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Act 1 Scene 2 In Shakespeare's 'Julius Ceasar'
Julius Caesar – Act 1 Scene 2
The scene I have drawn is act 1 scene 2 when the soothsayer approaches Julius Caesar. He tells him to “Beware of March 15th”. This is a significant scene to the play because he warned Caesar about the day of his death. This is important because it shows how he is arrogant and thinks he is superior to others by not listening to anyone’s opinions. “He is a dreamer. Let us leave him. Pass!” (act 1, scene 2) this quote shows us that he did not want to talk to the soothsayer because he didn’t care what we was saying. It also leaves the reader try figure out what is going to happen on that day which leads them onto reading further into the play.
I chose this scene because I think it has an important outcome on the whole play. It shows how
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His physical appearance was reflected upon his mental appearance in which he seems arrogant and only cares about himself. Roosters seem to share the same trait; they make a calling sound and don’t respect anyone else’s well-being. Just as how Julius Caesar does not respect anyone but himself.
The soothsayer is represented as a crystal ball because soothsayers seem to be spiritual and psychic. The hands holding the ball seem quite firm and confident that they are not going to drop it. This seemed to be represented in the play. The soothsayer seemed quite confident in what he was saying by calling out during the trumpets was playing.
I used pencil instead of paint or coloured pencils for the drawing because the scene isn’t as important as others but is still very essential to the play itself. In the crystal ball I made the writing red because the drawing itself is very dark and there is not much colour, therefore the red is made to be bolder than anything else. I have done this because the red represents blood and blood in my eyes represents pain or death. The background paper is a dark grey colour; this is showing death and/or

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