Importance of Omens in Julius Caesar ‘’Julius Caesar’’ by William Shakespeare is a tragic play which is based on fate. William Shakespeare, the writer of the play, uses omens for foreshadowing including the Ides of March, thunder, Calpurnia’s dream and the Ghost of Caesar. Supernatural events, omens, fate and dreams were very common in Ancient Rome. At this time those superstitions were very important for people. And also they formed very big parts of the play. During the play, there are dreams, ghosts, soothsayers and many other things which have effects on the characters. We see Caesar’s superstitious beliefs for the first time when he tells Antony to touch the barren Calpurnia while he runs in Act 1. Because superstition says that the touch might be the cure for …show more content…
She says ‘’Help, ho! They murder Caesar!’’ while she is sleeping. Also, that night the weather is thundery. Caesar calls his servant and tells him to go bid the priests to do present sacrifice. When the servant comes back, he tells Caesar that the priests couldn’t find the heart of the animal and offers Caesar to stay at home. Then Calpurnia tells about her dream to Caesar. In her dream she sees a statue of Caesar with 100 holes on it with blood coming out and Romans washed their hands in it. Therefore, she wants him to stay at home. However, Decius comes right after that to take Caesar to the Senate House. Caesar says that he can’t come because of Calpurnia’s concerns about the dream. Nevertheless, Decius interprets her dream in a good matter. He says; ‘’Your statue spouting blood in many pipes, In which so many smiling Romans bathed, Signifies that from you great Rome shall suck Reviving blood, and that great men shall