lius Caesar is warned by a soothsayer, Soothsayer. Beware the ides of March.(1,2,18) Julius Caesar rebukes the soothsayer by stating, Caesar. He is a dreamer. Let us leave him. Pass.(1,2,23) Caesar does not take warning to be wary the middle of the month, the day of his assassination. Later, Caesars wife Calpurnia has a nightmare that Caesar is slain at the Capitol. Caesar calls for the priests to do a sacrifice to see if it is wise to stay or leave for the Capitol. The priests warn Caesar not to leave out of the house and Calpurnia pleads with him also. Caesars pride is shown by his response, Caesar. Danger knows full well that Caesar is more dangerous than he. We are two lions littered in one day, And I the elder and more terrible, And Caesar shall go forth.(2,2,44-47) Caesar shows that his pride overrules any advice given by others. If not for Julius Caesars pride, he may have avoided the assassination and had more time for the conspiracy to be uncovered. This clearly shows that Caesars pride is a hamartia that leads to his downfall. Julius Caesar vacillates, or changes, his mind throughout the play and this downfall is shown to be one of Caesars hamartias. On the day Caesar is to go to the Capitol, he changes his decisions frequently. Caesar defies the warnings of Calpurnia and the priests and Caesar says that she, Caesar, shall go forth to the Capitol this day. Caesar. Caesar shall forth. The things that threatened me Neer looked but on my back. When they shall see The face of Caesar, they are vanished. Through this quotation, it seems Caesar has made his mind to go forth to the Capitol. Calpurnia, though, is able to persuade him to stay home and send word that he is sick. Caesar replies, Caesar. Mark Antony shall say I am not well, And for thy humour I will stay at home.(2,2,55-56) Decius then flatters Caesar and is able to persuade him that Calpurnias nightmare is misinterpreted and that he should go forth to the Capitol. To this...
