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How does Decius Brutus interpret Calpurnia’s dream?

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How does Decius Brutus interpret Calpurnia’s dream?

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Decius Brutus interprets Calpurnia's dream in a positive light to persuade Julius Caesar to go to the Senate. In the play "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Calpurnia, Caesar's wife, dreams of Caesar's statue spouting blood from a hundred places, and Romans smilingly washing their hands in it. She interprets this as a bad omen and begs Caesar not to leave the house.

However, Decius Brutus, one of the conspirators planning to assassinate Caesar, reinterprets the dream to convince Caesar to go to the Senate. He says that the dream signifies that Rome will revive and that great men will strive to get a taste of Caesar's influence (symbolized by the blood). The Romans washing their hands in Caesar's blood signifies that they will all benefit and gain vitality from his strength.

In this way, Decius Brutus manipulates the interpretation of the dream to serve his own purposes.

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How was Decius Brutus more successful in persuading Caesar than Calpurnia?

What does Cassius reveal about Brutus' character in the text? "CASSIUS: I will do so: till then, think of the world. [Exit BRUTUS.] Well, Brutus, thou art noble; yet, I see, Thy honourable metal may be wrought From that it is disposed: therefore it is meet That noble minds keep ever with their likes; For who so firm that cannot be seduced? Caesar doth bear me hard; but he loves Brutus: If I were Brutus now and he were Cassius, He should not humour me. I will this night, In several hands, in at his windows throw, As if they came from several citizens, Writings all tending to the great opinion That Rome holds of his name; wherein obscurely Caesar's ambition shall be glanced at: And after this let Caesar seat him sure; For we will shake him, or worse days endure. [Exit]." A. Cassius reveals that Brutus has a bad sense of humor. B. Cassius doesn't think he has reached Brutus; Cassius will need the opinions of others to help him. C. Cassius wishes he were Brutus so he wouldn't be "humored." D. Cassius is frustrated that Brutus is not interested in anything to do with Caesar.

The scene opens with Brutus seeming tense. What details hint at his emotional state before Cassius even arrives?

Calpurnia does not want Caesar to go to the capital because of the strange occurrences in the street and her dreams, which she interprets as omens.

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