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Decisions Determine Fate In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

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Decisions Determine Fate The decisions a person makes determines how their life will be. Some people listen to advice given to them, but others do not. In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, many omens are given to Caesar about his death. He decides not to listen to them, and continues on with what he wants to do. The soothsayer gives warnings to Caesar, Artemidorus tries to give him a letter about the conspiracy, and Calpurnia has dreams of Caesar being killed. All of these omens have no influence on Caesar’s decision, showing that the decisions he makes controls his fate. Caesar is called on by a soothsayer while he is attending the Lupercal festival. The soothsayer tells Caesar, “Beware the ides of March” (Wiggins DR-119). Caesar insists that the soothsayer is a dreamer and he continues with the festivities. Later in the play, on the ides of March, Caesar is killed by people he called his friends. The soothsayer's prophecy says to beware of this day. Many other characters in the play would have listened to what the soothsayer says, but Caesar made the decision not to. Another warning was given to Caesar by Artemidorus. Artemidorus writes a letter to Caesar telling him about the …show more content…

Relatives and close friends try to help the ones they care about along the way. They give advice to one another that can either accepted or denied. Caesar has many opportunities to make the decision not to go to the Senate. A soothsayer warns Caesar of the ides of March, Artemidorus tries to give him a letter warning him of his assassination, and Calpurnia pleads Caesar not to go to the Senate because she has a bad feeling about him going. Caesar makes the decision not to listen to his friends and family, and he is killed on the ides of March at the Senate House. He could have easily prevented his own death by deciding to do something different. He controls his own

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