Divine Omens and Beliefs in Caesar's Rome

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Rome during Caesar’s era were huge believer on the gods. For example. the soothsayer believing that something bad will happen to Caesar because of a vision that he had received from the god. Calphurnia mentioned how she did not believe in omens and all these myths about god giving message to the people. But when she dreamt about her husband’s death, she starts believing the god’s messages. Calphurnia begs her husband to not leave the house, therefore she rather be safe by trusting her nightmare (which could be the future) rather than scientific belief. Calphurnia convinced Caesar by saying how servants had seen the same thing she had or how all the natural cause is a message from god. Like the lighting and thunder foreshadow a bad future that may destroy either the people of Rome or Caesar. …show more content…

She talked about how god only gives signs to people who are important and make difference in the world. Which relates to the thunder and lighting. Another foreshadowing can be seen when the servant told Caesar about the animal not having a heart. This creates another point for Caesar to stay home. Both Calphurnia and the servant believes Caesar should not leave the house. The servant who brought the message about the heartless animal, was the one who told Caesar that the animal was probably another message to Caesar. The servant also approved the message from the priests, who believed this supernatural and weird event is a sign. The sign that death will come to Caesar soon and that Caesar must stay

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