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mankaran
mankaran
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High School - 10th Grade

What are the supernatural happenings in "Julius Caesar"?

the effects they produce and are they still relevant today

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Posted by mankaran on Friday June 6, 2008 at 2:09 AM and tagged with julius caesar, supernatural happenings.

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  1. amy-lepore Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    The supernatural events in this play are the appearances of Caesar's ghost to Brutus as he prepares for battle.  Brutus, of course, is a little unnerved by the appearance and he feels obvious guilt for his part in the murder since things have not played out the way he and the other conspirators planned.  The ghost tells Brutus that he will be with him at Phillipi, and this unnerves Brutus a little more.  He is convinced that this foretells his own death, and he becomes a little melancholy.

    These effects and reactions are very relevant today, don't you think?  People still react with fear, wonder, and perhaps even guilt when the ghost of someone they know appears. The latter is especially true if the living person had something to do with the dead person's death.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/jc

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    Posted by amy-lepore on Friday June 6, 2008 at 4:46 AM