Julius Caesar

For our Julius Caesar unit,

we have to perform an act that we think is significant in the play. I have chose to do a duet with Shaz, and we will be doing Act 2 Scene 2, lines 58 - 105.

Lara: Decius

Shaz: Caesar

CONTEXT:

Calpurnia, Caesar's wife, just told Caesar about the horrific nightmare she just had about him going to the Capitol and she is begging him not to go to. When Caesar is persuaded not to go, Decius comes and changes Caesar's mind making Caesar feel like he needs to go to the capitol by turning Calpurnia's dream around.

This is a significant paragraph because it foreshadows Caesar's death. It shows that the conspirators are determined to have their plan go well and get him to the Senate House. By doing that it exposes two sides of Caesar; private and public. In public, he is portrayed as a hubris and arrogant person who isn't afraid of anything. But his private self is gullible and falls for flattery who is actually slightly afraid. This passage also brings out imagery of blood, symbolising Caesar's death.