Essay

I believe that by Caesar and Brutus knowing the horrible fate they make it happen. I think that if they did not know they would not have been the death of Caesar on the ides of March. In the play the idea fate was used a few times which makes the play predictable but interesting, for example the soothsayer said to Caesar that beware the Ides Of March and on that day Caesar dies. In the same occasion Shakespeare uses fate twice because the only people to talk to the soothsayer was Caesar and Brutus. Brutus was the only other person to talk to the soothsayer and he was the one who gave the blow that killed Caesar. This shows that it is fate because even though Brutus was Caesar’s best friend he was still the one to kill him. People will start to think, if Brutus was not there when Caesar spoke to the soothsayer would it of been him who killed Caesar and would Caesar be killed on the Ides Of March.

Shakespeare represents fate with few techniques like dramatic irony. For example as the audience we know that the conspiriters are going to kill Caesar on the Ides Of March and we know he is going to die, however Caesar knows but does not believe it because of his hubris. This mans pride killed him, Caesar thought he was too powerful and believe he will die when he wanted to. I believe that Caesar would not of died if he did not know this terrible fate. I believe that Caesar would have stayed with his wife at home, and would have no reason to prove himself to anyone to secure his pride.

There was times when Caesar might of avoided his death but fate made sure he died on the Ides Of March. Like when Calpurnia had bad omens and Caesar was not going to go to the capital because she was sure that some thing terrible was going to happen to Caesar. But Decius (Fate) came and collected Caesar and took him to the Capital. This shows us that it was his fate to die and that we knew about it but he did not which makes the link between Dramatic Irony and Fate.

Another technique is pathetic fallacy this is when you give human feelings and responses to objects. For example Calpurnia had a dream that Caesar’s statue was bleeding out, this is crazy because there is no way a statue can bleed so this is where pathetic fallacy comes in and represents the fate of Caesar. The statue had lots of stab. Another is when Casca has bad omens and shares them with Cicero and Cassius. He said that he has seen ” Th’ambitious ocean swell, and rage and foam, To be exalted with the threatening clouds; But never till tonight, never till now, Did I go through a tempest dropping fire.” This is pathetic fallacy because the weather can not have feelings or actions.