How Is Julius Caesar Cruel

Caesar the Oblivious
There Caesar’s cold, dead body covered in blood lay. Caesar was one of Rome’s greatest rulers, however, there were those who wished him harm. The saying, “keep your friends close and your enemies closer” likely came from this book. In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy Julius Caesar, Caesar’s 33 stab wounds and death could have been prevented if he had paid attention to the signs. The first warning Caesar was oblivious to was when he paid no remark to what the soothsayer had to say. A soothsayer is a man who can foretell the future. He said to Caesar “Beware the ides of March” (825). The ides of March was the day that Caesar died. Therefore, had Caesar listened to the soothsayer he would still be alive.
Caesar ignored the soothsayer and Calpurnia’s dream. Caesar said that for multiple nights he heard Calpurnia yelling “Help, ho! They murder Caesar” (851)! In her dream, she saw a statue pouring out blood and people were drinking from it. She advised him not to go to the Capital because she was frightened from her dream. Calpurnia said to Caesar “Caesar I have never stood on such ceremonies, Yet now they fright me” (851). Caesar would still be alive if only he listened to Calpurnia’s dream.
His letter contained the names of all the conspirators set to kill Caesar. On his way to the Senate Caesar ignored this letter. Instead, Caesar said to Artemidorus “What, is the fellow mad” (861)? This was Caesar’s final chance to save himself from a gruesome