What Role Does Calpurnia Play In Julius Caesar

Many supernatural events happened throughout the story. One of the most important ones

was when Calpurnia had bad dreams about Julius’ crowning. She used these dreams to try and

get Caesar not to go. She knew that something bad was going to happen, but nobody believed

her. If Caesar had listened to her, he might not have been murdered yet.

The nightmares that Calpurnia witnessed had a very important role in the play. She

dreamt that people were bathing in Caesar’s blood in the streets. When Calpurnia tried to warn

Caesar not to go, he didn’t listen to her. Her dreams serve the purpose of a warning. If he listened

to her, he might not have been killed that day. All of the characters were affected by this because

without Caesar, there was no ruler.

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Both Caesar and Brutus have very strong roles in the play and both could be considered

the protagonist, but I think that the true protagonist is Julius Caesar. Caesar could be the

protagonist because the whole story is based around him getting rulership and people trying to

murder him. In the beginning of the story, he is preparing to become the ruler of Rome. In the

middle of the story, Caesar is going to gain rulership and he is brutally murdered. In the end of