In Act one scene two the Sooth Slayer warns Caesar about the ides of March. This is a vague warning so Caesar thinks it’s a joke and doesn’t take it to heart. We know that Caesar is going to die but we don’t know how. This is fate becuase what happens on the 15th March can’t be changed in any way. Dramatic irony is present, this is because The audience knows something that the characters in the play don’t. An example of dramatic irony is in Act 1 Scene 3 Casius says “Well,Brutus,thou art noble; yet I see Thy honourable metal may be wrought”. Another sign is when Caesar’s wife, Calpurnia’s, has bad omens and has a vision that Caesar will die. This time Caesar listened and said he won’t go to the cenate. Caesar says he will explain to Decius and the Conspirators that he will not attend the cenate because he is sick. In Calpurnia’s dream she sees graves yawning, and yielding up their dead fiery warriors upon the clouds and ghosts shrieking about the streets. Caesar was later persuaded by Decius to travel to the cenate. Decius did this by saying to Caesar he will be spoken about and despised being called afraid Caesar. Caesar eventually made an appearance. This is Caesars fate because if Decius didn’t convince Caesar to travel to the cenate then his death wouldn’t occur.
Fate is also shown in the scene of Caesars death. The Sooth Slayer warned him about this day and it had arrived. It was unavoidable and as the audience we knew his life would end their.

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