Julius Caesar: Emotion Or Credibility?

Calpurnia says this when she prepares to

This proves that Calphurnia is mentally strong because she is ready to face accusation of being paranoid from other men if Caesar says that he chooses to stay home due to his wife’s fear of a misfortunate event. As well as having mental strength, Calphurnia possesses a large amount of support for Caesar’s decisions despite whether she agrees with them or not. For instance, Caesar says to Calphurnia, “How foolish do your fears seem now, Calphurnia!/ I am ashamed I did yield to them./ Give me my robe, for i will go” (II.ii.110-112). In other words, Caesar was dismissing Calphurnia’s fear due to speaking with Decius who persuaded him to go to the senate today.

Fearing evil, she tried to convince Caesar that her dream was a warning for him not to go to the Senate that day. Ceasar even has one of his servants go to the priests to do a sacrifice to see what they have to say about Calpurnia's fears. When the animal was sacrificed, there was no heart in it... a bad omen indeed. Caesar even ignores this omen when Decius Brutus re-interprets

Calpurnia's fears for Caesar’s life after having a dream in which he is killed. Believing that he will be killed if he attends the Senate, she orders, “You

In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, the character Calpurnia is a valuable member of the Finch family and is vital to their well-being. The first instance this is seen is when Calpurnia supplies Scout with some much need discipline after she had been rude to Walter Cunningham at the dinner table. Calpurnia tells Scout: “That boy's yo' comp'ny and if he wants to eat up the table cloth you let him, you hear?”

(125) Being a maid, Calpurnia had always lived to serve other people and meet their needs. Yes, she had a low-class job but she never complained about her life. This shows yet another example of her humbleness.

He told his wife, “Cowards die many times before their deaths, / but the valiant taste of death but once. / … /It seems to me most strange that men should fear/ Seeing that death…/ Will come when it will come,” (2.2.34-39). This statement by Caesar emphasizes his view on fate. Shakespeare shows that if death is predetermined, and death is nigh, why would someone live in fear. He tells the reader that fate is what shapes life.

This rational method of comparing Brutus and Caesar serves to emphasize Cassius’s argument through a logical method of persuasion. As evidenced by the techniques of pathos, rhetorical questions, and compare and contrast, Cassius uses persuasion in a skillful way in order to convince Brutus to overthrow

Caesar is not impressed with Calpurnia who is wanting him not to be present at the senate. After telling Caesar her dream, she says Caesar attending the senate is “my fear” (II, 2, 30). Calpurnia aims again to convinces Caesar; her technique partly works. Desperate Calpurnia kneels and begs for Caesar not to leave the house. She is using the credibility of herself, ethos; she appoints herself into the situation because Caesar views Calpurnia as a wise, caring person.

We can draw conclusions about Calpurnia's character from this, and confidently state that Calpurnia has great compassion for others. In addition, this quote also has a more important significance. Calpurnia is clearly proud of her care for the children, but she explains how she does not want anyone saying she does not take good care of them. This is a perfect example of how this character is marginalized in this book. She clearly takes good care of her children but does not receive enough credit because of her class.

This shows that Calpurnia sounded like an uneducated person despite the fact that she is not uneducated. The mask of being perfect and wise was finally lifted from Calpurnia and the truth was finally

In the beginning of Act 1 Scene 2, Caesar arrives to the public square with Antony, Calpurnia, Portia, Decius, Cicero, Brutus, Cassius, Casca, and the Soothsayer, who was among the crowd of people that was also following Caesar. It was day of Lupercal, which was the day to honor the fertility god. Caesar asks Antony to touch his wife, Calpurnia, so that she could become fertile. As Antony agrees, the Soothsayer calls out to Caesar and Caesar yells for the Soothsayer to come in front of him so that he could see his face. When the Soothsayer says, “Beware the ides of March” (5.20) he warns him that his life's in danger and that he should be cautious of his surroundings.

Surely, Calpurnia was right, but no one believes her (partially because she's a woman) and Caesar winds up dead after suffering from 23 stab wounds. The importance of fate, superstitions, and omens is very much present in this play. The fate of the Gods was for Caesar to die, and even if he stayed home, and didn’t die at that time, he would have died at a later time simply because the power of fate and omens is much stronger than any

Each time he is offered the crown, it gets more difficult for him to not give in to accepting it. On the other hand, the painting shows Caesar is blessed and surrounded by angels. The presence of angels in the painting reveal that Caesar has been positioned by God

Each time he is offered the crown, it's harder for him to refuse it which makes it seem like a trick that he has no interest in receiving the Crown and the great power that comes along with it On the contrary, the painting shows Caesar as blessed by the gods