Julius Caesar

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   katemschultz Teacher
   High School - 12th Grade

   There are many supernatural happenings in Julius Caesar, beginning with the Soothsayers pronouncement in Act One, scene two. Just before the foot races are to begin (part of the celebration of the triumph of Caesar), the Soothsayer steps from the crowd and warns Caesar to beware the ides of March (or March 15th). Caesar doesn't heed the Soothsayers warning; Caesar called him a dreamer and tell the crowd to leave him. However, not listening to the Soothsayer leads to Caesar's death.

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   Posted by katemschultz on Saturday September 6, 2008 at 11:21 AM
   
   

2. 
   robertwilliam

   The Soothsayer is 'supernatural' only so far as he correctly predicts the murder of Caesar on the Ides (15th) of March.

   If you're looking at Act I, though, don't overlook by any means the supernatural storm which occurs in Act I, Scene III, the natural elements of the world thrown into chaotic disarray in a foreshadowing of Caesar's murder the next day.

   Here's what Casca says of it:

   Against the Capitol I met a lion,(20)
   Who glazed upon me and went surly by
   Without annoying me: and there were drawn
   Upon a heap a hundred ghastly women
   Transformed with their fear, who swore they saw
   Men all in fire walk up and down the streets.(25)
   And yesterday the bird of night did sit
   Even at noon-day upon the market-place,
   Howling and shrieking. When these prodigies
   Do so conjointly meet, let not men say(30)
   “These are their reasons; they are natural,”
   For, I believe, they are portentous things
   Unto the climate that they point upon.

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   Posted by robertwilliam on Sunday September 7, 2008 at 5:51 PM
   
   

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   brandih

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