How does foreshadowing affect the plot of Julius Caesar?

A problem with foreshadowing is that you usually don’t fully recognize the clues until after you know the outcome. For this reason, a second reading is usually most beneficial. The prophecies that other characters present to Caesar reveal that Caesar is going to die. These foreshadowing clues more directly focus on how the main character refuses to take warning, much as Caesar refused to listen to his wife’s dream and the soothsayer’s warning to “Beware the ides of March.” It highlights Caesar’s arrogance and pride.

In general, foreshadowing deprives the reader of the element of surprise. This is usually not the purpose of foreshadowing; instead, it usually aims to portray a character’s blindness of his or her approaching doom. Foreshadowing can still warn the reader something bad is coming, much as the music in movies intensifies the audience’s emotions about what is coming or occurring.