Eventually the conspirators decide to split up, and Decius Brutus volunteers to make sure Caesar makes it to the Capitol the next day.
Brutus praises her but says he must wait a little longer to tell her. Caesar goes to the Senate because his ambition surpasses his desire to comfort his wife.
In fact, this might be the greatest day of Caesar's life. Subsequently, question is, why does Caesar agree to go to the Capitol? Decius knows that Julius Caesar really wants to go to the Senate House because he is expecting the senators to make him a king.
The only obstacle to getting Caesar to go is his wife Calpurnia. She has had one particularly bad dream and feels sure that her husband will be going to his death if he leaves their home. Killed by a conspiracy of Senators who were upset over their lost power, Caesar is purported to have said upon being stabbed, 'Et tu, Brute?
Casca says that Brutus sits high in the people's hearts, meaning the people like Brutus and he is honorable. His virtue will look good for the group of conspirators who are going against Caesar. The soothsayer warns Caesar to beware the Ides of March, and Caesar ignores the warning. The soothsayer supposedly knew that Caesar was in danger around February, 44 B. In the play, Shakespeare has the soothsayer warn Caesar during the Feast of Lupercal.
Cassius , whose political purpose is to gather people around him and overthrow Caesar , tests the waters with Brutus. He asks if he intends to watch the race and Brutus is less than enthusiastic. Brutus speaks disapprovingly of Antony's quickness. He basically means that Brutus is loved as well as Caesar. All of the characters in this play believe in the supernatural. It is one of the play's themes that they all misinterpret and attempt to turn signs and omens to their own advantage.
What characterizes Caesar as weak is susceptibility to flattering interpretations of omens and his inability to distinguish between good advice and bad, good advisors and bad. Those who surround Caesar are not all supporters. At Caesar's departure, Cassius and Brutus are left onstage.
Cassius, whose political purpose is to gather people around him and overthrow Caesar, tests the waters with Brutus. He asks if he intends to watch the race and Brutus is less than enthusiastic. Brutus speaks disapprovingly of Antony's quickness. Cassius, who is a very good reader of other people, interprets this as Brutus' dislike of the new regime and goes on to probe a little further to find out if he will join his group of conspirators.
Brutus resists the idea of speaking against Caesar, but Cassius flatters him, suggesting that no matter what Brutus says or does, he could never be anything but a good man. Their speech is interrupted by a shout offstage and the abruptness of it causes Brutus to display more of his feeling than he may have otherwise.
He says that he fears that the people have elected Caesar their king. Cassius has the green light now and presses his case. He speaks of how Caesar oversteps his bounds by calling himself a god when he is only a man and not a very strong one at that. He recounts saving Caesar from drowning.
He describes the fever that left Caesar groaning and trembling. Ace your assignments with our guide to Julius Caesar! Jekyll and Mr. SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. What are Flavius and Murellus angry about at the beginning of the play?
How does Cassius die? Was assassinating Caesar the right decision? Why does Cassius hate Caesar? What is the significance of the comet?
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