The scene, Act II, scene 2, begins with thunder and
lightening. This is never a good sign. Calpurnia, Caesar's wife, has been disturbed by
dreams of Caesar's death, crying out three times, "Help, ho, they murder
Caesar."
Added to this are other strange things that have
been reported. For example, it was reported that a lioness had welpred in a street in
the city, graves were said to have opened releasing their dead, firece fights in the
clouds were reported which drizzled blood on the capitol, and other reports of unnatural
happenings.
It was also the Ides of March and Caesar had
been warned to beware that date. All this added together meant the signs were not good
and it would be wise for Caesar to stay home. Calpurnia even tells Caesar that he could
use her for the reason he would not go to the
Senate.
Unfortunately for him, he does not listen to his
wife or pay heed to the evil omens. He believes that he is greater than it all and he
pays the price with his life.
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