Read the passage. Then answer the questions that follow.

CAESAR. 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

Of evils imminent, and on her knee

Hath begged that I will stay at home today.

– The Tragedy of Julius Caesar,

William Shakespeare

What is the symbol in this passage?

How does this symbol contribute to the meaning of this scene?

What is the symbol in this passage?

In this passage, the symbol is Caesar's statue run with blood like a fountain while many Roman people were smiling and washing their hands in his blood. Her dream foreshadows a negative event and symbolizes Caesar's death. Caesar's bloody statue symbolizes his death and people smiling and washing their hands in his blood symbolizes the people who will betray him.

How does this symbol contribute to the meaning of this scene?

Caliprunia realizes that something bad is going to happen to her husband and she asks him to stay at home and not to go anywhere. This symbol contributes to the meaning of this scene by foreshadowing the further events and as a warning to Caesar to be careful when it comes to his life.

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