How does shakespeare present fate in julius caesar
Shakespeare presents fate in many different perspectives such as the plays shows fate as destiny and the inevitable.
“the gods today stand friendly, that we may, lovers in peace, lead on our days to age!”. This quote means that if the god are kind enough that they may live in peace and age rather than die in the battle, here they use fate as an excuse for the gods to help them since they rely on gods.
In the play at the beginning of the play there is a character called the soothsayer which tells caesar to beware of the ides of march which means that he is telling caesar to be careful of his fate.
“Caesar, thou art reveng’d even with the sword that kill’d thee” this quote is by cassius and that even though caesar is dead he has been able to make cassius with the same dagger and cassius says this is fate.
At another point of the play cassius tells brutus that fate isn’t real. “The fault is not in our stars but it is in ourselves” this means that the stars means fate and you cant blame fate on anything but blame yourself.
In the play just before Caesar is killed he mentions that he is as constant as the northern star “if I pray to move, prayers would move me. But i am as constant as the northern star.” This means he is one of the most powerful people in the world and is more powerful than fate. Which led to his death which show fate punishes people that dont believe in it. Caesar also dies the same day he says he is as constant as the northern star, so it proves fate is real.
