Julius Caesar Calpurnia Quotes

This attempt quickly failed when she said that his hubris just took over. “I knew that Caesar should have stayed away from the Senate house yesterday, but I guess his pride just took over his mind, it was just all too much,” Calpurnia sobbed. “This has turned out to be the most tragic moment in my life and I hope those conspirators kneel to the gods, for they have upset the heavens with the killing of the mightiest leader Rome has ever seen.”

Calpurnia’s first reason for wanting Caesar to stay at home is her fear of the supernatural events and the chaos in Rome, so she convinces him of her points with ethos and pathos. In the first line,

Caesar says that cowards die many times before their death and death will come when it will come. Then Caesar asked a servant what the augurers say about the subject and they say they found no heart within the beast. This is a simple act of showing how superstitious Caesar is sends him in to a rage and he decides he will go to the capitol. Then Calpurnia (the voice of reason) says “your wisdom is consumed in confidence” and tells him to tell them it is her fear and not his own that keeps him from the capitol. And Caesar grudgingly agrees. Then Decius Brutus comes in and ruins the whole thing by telling Caesar that her dream was telling how great he is and Decius manages to flatter Caesar enough that he decides to go to the capitol and he tells Calpurnia how foolish her dreams seem now and he leaves. Calpurnia, as we know was right the whole time and Caesar gets assassinated at the capitol. This scene was important in foreshadowing Caesar’s death and showing how overconfident Caesar is, and although Calpurnia’s warning was only one of many she seems to be the only warning with real impact, that is until Decius Brutus comes in to play.

Calpurnia has just told Caesar about a dream she has where she fears his death is near. Another time he shows his pride is when he tells Calpurnia how these warnings of his death are nothing to be afraid of. He says, “The things that threatened me ne'er looked but on my back. When they shall see the face of Caesar, they are vanished” (Shakespeare 26). This quote is saying how even though there are threats Caesar knows about behind his back; he says that once they face him the threats will go away.

Caesar is a very ambitious, which means he is eagerly desirous of gaining power and that he believes he can control his own fate. This quote from Caesar gives an example of Caesar being ambitious “Caesar shall forth, the things that threatened me ne’er looked but on my back when they shall see the face of Caesar, they are vanished.” Basically what Caesar is saying is that when danger sees his face it will run away and hide. This shows how Caesar thinks that he can control his own fate, but this is not the case.

One of the first things to recognize about Caesar is how he listens to what others have to say, which is a very important trait to find in a leader. For example, when he is walking through the streets and a man calls for him, Caesar says,”Who is it in the press that calls on me?/ I hear a togue shriller than all the music/ Cry “Caesar!” Speak. Caesar is turned to hear¨(I.ii.15-17), and when Calpurnia, his wife, tells him that he should stay home because of a frightening dream he eventually gives in and tells Decius why he will not go to the Senate, ¨The cause is in my will: I will not come./ That is enough to satisfy the Senate;/ But for your private satisfaction,/ Because I love you, I will let you know./ Calpurnia here, my wife, stays me at home¨(II.ii.71-75). Although he was reluctant at first to his wife’s suspicions, after hearing her out Caesar decided to yield to Calpurnia’s wishes. This proves that Caesar does indeed listen to those around him, and considers what they have to say.

Cassius The brother-in-law of Brutus and an acute judge of human nature, Cassius organizes the conspiracy against Caesar and recruits Brutus by passionate argument and by deviously placed, forged letters. He argues that Antony should be assassinated along with Caesar, that Antony should not speak at Caesar's funeral, and that he (Cassius) and Brutus should not fight at Philippi, but he eventually defers to Brutus in each instance. Quote Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about To find ourselves dishonorable graves. Brutus A praetor; that is, a judicial magistrate of Rome.

Casca Casca, from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, demonstrates the philosophy of cynicism through his traits, motivations and fears. An example of his motivations is referred to in this quote. “But for all that, to my thinking, he would fain to have it.” (JC 1.2.236). Here, Casca is referring to Caesar, this is demonstrating his belief that people work toward their own self interest.

Caesar, Louisa's chained up dog, was introduced early on in the story to symbolize the emotions of how Louisa felt about Joe Dagget. Following Joe's departure of leaving for Australia, Caesar had bitten a man and was fenced into a cage. The dog symbolizes Joe because he had been caged up the same amount of time that Joe had been gone--14 years. Caesar was fed on a strict diet of corn-mush and cakes all those years, therefore, his temper wouldn't act out and hurt someone again. When Joe Dagget returns, he announces that he wants to set Caesar free, despite the dog's previous mishap. Agreeing with the same view point of this symbolism, literary critic Donna Campbell says, "She fears that Joe might set free not only Caesar, but, as Freeman suggests,

Along with the actuality and the attempts of manipulation in this play reside many forced manipulations. In the same scene in which Calpurnia convinces her husband to not go to the Capitol, a group of conspirators meet at Caesar's house to make sure he does not decide to stay at home, simply so that the planned assassination can, in fact, take place. Brutus, one of the conspirators, tells Caesar that his wife is superstitious, and that he should not be listening to her.

(2.1.280-288). This quote shows how Portia begins to say that she feels left out and that Brutus isn’t treating her as a proper wife by not telling her his troubles. Portia gets her husband to do what she wants by begging Caesar not to go for her own sake, for example, “Alas, my lord, your wisdom is consumed in confidence. Do not go forth to-day. Call it my fear that keeps you in the house and not your own.

He almost believed his wife’s predictions against going to the senate house, however he is tricked by Decius. As mentioned in the novel, “she applies for warnings and portents And evils imminent, and on her knee, Hath begged that I will stay at home today. In translation, Calphurnia, “takes the signs for warnings and predictions of the horror from the evils to come and begged for Caesar to stay home.” (84)He already decided until Decius showed up and twisted her words to have the opposite meaning of what was the meaning of her dreams furthermore manages to convince Caesar to continue his

Caesar decides to stay home because of her fear. Even though, Caesar trusts Calphurnia, as she is his wife, her defense doesn’t scare him because he is arrogant. “He shall go forth, for these predictions” are mere sayings (17). Calphurnia should’ve known her husband was too proud to admit any fear. Caesar

Through the first couple of scenes, Caesar is displayed as an ignorant and cocky character due to the fact that this character talks in the third person and that he believes himself to be mortal. However, this quote, which happens to be his last thought, does not display ignorance. If Caesar was truly ignorant, he would have been enraged at Brutus for stabbing him and maybe said something about Brutus betraying him. But he did not. Rather he thought that if one of him most noble men, Brutus, wanted him dead, then he deserved to die.

With Caesar’s actions in Calpurnia’s presence we see the gentler, slightly less arrogant side to his personality. Also in having Portia’s presence, we see the more compassionate side of Brutus, her husband. We are shown Caesar’s gentler, less arrogant behavior when Calpurnia pleaded with Caesar that he not leave home that day, a request made due to her suspicions sparked by the soothsayer’s warning to beware the Ides of March. Caesar dismisses her feeling confident that the Soothsayer’s words were unimportant. However she continues in her attempts to convince him. “Mark Antony shall say I am not well,/ And for thy humor I will stay at home” (cite). Then, although he sees staying home on this day as a sign of cowardice, Caesar chooses to stay home. Although shortly after, Caesar reverts to his original plan, the fact remains true that for at least a moment, Caesar had made the less arrogant choice. Making this choice showed Caesar is capable of changing his arrogant way of thinking under certain circumstances.In having Portia, Brutus’s wife, we see a new characteristic in Brutus as well.After Portia’s death Brutus says to Cassius, “No man bears