Julius Caesar

In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, three characters prophesy the death of Caesar. Even though Caesar was warned of these predictions, he ignored them. Caesar’s ambitious behaviors caused him to ignore these signs. According to the play, Caesar’s death is prophesied; Casca tells about some strange and prophetic things he has seen, Calphurnia dreams ominous nightmares, and a soothsayer, Artemidorus, and a priest try to warn Caesar.
Early in the play, Casca tells Cicero of omens that he claims to have seen. He tells of fire falling from the sky. “Against the Capitol I met a lion, who glazed upon me and went surely by without annoying me”(789). He sees a slave whose arm was on fire, but was not scorched. “And yesterday the bird of night did sit even at noonday upon the marketplace”(789). The owl is always considered a bad omen when seen in the daytime. Casca also met ...