At the end of act two and in the beginning of act three, we see Artemidorus has prepared a warning note to give to Caesar to thwart the Brutus and Cassius's plans to kill Caesar.
However, he is a bit overenthusiastic about the urgency of the note which causes Caesar to refuse the note, wondering "...is the fellow mad?"
Another factor at play here is Caesars air of confidence when entering the capitol, given him by Decius's interpretation of Caesars wife Calpurnia's dream. Because Caesar has been led to believe that today is the start of Rome "sucking of reviving blood from Caesar," Caesar does not consider what warning might be contained by a message presented by a stranger.
In short, Caesars pride and arrogance lead him to think the fellow mad rather than concerned for his continued life.
You argued your points well, but did you consider the part where Caesar said "What touches us ourself shall be last served."? I think that this is why he didn't read Artemidorus's letter.
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I completly disagree with you(suprise). However this is shakespeare after all. You did a wonderful job at letting us see it more than one angle. And you made both suport you. Well done, well done indeed.
ReplyDeletewhy do you sepperate your post into sepperate paragraphs? It would probably be better if you combined them and practiced writting like that because thats how your paper will be written.
ReplyDeletethanks, ill try that next week :)
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