The Pledges that Could Have Saved Lives
Nane Terteryan
Mrs. McGrath
10th Grade English
7 October 2013 Calphurnia Calphurnia is a strong individual in the play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” and has a strong belief in omens, signs, and is very superstitious which leads her to question the events that might take place on the Ides of March at the Capitol to her husband, the great and almighty Julius Caesar. It is almost as if she sensed the danger that Caesar was in. Following her instinct, she warned him about the upcoming peril, but she was only a woman and he was Caesar, therefore he didn’t listen to her. Murder, death, chaos, and war could have all been stopped, only if Caesar would stand firm and stand back from his principles. Calphurnia was a minor character whose judgments, if listened to by Caesar, could have changed the entire course of the play. Calphurnia’s dream was very detailed and insightful. Caesar did give some attention to it before Decius changed the way Calphurnia had interpreted the dream.
“Calphurnia, my wife, is keeping me at home. Last night, she dreamed she saw a statue of me with a hundred holes in it, like a fountain with pure blood flowing from it, and many happy Romans came smiling and washed their hands in it. She takes these signs for warnings and predictions of terrible evils to come, and, on her knee, she begged me to stay home today.” Calphurnia’s dream is foreshadowing the events that happen later on in the book. It is very ironic that her dream came true and even more ironic knowing that she could have stopped it if only she convinced Julius. She is a strong individual but needs to work on her persuasion skills. She didn’t sound convincing to Caesar’s ear because her convincing skills were overthrown by Decius’ and Caesar went along with the one that he felt more comfortable with. Calphurnia’s warnings were put aside and everyone went along with the day as they normally would.
There is another reason to why Caesar could have possibly brushed off
Mrs. McGrath
10th Grade English
7 October 2013 Calphurnia Calphurnia is a strong individual in the play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” and has a strong belief in omens, signs, and is very superstitious which leads her to question the events that might take place on the Ides of March at the Capitol to her husband, the great and almighty Julius Caesar. It is almost as if she sensed the danger that Caesar was in. Following her instinct, she warned him about the upcoming peril, but she was only a woman and he was Caesar, therefore he didn’t listen to her. Murder, death, chaos, and war could have all been stopped, only if Caesar would stand firm and stand back from his principles. Calphurnia was a minor character whose judgments, if listened to by Caesar, could have changed the entire course of the play. Calphurnia’s dream was very detailed and insightful. Caesar did give some attention to it before Decius changed the way Calphurnia had interpreted the dream.
“Calphurnia, my wife, is keeping me at home. Last night, she dreamed she saw a statue of me with a hundred holes in it, like a fountain with pure blood flowing from it, and many happy Romans came smiling and washed their hands in it. She takes these signs for warnings and predictions of terrible evils to come, and, on her knee, she begged me to stay home today.” Calphurnia’s dream is foreshadowing the events that happen later on in the book. It is very ironic that her dream came true and even more ironic knowing that she could have stopped it if only she convinced Julius. She is a strong individual but needs to work on her persuasion skills. She didn’t sound convincing to Caesar’s ear because her convincing skills were overthrown by Decius’ and Caesar went along with the one that he felt more comfortable with. Calphurnia’s warnings were put aside and everyone went along with the day as they normally would.
There is another reason to why Caesar could have possibly brushed off