Calpurnia
- Caesar's wife
- tells him to not go to the Senate meeting because of a bad omen
- -"Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies, Yet now they fright me. There is one within, Besides the things that we have heard and seen, Recounts most horrid sights seen by the watch. A lioness hath whelped in the streets; And graves have yawn'd, and yielded up their dead; Fierce fiery warriors fought upon the clouds, In ranks and squadrons and right form of war, Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol; The noise of battle hurtled in the air, Horses did neigh, and dying men did groan, And ghosts did shriek and squeal about the streets. O Caesar! these things are beyond all use, And I do fear them." ( II.ii. 988-1001)
- This omen states that the men will kill Caesar and then bathe in his blood.
- Calpurnia begs her husband to stay
- Once one of the plotters against Caesar convinces him that it means something opposite, something positive, and also states that the senate will give Caesar the crown today, Caesar gives in and decided to go
- Calpurnia has failed to convince Caesar to listen to her.
- She was his last hope of survival
- Caesar dies because he didn't listen to her.
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