tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524780792640068977.post5842680484536819411..comments2023-05-25T02:27:44.565-07:00Comments on William Shakespeare Experience: Julius Caesar - Does Intuition Matter?Randallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14160201776966708366noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524780792640068977.post-68231877175646032292009-10-04T12:25:00.733-07:002009-10-04T12:25:00.733-07:00Good advice is also ignored by Caesar when the Soo...Good advice is also ignored by Caesar when the Soothsayer warns, "Beware the ides of March." Caesar ignores this warning and replies, "He is a dreamer, let us leave him." Caesar,along with Antony and Brutus display overconfidence in their beliefs/power and fail to recognize the impending tragedies that are to occur. Tragedy is a predominate factor throughout the story of Julius Caesar. Even though it is human decisions that result in the actions that occur, it cannot be ruled out that fate is not influencing these humans to be ignoring the words of wisdom.TyDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813484728106921442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524780792640068977.post-12350484750163178432009-10-03T20:14:43.233-07:002009-10-03T20:14:43.233-07:00Randall,
I agree that it appears as though many o...Randall,<br /><br />I agree that it appears as though many of the characters in Shakespeare's <i>Julius Caesar</i> lack true judgment in crucial decisions. In addition to the three examples that you have mentioned, there is another poor judgment call that Caesar makes when encountering the Soothsayer. When told to beware the ides of March, Caesar thinks nothing of it and says "he is a dreamer, let us leave him" (1.2.24). It seems as though the majority of these instances of poor judgment derive from Julius Caesar himself; two of your examples also include him as being "wrong". As others have questioned on this subject why this is the tragedy of Julius Caesar, who dies in the third act, and not some other character, such as Brutus, can probably be answered by this fact. An element of a Shakespearean tragedy includes these poor decisions because without them, we would not arrive at the catastrophic conclusion that makes a tragedy so tragic. In particular, it is Julius Caesar's hubris that ultimately leads him to his downfall- that he refuses to listen to anything that goes against him either because he does not believe it or does not want to believe it. I believe Shakespeare wanted to expose this fatal flaw to reason his death rather than let it simply be a result of the Fates' decision.<br /><br />ZachZachnoreply@blogger.com