Julius Caesar (+Ji Yeon)

Here's Decius Brutus; he shall tell them so.

Decius Caesar, all hail! Good morrow, worthy Caesar.
I come to fetch you to the Sneate House

Caesar Aned you are come in very happy thime
To bear my greeting to the senators
And tell them that I will not come today:
Cannot is false; and that I dare not, falser;
I will not come today. Tell them so, Decius

Calpurnia Say he is sick

Caesar Shall Caesar send a lie?
Have I in conquest stretch'd mine arm so far,
To be afeard to tell greybeards the truth?
Decius, go tell them Caesar wil not come.

Decius Most mighty Caesar, let me know some cause
Lest I be laugh'd ar when I tell them so.

Caesar The causee is in my will: I will not come;
That is enough to satisfy the Senate.
But for your private satisfaction,
Because I love you, I will let you know:
Calpurnia here, my wife, stays me at home.
She dreamt tonight she saw my statue,
Which like a fountain with an hundred spouts
Did run pure blood; and many lusty Romans
Came smiling, and did bathe their hands in it.
And these does she apply for warnings and portents
And evils imminent; and on her knee
Hath begg'd that I will stay at home today.

Decius This dream is all amiss interpreted;
It was a vision fair and fortunate:
Y our statue spouting blood in may pipes,
In which so many smiling Romans bath'd,
Signifies that from you great Rome shall suck
Reviving blood, and that great men shall press
For tinctures, stains, relics, and cognizance.
This by Calpurnia's dream is signified

Caesar And this way have you well expounded it.

Decius I have, when you have heard what I can say:
And know it now. The Senate have concluded
To give this day a crown to mighty Caesar.
If you shall send them word you will not come,
Their minds may change. Besides, it were a mock
Apt to be render'd, for some one to say,
'Break up the Senate till another time,
When Caesar's wife shall meet with better dreams.'
If Caesar hid himself, shall they not whisper
'Lo, Caesar is afraid'?
Pardon me, Caesar; for my dear dear love
To your procceding bids me tell you this,
And reason to my love is liable.

Caesar How foolish do your fears seem now, Calpurnia!
I am ashamed I did yield to them.
Give me my robe, for I will go.

Significance

This passage shows that Caesar doesnt't listen to his wife, Calpurnia and follows Deicus who is one of the conspirators. Therefore its significance is about Decius is clever and Caesar is going to be killed(foreshadowing). Decius said that the Caesar's blood makes Romans and Rome clean and healthy. How Decius tries to change Caesar's mind, gives that Decius is intelligent. Also Caesar is naive.