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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Report On Julius Caesar ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [ ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: o6/95 # of Words:738 School: ? State: NY
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Julius Caesar
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In the play of Julius Caesar, we see a brief picture of Roman life
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during the time of the First Triumvirate. In this snap shot, we see many
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unfortunate things. Shakespeare gives us the idea that many people try to
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circumvent what the future holds, such as unfortunate things, by being
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superstitious. Superstition seems to play a role in the basic daily life
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of most Roman citizens. For instance, the setting of the first scene is
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based upon superstition, the Feast of Lupercal. This feast is in honor of
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the god Pan, the queen of fertility. During this time, infertile females
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are supposed to be able to procreate, and fertile ones are supposed to be
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able to bear more. It is also a supposed time of sexual glorification and
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happiness. Other scenes depict how throughout Rome, roaming the streets are
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mysterious sooth-sayers, who are supposedly given the power to predict the
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future. Dictating what is to come through terse tidbits, these people may
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also be looked upon as superstitious. In the opening scene, one sooth-sayer,
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old in his years, warns Caesar to "Beware the Ides of March," an admonition
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of Caesar's impending death. Although sooth-sayers are looked upon by many
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as insane out of touch lower classmen, a good deal of them, obviously
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including the sayer Caesar encountered, are indeed right on the mark. Since
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they lack any formal office or shop, and they predict forthcomings without
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fee, one can see quite easily why citizens would distrust their
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predictions. Superstition, in general elements such as the Feast of
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Lupercal, as well as on a personal level such as with the sooth-sayers,
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is an important factor in determining the events and the outcome of Julius
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Caesar, a significant force throughout the entire course of the play.
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Before the play fully unravels, we see a few of signs of Caesar's
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tragic end. Aside from the sooth-sayer's warning, we also see another sign
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during Caesar's visit with the Augerers, the latter day "psychics". They
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find "No heart in the beast", which they interpret as advice to Caesar that
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he should remain at home. Ceasar brushes it off and thinks of it as a rebuke
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from the gods, meaning that he is a coward if he does not go out, and so he
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dismisses the wise advice as hearsay. However, the next morning, his wife
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Calphurnia wakes up frightened due to a horrible nightmare. She tells Caesar
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of a battle breaking out in the heart of Rome, "Which drizzled blood upon the
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Capitol," with Caesar painfully dying, such that "...The heavens themselves
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blaze forth the death of princes." Although Caesar realizes Calphurnia
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is truly concerned about his well-being, he seeks another interpretation,
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coming to the conclusion that the person who imagines the dream may not be
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the wisest one to interpret it's meaning. Later Caesar tells his faithful
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companion Decius about it, and he interprets it quite the contrary, "That it
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was a vision fair and fortunate," and indeed, today is an ideal day to go
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out, since this is the day "To give a crown to mighty Caesar." Perhaps
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Decius is implying here that today is a day where much appreciation and
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appraisal will be given to Caesar, surely not the endangerment of his well-
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being as Calphurnia interprets it. Caesar predictably agrees with him,
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as most citizens enjoy believing the more positive of two interpretations.
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After Caesar's assasination at the hand of Brutus, Cassius, and the
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rest of the conspirators, Brutus and Cassius are chased into the country
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side, where we see a few superstitious signs of their forthcoming painful
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death in battle. In a dream, Brutus sees Caesar's "ghost", interpreted as an
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omen of his defeat. He also looks upon the ensign, and instead of the usual
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stock of eagles, ravens and kites replace them, construed as another sign of
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their loss at Phillipi. Not surprisingly, Caesar's death is avenged in the
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end, with the two of the conspirators' double suicide. As superstition is
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inter-twined within the basis of the entire play, we can reasonably conclude
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that it is because of this irrational belief of why certain events occur and
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how to avoid them, that Caesar is retired and eventually avenged. In the
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words of Caesar's devoted follower and companion Mark Antony, "His life was
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gentle, and the elements so mixed in him that Nature might stand up and say
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to the world, 'This was a man!'"
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