the society. Caesar’s best friend avenged the death of Caesars conspirators, starting a two sided battle. Caesar was arrogant and refused to listen to those who cared about his well being. It was not fate, but free will that determined the end of Caesar's life. If Caesar properly responded to the bad omens and warnings, premature death wouldn’t have been his destiny.
During Caesar’s first parade a crucial warning was given to him from the town fortune teller, only for Caesar to laugh at him. “Beware the ides of March. / He is a dreamer. Let us leave him. Pass” (I.2.28-29). The fortune teller wanted him to be careful and stay home on the fifteenth of March. This is the first warning Caesar received about his soon to be tragic death, and he didn’t even give it a second thought. …show more content…
Calphurnia's servant prepared a sacrifice to determine the meaning of the dream. The servant reported the news back to the couple after the sacrificing of the animal. “They would not have you to stir forth today. / Plucking the entrails of an offering forth / They could not find a heart within the beast” (II.2.41-43). Sacrificing an animal and finding no heart, was a sign, a very bad sign. It was then, caesar decided he would stay. Soon after making his decision, Decius (one of the conspirators who was also a friend to Caesar) came to accompany Caesar on his trip to the capital. Caesar told him he was staying home because of his wife’s
During Caesar’s first parade a crucial warning was given to him from the town fortune teller, only for Caesar to laugh at him. “Beware the ides of March. / He is a dreamer. Let us leave him. Pass” (I.2.28-29). The fortune teller wanted him to be careful and stay home on the fifteenth of March. This is the first warning Caesar received about his soon to be tragic death, and he didn’t even give it a second thought. …show more content…
Calphurnia's servant prepared a sacrifice to determine the meaning of the dream. The servant reported the news back to the couple after the sacrificing of the animal. “They would not have you to stir forth today. / Plucking the entrails of an offering forth / They could not find a heart within the beast” (II.2.41-43). Sacrificing an animal and finding no heart, was a sign, a very bad sign. It was then, caesar decided he would stay. Soon after making his decision, Decius (one of the conspirators who was also a friend to Caesar) came to accompany Caesar on his trip to the capital. Caesar told him he was staying home because of his wife’s